Will George W. Bush put the kibosh on elections in the United States next year? [says leftist media]

Yahoo news ^ | Sat, Jul 12, 2003 | Ted Rall

[HapaxLegamenon]

It's easy to come up with a scenario in which canceling the 2004 election could be made to appear reasonable. Imagine that, a few weeks before Election Day, "dirty bombs" detonate simultaneously in New York and Washington. Government, media and political institutions and personnel lie ruined in smoking rubble and ash; hundreds of thousands of people have been murdered. The economy, already teetering on the precipice, is shoved into depression. How could we conduct elections under such conditions?

Well... since the people don't actually elect the president anyway, I don't see the problem. The state legistatures would simply certify the electors the way it was invisioned by the founding fathers.

[ThreePuttinDude]

I can't believe I went to the site on Yahoo and got caught up reading all of that nonsense. Those people over there are just really PHUQED UP for sure........

After about 15 minutes of reading that stuff I couldn't hit the back arrow fast enough........wheeew back to sanity

[varon]

.......... and jail political opponents...

Starting with certain ex-President and his missus? ;-)

[hellinahandcart]

Clinton passed a new Executive Order almost every day

At the end, he was signing about one per minute. We were all in agony.

[Quix]

Just because it's Dilldo and Shrillery Hellery Anotinette de Fosterizer de Marx de Sade's basic values, psychology etc. and modus operendi doesn't mean it's anyone else's!

[ThreePuttinDude]

"The far right loves this stuff"

The far left go orgasmic over this stuff

[Guillermo]

This is hilarious.

How can someone actually live like this?

[AppyPappy]

the "war on terrorism" as an excuse to declare a state of emergency, suspend civil liberties and jail political opponents.

Y2K IS COMING!!!!

[AppyPappy]

You should have been in here in 1999. Clinton was going to do the same.

[Paul Atreides]

I would settle for them moving to that country, whose leader they so dearly love, admire, and cite as the perfect example: CUBA!

[unixfox]

People who have spoken out against Bush are talking exit strategy--not Alec Baldwin style, just to make a statement, but fleeing the U.S. in order to save their skins.

I wish they would leave and shut the hell up already. Save their skins??? Gimme a break, these assholes have made tons of money in the U.S. all under the protection of the American flag. If they don't like it they can go to Mexico or France as far as I'm concerned. Bunch of low-life scum sucking pukes !!!

[hellinahandcart]

Think about it, if there WERE some sort of national emergency like 9/11 again, he would put military personnel into a domestic arena to manage the situation (bypassing Posse Comitatis in the process) and probably declare some sort of local curfews.

He didn't after 9/11. "Managing" New York was quite properly left to Giuliani and Pataki. There was no curfew declared, only certain areas declared off-limits. And a request for people not to come to work in the city on 9/12.

Your scenario would only sound reasonable to someone who believes that Bush actually wants to cancel the elections rather than be re-elected.

[ThreePuttinDude]

FractalSphere: Here is some more of your looney Ted Rall.

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By Ted Rall

Sexual Liberation Comes Courtesy of the Supremes

Ted Rall

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NEW YORK--Sodomy is now the law of the land, but like other precious freedoms it could be lost unless we citizens make the most of it. That's why I'm declaring an Era of National Sodomy (ENS). All patriotic Americans are hereby urged to track down a consenting adult of the same or opposite sex and shout out: "Hey! How about you and me hooking up for some newly-legalized oral and/or anal intercourse?" It is your patriotic duty to drop by your local high school nurse's office, pick up some free condoms, and start sodomizing for America!

In a decision that nearly makes up for Bush v. Gore, the nation's highest court has stricken a Texas statute that banned back-door love between gay men and women. (In a little-used loophole, the practice would have been legal between gay men and gay women.) "[Gays'] right to liberty under the Due Process Clause gives them the full right to engage in their conduct without intervention of the government," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy (news - web sites) for the 6-to-3 majority. "The Texas statute furthers no legitimate state interest which can justify its intrusion into the personal and private life of the individual."

[TheDon]

Baghdad Bob Alert!

[TC Rider]

Have I missed anything?

The part about his tinfoil helmet being wound too tight?

[Fzob]

Dear Ted

It is in your best interests to put down the bong now. Really, drugs will make you paranoid.

Signed

A not really concerned member of the VRWC.

[DoughtyOne]

That's right. And Dan Rather can be their talking head.

[mystery-ak]

This is a joke, isn't it?

[Snuffington]

At what point does an editor have to yank a syndicated columnist for lunacy? Watch the papers who carry Ted Rall and find out.

[Guillermo]

I was here, yes.

ALOHA RONNIE comes to mind, among a few others.

But, I don't remember any (mainstream) conservative columnists saying Clinton would try to stay in office.

Here is a lefty columnist, on a "mainstream" website peddling such nonsense.