America is on the brink of an election, not another civil war

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11/02/2004 | Niall Ferguson

[1066AD]

Deep down inside, nearly all Americans are united in wanting ABT – Anything But a Tie.

He's absolutely right about that.

[Verginius Rufus]

He thinks Democrats would go to a bogus peace conference hosted by Kim Jong Il only if they were duped?

[oblomov]

>>America is on the brink of an election, not another civil war

Really?? Darn.

[x1stcav]

Niall my not have this exactly right.

[phxaz]

huh? he's right about that? anything but a tie? id prefer a tie to many things. like a kerry victory for example. why is anything but a tie good?

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

A civil war is something to be avoided if at all possible, but the Left is making its avoidance increasingly difficult.

[1066AD]

Avoiding litigation of the results.. like Hugh Hewitt says, If it Ain't Close, They Can't Cheat.

[RabidBartender]

"On one side, so the story goes, there is the Red Republican America of the rural heartland. On the other, there's the Blue Democratic America of the urban coasts."

We farm, you eat.

[roadrunner96]

I never saw a show called the Thunderbirds but I might like to see this movie some day.

[Morgan's Raider]

Having spent much of the past few months on the road, giving lectures in states as diverse as Massachusetts, New York, California, Michigan and Minnesota, I am happy to report that civil war is not imminent.

Niall needs to venture some places besides those on the left coast and above the Mason-Dixon line.

[Gator113]

I couldn't agree more!!

[wai-ming]

It is a different kind of war.

The battle lines are drawn. Lawyers are the Dems' warriors. "Intimidation" and "Disenfranchisement" are their rallying cries. Voter fraud and law suits are their weapons.

We cannot allow them to prevail! Democracy is at stake.

[mike182d]

But what Americans have in common still greatly outweighs these differences.

Like, for instance, how we both agree that making money is good outweighs our disagreements on whether or not its okay to stick a tube in the back of a baby's head on the way out of the womb and suck its brains out... /sarcasm

[Bob J]

That a respected writer oversees would see the need to point these things out to his readers is what I find jaw dropping. What lies has the left been printing over there?

They would love for America to drop into covil war...it would validate their secret beliefs that America is inferior and has an unstable social system.

[lmr]

I told my wife in regards to the lawsuits that the 'Rats are pushing, and the constant insipid cries of dischenfranchisment, racism and the rampant vote fraud, that the Democrats aren't for Democracy. They are for winning at all costs. She agrees with me.

[eno_]

A civil war is something to be avoided if at all possible, but the Left is making its avoidance increasingly difficult.

Due to vote fraud on a massive scale, we are in a Cold Civil War right now. I believe this will degenerate into a Dirty War if Republicans do not get serious about controlling illegal immigrants and preventing them from being used as connon fodder in this war-by-fraud.

[Rippin]

Its way worse than that. Civil unrest is breaking out all over. Not a war, but more than an election at least as elections have gone in my lifetime. But tomorrow will tell.

[phxaz]

a w landslide is very different than "anything". yes.. a w landslide is better than a tie. but no.. anything is not better than a tie.

[rjmeagle]

It is sad to say, but I agree with you. I cannot accept a secularized, militarily impotent, baby-killing, anti-God, pro-Gay nation. I just can't. I don't want to be Europe, I want the America of the '50s for crying out loud.

[groanup]

"We farm, you eat."

Never has such a succinct phrase described the difference. Congratulations. Guess who suffers the most if one of the two ceases operations?