[don'tbedenied]

Dope smoking paranoia. The mechanics of changing the ballots in 50 states, the majority of which are controlled by the R's makes this some weird horror fantasy. Kerry has to voluntarily quit prior to the nomination for this to happen.

[Carry_Okie]

Kerry has to voluntarily quit prior to the nomination for this to happen.

Yup.

[Corin Stormhands]

Kerry has to voluntarily quit prior to the nomination for this to happen.

Yeah, but is that part of the plan? This morning on the Today Show, Lisa Myers did a report on the Kerry videos (1971, Meet the Press 2001) and did a comparison of what Kerry said both times. It wasn't flattering.

[Rippin]

Dope smoking paranoia. The mechanics of changing the ballots in 50 states, the majority of which are controlled by the R's makes this some weird horror fantasy. Kerry has to voluntarily quit prior to the nomination for this to happen.

THere's been a lot of testing the waters on last minute ballot switches though hasn't there. If Hitlery could never win a normal fair general election for President, she needs to be given an unfair, illegal, emotionally charged, chaotic, inscrutible electoral opportunity.

Rippin

[Congressman Billybob]

I consider this scenario as fatally flawed. I don't think Hillary! believes that she has a chance to win in 2004. She wants Kerry to lose to clear the Democrat decks for her in 2008.

However, your comment about not being able to "change the ballots" that late in the process is incorrect. I remind you that Senator Eagleton withdrew as the nominated Veep under George McGovern, when it came out that Eagleton had had electroshock therapy. (The American public was not ready for a Veep who had been wired up to a car battery.)

R. Sargeant Shriver was then inserted as the Veep nominee by the Party. The Party duly notified the state officials. The ballots were then changed. And the ticket then appeared on all ballots (and crashed and burned in the election).

So, this is possible, but not probable.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Honesty Problems with Kerry and Gorelick: Pin the Truth on the Democrat."

[Remember_Salamis]

not if she's on the ticket. THe same as if a candidate wre to die after the onvention and before the election, the VP candidate would move to the top of the ticket. What if kerry's down by 15-20 points at convention time???