[PetroniusMaximus]

This may be the case.

Nevertheless, a bit of proof to back up such a statement would be welcome.

If I recall correctly, many feared the same exact thing from Clinton - and many on the left feared the same from Bush.

[ArmyTeach]

These past few decades are the first I ever heard of anyone even imagining such a contingency. Is was so unthinkable that nobody thought of it. The very fact that someone can imagine it suggests that someone is capable of carrying it out. What times we live in.