If he steals it

[salinen]

If chimpCo steals this election, what are we going to do? I live in a small town. Should I e-mail my Senator? Will the protest be televised? Do I show outrage at the post office? Really, I cannot see that the aftermath would be different than what is happening already. I need advice.

[yardwork]

1. I have two major concerns.

My sons, the elder of whom will be draft age in five years.

[maveric]

2. I have 3 concerns, ages 22, 18, and 13. All able bodied men/boys.

Make that four. I fear this nation falling into a totalitarian, racist, homophobic, misogynist state.

[For PaisAn]

3. When he steals it

I'll be protesting in DC again on 1/20/05, just like in 2000. Maybe this time more people will show up and voice their outrage. I'm not counting on it though. May also try to attend the Congressional session when they confirm the electors. Will any Senators stand up this time? Or will it just be the Congressional Black Caucus again/

[Dr.Phool]

4. In Florida

We are urging EVERYONE to request an absentee ballot. All it takes is a phone call to your elections supervisor. And it's the ONLY way you can guarantee a paper trail!!

[neverborn]

5. I'm 17.

I'll be drafted =/

[texas1928]

6. My concern

is not the draft, it is the economy and the state of Social Security. If things keep going the way they are, I will have to take care of my parents in about 10-12 years when my dad is forced to retire due to his age.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. That is real and that is something that people need to consider

because what happened during this rip off was first they chastise you for not saving, then they stole what had been saved via the market by the loosening of regulations.

Welcome to DU btw :hi: ...just out of curiosity..what does the 1928 stand for?

[mike1963]

7. I don't live in a small town, I live in no town at all. I have, uh,

hardware and the willingness to use it.
:grr:

[salinen]

8. Be careful Mike

I'm glad you do, but it may be wise to keep that a secret.

[mike1963]

9. Nope, I want it to be very public. I live in a RW bible-belt hood and

everybody around here knows not to fuck with me & my SO. It's a bit crude but it's damn effective.
;-)

[cliss]

10. Salinen, I believe it will be much worse than that.

My opinion: if ShrubCo steals the election, and I'm assuming here you mean the Diebold paperless Voting Machines are rigged in favor of BeelzeBush.

The outcome will be much, much worse than a protest. I believe there will be so much outrage and anger that it could just cause a civil war. Also, think of what the rest of the world would say.

And yes, there is the problem of an upcoming draft. I'm not sure there is any corner of the world that is safe if BeelzeBush takes over for 4 more years.....

[BillZBubb]

11. I would work to organize a nationwide general strike.

We'd have to have a smoking gun to prove the election was stolen. It couldn't be viewed a sour grapes from the losing side by too much of the population.

With a little ingenuity, we could totally gum up the works. Organize picketing and boycotts of all businesses that gave large sums to Bush*. Civil disobedience on a massive scale.

[murielm99]

12. My husband says that, too.

He says every country but ours has had a general strike. It could work. The big unions would have to start it, and there would have to be another way to communicate other than the Internet. They might shut that down.

Yes, we would need lots of other civil unrest, just to keep the country from business as usual. And, we would have to be prepared for jail and bloodshed.

Are most Americans willing to do that? I think it will have to get very bad before they are.

I think if our government turns much more facist and warmongering, the rest of the world might just band together to take care of us. A resistance has to be in place, ready to work with them.

[9215]

14. Stealing the election is too messy

There will alwasys be public doubt plagueing his admininstration. Bush's ideal plan would be to not have the elections at all.