I believe you hit the nail on the head!
Posted on 11/01/2004 9:59:30 PM PST by GeronL
Unfortunately, it appears that when Elizabeth Edwards speaks some people actually listen. This sad fact might be innocuous enough if the aspiring Second Lady were trading parenting or dieting tips. But instead semi-reformed former Deaniacs and Kucinich Kids seem to have latched onto Edwards' recent promise to a worried supporter that post-election riots will not wrack the nation -- so long as the Kerry-Edwards ticket walks away with it.
The suggestion, of course, is that there indeed will be riots if John F. Kerry's boyhood dreams of ascending to his rightful position as ruler of the universe are squashed by the result of today's voting. It is just such a scenario for which a group called No Stolen Elections is currently preparing. The newly-minted organization has already gotten more than 17,000 of the young and restless to sign the following pledge:
I remember the stolen presidential election of 2000 and I am willing to take action in 2004 if the election is stolen again. I support efforts to protect the right to vote leading up to and on Election Day, November 2nd. If that right is systematically violated, I pledge to join nationwide protests starting on November 3rd, either in my community, in the states where the fraud occurred or in Washington DC.
Among the better known John Hancocks adorning this pledge are those of Jesse Jackson, Michael Moore, Gloria Steinem, Howard Zinn, AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff, NAACP chairman Julian Bond, Daniel Ellsberg, Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb, and Barbara Ehrenreich, fresh from a stint as a New York Times substitute columnist. Oh, and clearly we wouldn't want to forget Adrienne Maree Brown, the dignified leader of the League of Pissed Off Voters.
So what exactly are these folks planning to make sure that "an unelected President does not enter the White House, like last time"? Well, the group has first of all established a "Fair Elections Advisory Council" of "international elections experts" to make a call on Election Day as to whether the vote was "stolen" again or not. If it has been -- and, let's face it, what are the chances any "international elections experts" are going to certify a Bush victory as just? -- No Stolen Elections will call its "Urgent Response Network" into action, "to converge in the states where the most serious fraud occurred, as well as in Washington DC." And the group is promising to make Florida circa 2000 look like a picnic.
"One thing that was missing from our side, but not from the conservative side, in 2000 was street heat," Steve Cobble writes on the group's website. "The GOP had their bourgeois riots, and their crowds were consistently bigger and more vocal, which helped frame in the media's mind the sense that their side had been wronged because Bush had won but Gore would not give up…We encourage people to work for regime change at home all day on November 2nd, election day, and then prepare to return to the streets on November 3rd (and perhaps beyond), at predetermined, symbolic, convenient locally-chosen sites."
All right, let's say what needs to be said: How bad can today's America really be if lazy lefty agitators can "work for regime change at home"? That's a pretty sweet gig compared to the depravities visited upon real activists with actual spines in countries such as Cuba -- a country, it is worth noting, the American hard-left continues to romanticize. Beyond that bit of absurdity, however, note that if Kerry wins the group has no interest in "counting every vote." Instead they suggest gathering instead to "celebrate Bush's involuntary retirement while also setting out a strong statement on the war in Iraq." Clearly, it is not the number of votes that concerns No Stolen Election, but the outcome. Are they interested in voter fraud if it results in a Kerry victory? Nope. These defenders of democracy will be too busy partying in the streets to riot over that.
In fact, No Stolen Elections' biggest fear seems to be that the saner elements in the Democratic Party will accept defeat. Cobble criticizes Gore for holding back activists in 2000, noting, "This was a mistake, and we don't believe the African American community or the unions will be willing to follow the campaign's lead again." Instead, Cobble said the activists will be in charge of these recounts.
"We must prod the Democratic Party to stand up this time, not just watch events occur in silence, as was largely the case in 2000," he writes. "We must encourage the few remaining respected blue-ribbon truth-tellers in our society to stand up and be counted -- people like Walter Cronkite, Jimmy Carter, Oprah Winfrey."
Oh, great. The inmates really are running the Democratic asylum this year, and they want to crown Jimmy Carter and Oprah Winfrey emperor and empress of U.S. elections. If we allow them to run the country, it won't be good for anyone. Before it's over George W. Bush could be in Siberian exile, while the much-despised Ralph Nader is forced to drive laps in a Ford Pinto while jeering activists hurl obscenities and tomatoes at him.
Brace yourself America. The aftermath of this election could be much worse than a floor covered in formerly hanging chads.
Me too :-)
Notice any similarities between the threats from Dems and the threats from Islamists?????????
My tip to law enforcement officers (no vigilante justice, please), shoot to kill rioters.
Same here in Texas.
Ofcourse, if things get rough in those Democrat states we might have to take a trip to help our GOP brethren.
#122- do you have to ask?? I suspect the nutty left will embrace bin Laden openly if Bush wins.
If they did, then that would insure a riot if they WON.
I believe you hit the nail on the head!
The left has no idea who they are screwing with...and if they keep prodding the sleeping bear they are in for a very very rude awakening...if they choose revolt and anarchy they will feel the thunder and fire...foolish foolish people to forment such talk...
Stonedog: Lock and load!
HarryCaul: In the words of their candidate..."bring it on".
Cogadh na Sith: S'right... We've got the guns.
Busy in the reloading room now!
excalibur21: They should be afraid.
rem22-250: Bring Em on!.....I'm kind of getting excited now!...:)
Stopislamnow: Bring it you godless leftist commies
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet: Bring it, you leftist punks.
If only that were true. Even if they were all convicted of felonies, most states would reinstate their voting privileges. Based on San Fran during the war riots in 2003 and NYC during the GOP Convention, the judges simply turn these felons loose without trial. Wouldn't it be great if this scum were rightfully convicted of felonies and had their voting privileges revoked for life, the way it should be?
And we promise them a rubber room.
**Because not only can we not afford to follow the "Lesser of Two Evils", but the dualistic nature of this electoral system is no longer acceptable.****Because our needs and our dreams will never fit into their ballot boxes.**
**BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT.**
TUE N2: Gather at noon for the Parade of Puppets.
Downtown - Harris Co. Tax Office/Voter Registrar
1001 Preston @ Main
1PM PARADE MARCHES to Mickey Leland Federal Bldg.
1919 Smith @ St. JosephWED N3: Gather at NOON - Leland Federal Bldg.
1919 Smith @ St. Joseph
No matter who wins, show up to bring your vision of true democracy to where it's important - to the streets.
Discuss actions and proceed from there.On Nov 2nd, while millions will submit their vote for the candidate with the most promising party line, the wheels of our faux-democracy will churn out more war, more inequalities, and more repression, opening yet another chapter of the same worn book; the same pipe-dream fable that always concluded with the same painful lesson:
No matter who wins, we lose.
Well, it's 2004, and we can't afford to lose anymore.
This election season, encourage yourself and others to take a little deocracy in your own hands. To go BEYOND THE BALLOTS. Cast your vote if you wish, but experience the true freedom that comes with direct, hands-on involvement in your lives and communities. And we'd be fools to believe that our liberty will trickle down to us from an elected aristocrat.
only problem is that 'some' decent folks live in those cities and need our protection----please don't put all city dwellers in the same pot---God Bless us all and God Bless our America
ANARCHISTS
FOR
KERRY
Keep this guy's name bumped because I'm not sure this is legal for him to sign anything like that...
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And by the way, Osama the rag picker can come along for some of it, too.
I have been saying this for MONTHS!!
Lardass Liz Edwards' Tourette's Syndrome utterance
only confirmed what I've been seeing and sensing from
Libs for FOUR LONG YEARS> Their fond conceit that the
2000 Election was stolen FROM THEM was destined to become
the absolute cornerstone of their ongoing Bush hatred.
With that conceit in place, anything that followed from it
was possible. (The Left actually does not hate Bush, which makes their schtick even more reprehensible. They've all become ACTORS, acting out for each other's sake and any
potential converts who might be standing around. It's all mock-outrage and mock hatred, buttressed by faulty statistics, conceits, "givens", and easy to memorize talking points. They nearly BEG you to laugh in their faces,their schtick is so predictable. But yes, they WILL wreak terrible damage over the next several days when things do not go their way. They will fling about charges of intimidation, suppression, and whatnot with the understanding that it will be dutifully reported by the MSM, but if it comes too thick and fast,and looks as preposterous as I suspect it will, I think even the MSM will only afford it neutral coverage. I think the Dems are set to positively IMPLODE, and do themselves in BIG TIME over the next several days. And I hope it is just several days and not several weeks. I think lots of people will wind up in jail, which will only dramatize their case against the fascistic Police State Bush and Ashcroft have created.
LOL!!!
LOL.
Kerry is a Communist ..plain and simple..I live in NY City ..I'm hearing the calls already of "he stole it again " Trouble is brewing here..The left believe in mob rule..It's a disgrace ..Jefferson must have a tear in his eyes by now..What has this country come to ? As far as being afraid of the leftist assh@les? Yea right ..I've been VERY patient for months with these NYC liberals giving me grief.If one gets in my face after the election I have no idea what I'll do ..It wont be pretty ..thats a given.PS Cubans in this area are real patriots..They know what its like to live under iron rule..Most are real Bush supporters
When President Bush is re-elected, there will be no backing down or handing the presidency over to the perp generation to keep the peace. No more than we will appease terrorists.
I submit for the President's consideration: Issue an immediate Executive Order, activating all veterans in the country at stand-by condition. Register at the County Sheriff's office for orders. All veterans, in case some folks don't know, are still under oath to protect and preserve the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
What better post-service activity for veterans to become involved in than to start riding herd on domestic enemies.
President Bush, I hope you are listening. We work free, if need be, and have our own 'equipment.'
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