Democrats Ponder Alternatives: Vote Suppression, Secession and Assassination

Powerlineblog.com ^ | 11/8/04 | Hindrocket

[bikepacker67]

Wow... they're whining louder than a 3y/o in the checkout line.

At first it was pure pleasure listening to them kvetch, but now it's getting a bit irritating - perhaps it's time that the Pajama Brigade start calling these folks on their psychotic subversions.

[Alas Babylon!]

Yes, that is what they mean. What they don't tell you is that most of the taxes paid in the blue states are paid by Republicans--red people in a blue land, God bless 'em!

[boofus]

Can we shoot them for sedition yet?

[trashcanbred]

What is this unchecked nonsense? I mean seriously this is so ridiculous! The Dems had control of everything for a long time and now that they don't they are going nuttier than fruitcake.

Look forward to having liberals "imposed" upon us for the sake of checks and balances... These so called professors have never taken a civics course in their life. Shhesh...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Add Dean Murphy to the collection of whacko leftists who'll be getting a visit from the Secret Service.

[finnman69]

I think they may become dangerous.

[Arrowhead1952]

Lawrence O'Donnell (I believe this is the Larry that talked on McLaughlin), said the "blue states" should over the next 20 years seriously consider seceding from the union, because the red states are welfare recipients without supporting the federal government.

Why wait? How about leaving today. There are probably more welfare recipients in the heavy blue counties than the red counties.

[Plutarch]

...the "blue states" should over the next 20 years seriously consider seceding from the union...

The trouble is the Blue "States" are largely only dense urban areas within otherwise Red States. Once they gear up their seccession projects, they will be unable to drag the rest of the red counties with them.

In California, LA County, and the coastal Northern CA counties would have to go it without the rest of the state. They might find that prospect unpalatable.

This could be environmentally advantageous, as the dam at Hetchy Hetchy that supplies SF with water could be dismantled, and a second Yosemite glacial valley restored. I am sure that SF could get by with multibillion $$ desalination plants.

[TheShaz]

I have had SO MUCH fun lurking over at DU. These people still have no clue.

The finger pointing that is currently going on on the Liberal Left and the Democratic party will echo for years to come.

I don't think they will ever be able ot get any sort of massive voter turn out for the mid-terms. Yes allot can happen between now and then. but if in that time Iraq has elections, the the Middle East simmers down, our economy thrives . . . . The Dems won't have much to hang their hats on.

We all know the Dems will fight tooth and nail to stop Bush from filling up those court positions. I think he needs to pull a trick from The Gipper. Begin naming those that oppose his selections, call mini news conferances and name them. Right now they are scared, and if "W" comes out swinging his axe big time they will not be able to mount an efective fillibuster.

[hermgem]

O' Donnel wants blue States to secede.
Why punish entire States, when according to the red/blue County map only a few counties within blue States are blue, but the majority is red.
O'Donnel, while accusing blue States of being welfarers for not paying enough in taxes, go and secede with blue counties, do not punish red counties in blue States wit secession.
After secession these freed red Counties then can enjoy tax cuts of significance.

[Dante3]

O'Donnell should have been placed on medical leave long ago, if not fired.

Seems socres of Kerry groupies have to much time and too little common sense.

[monkeywrench]

O'Donnel doesn't yet realize that he's among the cultural castoffs.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And finally, several readers have pointed out this column by Dean Murphy in today's New York Times, and have wondered: are Murphy and the Times suggesting that the assassination of President Bush is a possible solution to the Democrats' problems?

Here, they can borrow my pistol I made especially for the occassion.

[schaketo]

Also, we must all work diligently in the coming months to convince “progressives” that the Democratic Party has let them down. They must abandon the party. Their only recourse is to join and work for the Green Party moving forward. I may even register as a Green Party member to swell their voter registration rolls. Divide and conquer.

Begin with putting all known “progressives” in your sphere of influence on the Green Party mail list from their website. Great fun. Start inundating them with information now.

[Poohbah]

Ping. We have more volunteers for Operation Phoenix!

[6ppc]

Lawrence O'Donnell (I believe this is the Larry that talked on McLaughlin), said the "blue states" should over the next 20 years seriously consider seceding from the union, because the red states are welfare recipients without supporting the federal government.

Gonna get kind of hungry in Blue Nation!

[libstripper]

You're right. The discussion of McKinley is particularly ominous. He had the potential of becoming one of our greatest presidents, but was assassinated, leaving us with the raucous and immensely destructive TR, who eventually tore the Republican party apart, turning the country over to the DemonRats. Bush, like McKinley, is uniquely positioned to create a massive conservative and Republican realignment in his second term. Some of these individuals who so rabidly hate him will almost assuredly conclude that the only solution is assassination. Fortunately, his VP is Dick Cheney, not TR, and Cheney could be counted on to carry on his work. This creates a far greater obstacle for anyone contemplating the ultimate crime.

[ladylib]

If that's the case, guess who probably won't be invited to Thanksgiving dinner?

[Hermann the Cherusker]

With what Army are they going to seceede? Most blue states don't have guns or like fighting.

Not that I would object too much if we sawed off New England and NYC at the Hudson River.