If shrub steals the election again, will there be riots?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

Unfortunately, I see this as a distinct possibility. So many people are so pissed off right now. Frankly, I'm somewhat surprised it didn't happen in 2000, but the situtation is different this time - there is much more awareness and anger out there.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

[still_one]

1. IT WON'T HAPPEN

Kerry is the president

The turnout has just confirmed that

[leftofthedial]

2. worse than riots

much worse

[seraph]

4. Far worse. (nt)

[leftofthedial]

21. way worse (nt)

[harpo]

40. I would agree there would be trouble

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Agreed. We aren't going to put up with the junta again.

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[Walt Starr]

27. Riots will seem tame by comparison

n/t

[Fluffdaddy]

3. Not going to happen dude

[Mr_Spock]

6. If? YES.

Sorry to say but it would be inevitable.

[Northern Experiment]

10. Yes it will be.....

I'm strongly against rioting, because we are only hurting ourselves by destroying local businesses.
But you damn sure better beleive i'll be involved in one of the biggest protest in the history of this country if this vile administration steal our country away from us.

We won't stand by to let this happen twice. I'm sorry, we as a party and as a nation should let it be known that each and every single vote in this election WILL be counted.

Although, i'm pretty damn optimistic that our man will win this thing decisively TONIGHT.

I'm off to vote! See you guys at the party!

[0007]

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[LosinIt]

8. peasants with pitchforks at the doors of the White House

I, Peasant

[htuttle]

9. Do the people of Venezuela have more guts than US citizens?

Well, probably they do.

But I hope we use their example of reversing a coup should the need arise.

[Protagoras]

25. Most Americans don't hurt or care enough..yet

but you never know if the right leader/spokesperson appears. Popular movements depend heavily on a voice.

who will be our voice?

[A Brand New World]

11. Hopefully it will be President Kerry but Yes! I see riots if the election

is seen as stolen again. I will not riot (being a loving Libra lady) but I will definitely head to the first protest if it seems as if it is stolen again.

[gordianot]

12. There may be some scattered violence maybe riots.

What happens when Kerry wins and * refuses to leave office.

[Chimpanzee]

36. I'll personally lead a group of a half million people to hock the

WH fence and pull chimpy out by the ears.

[The Stranger]

13. To the streets . . .

[Borgnine]

14. Not just a riot. A revolution.

I feel Kerry has this, but God forbid something happens, I'm ready to drive to Washington D.C.

[Mad_Dem_X]

17. You and me both

I am ready to hit the road and "storm the castle"!

[Fluffdaddy]

15. Not going to be any Riots. This is The U.S. of A not some 3rd world

state. Stop talking dumb shit.

[gordianot]

19. Remind the voters in Florida and Ohio.

[NightOwwl]

26. Does the name Rodney King ring a bell? n/t

[Justpat]

32. In 2000 we acted like a third world country.

We are still the U. S. of A, but we have now experienced a coup and
did nothing about it. If we sit still for another one, then we are
a nation of cowards, unworthy of of our own heritage.

They never could have pulled off the coup of 2000 without the
acquienscense of the population. If we had fought loudly and
stridently then, we would not be in this mess now. And now we have
The Patriot Act which allows the idiot in office to declare anyone
a terrorist. In Bush's universe, where no dissent is tolerated,
what do you think will happen to anyone who protests another political
coup in the good old U. S. of A?

[T Wolf]

16. If they steal it again, there better be!

If we roll over and get ass-fucked again, we deserve it.

To paraphrase Theoden before the battle of Helms Deep, "If this be the end, let us make an end to be remembered."

I've been watching LotR the past couple of nights just to escape from the overdose of speculation and propagandizing. And I will again tonight, after working the polls for Move.On after work.

I feel that it would be better to take down the entire farce that used to be America if it is so far gone as to be unrecognizable, and unendurable.

[SeanQ]

18. If it's a close election

and it looks likely that it is being stolen, expect the worst. I'd prefer a non-violent (but very active!) uprising but...

[ArkDem]

20. As a rule democrats are non-violent.

[Javaman]

22. Yes, wait, let me clarify, HELL YES!

[Carni]

23. If there aren't there should be...

NT

[TexasSissy]

24. Well, I'll protest for sure. Don't know if that'd be considered rioting.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

28. Yes

nm

[NightOwwl]

29. Kerry's not Gore,

and we're not going to sit back and take it. Bush may try to steal it, but he won't succeed.

[gordianot]

30. The key.

Listen to the voice of reason, John Kerry.

The difference between sedition and transition.

[BlueStateGirl]

31. I was talking with an AFL-CIO guy last night and he

talking about general strikes and work stoppages.

But then he said it didn't think it would matter, because Kerry is winning big. :)

[xxqqqzme]

33. If the rat bastards even try to steal it again,

I'm in the streets and on my way 2 DC - Fl - OH - where ever. I will NOT B silent. I have spent 4 years pissed over '00, I'm not going for 8!

[Arkana]

34. Oh, I have no doubt.

It will be apocalyptic if there is a case of the Floridas again.

[Chimpanzee]

35. I'll be rioting in my living room trying to figure out how to get a plane

ticket to DC.

[colonel odis]

37. if there are riots, look to the republicans. either because their guy

didn't win, or to make democrats look bad in case bush does win.

i wouldn't participate in a riot. but i would participate in a protest that shut down the country. and that's exactly what i think should happen if bush steals this.

there aren't enough cops or soldiers in this land to stop a couple million pissed off democrats who decide to descend on washington.

should the need for organized protest arise, i think economic boycotts, strikes, and work stoppages would be the most effective way to show that we aren't going to take it.

beyond that, i think harrassment and mischief directed at right-wing talk show hosts is the next step -- pies in their faces, callers taking over and dominating their shows for a week or two on end, confrontation when they're seen in public, boycotting of their advertisers.

i know the freepers are talking big about their guns and hunkering down in the bunker. which is cute in a silly sort of way. but if the republicans have any ambition of being a party in the next 10-15 years, they may want to step aside this time and rebuild their party. otherwise, it will probably be open season --literally and figuratively -- on republicans.

[Nordic]

38. If? Yes. I'll be there.

I will participate.

[kayell]

39. Massive, but largely peaceful civil disobedience.

And NO buying of anything other than absolute necessities like food. Total economic boycott.

[TraumaMan]

41. Yes....

I think there will be in some areas.

[newyawker99]

48. Hi TraumaMan!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[dmayo]

42. If it's proven that Bush stole the election,

I'd rather see riots than apathy.

[ezekiel333]

43. Nov. 3

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[are_we_united_yet]

44. No.

[DaveofCali]

45. MAY WASHINGTON DC BE SHUT DOWN

By protesters if Shrub steals the election.

[flygal]

46. I think so... I'm surprised it wasn't worse last time.

[FatSlob]

47. Massive civil disobedience.

People getting fired from work. whole companies shutting down. We need Kerry to win decisively.

[March of Time]

49. In all honesty...

For every African-American denied the right to vote, one Republican should be denied another even more fundamental right.

[despairing optimist]

50. Riots? No. Impeachment and indictments? Most likely.

The Republicans themselves have declared that war begins in their own party tomorrow. They will help bring these guys down if that's what it takes.

That said, let's hope and pray (if that's your thing) that it doesn't come to that. It was awful enough 30 years ago with Nixon to have to relive that nightmare and worse now.

Failing impeachment and indictments, there would most likely be a lame-duck presidency that would see its major policy initiatives thwarted at every turn. Failing that, the country marches like lemmings over the cliff into the abyss, but I don't think that will happen.

I often wonder if I should leave NYC because it's so vulnerable to nuclear attack and I'm only a few miles from ground zero if IT were to happen. You guys on the mainland are luckier: you have a way out that doesn't involve crossing bodies of water. I think choosing to stay here is a vote for sanity returning, and remaining, in our government somehow. So I'm staying put and putting the fear away. This mess will resolve itself one way or another, and I'm betting on the brighter scenario, on my fellow citizens doing what is right and saving us all.

[AngryOldDem]

51. It's possible

If we truly care about our form of government, we cannot remain complacent to the abuses of it.