Be afraid (Should Kerry loses, do we need to fear Democrat terrorists?)

spectator.org ^ | 11/2/2004 1:08:09 AM | Shawn Macomber

[crushelits]

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.

[papertyger]

I was trying to take a swipe at AFL-CIO members attacking Bush Campaign headquarters...

Wouldn't mind a piece of that action myself. I'd give a night in the hoosgow to get some payback for that.

[OldSgt.]

Very good! They were doing home invasion on mass, you were being over-run and it was the fight of your life, and it will be sered in your mind forever.

Your only regret was they stopped coming before you ran out of rounds. I mean, thank goodness they stopped coming before you ran out of rounds. Ya right !!

[HenryLeeII]

Your only regret was they stopped coming before you ran out of rounds. I mean, thank goodness they stopped coming before you ran out of rounds. Ya right !!

Yes, I deeply regret the loss of these promising individuals who had so much to offer society, but, alas, were forced into this unfortunate situation due to the oppression they felt after the Bush tax cuts went into affect. I am deeply saddened, as deeply as the soon-to-be-former Senator Dasshole will be by 11 p.m. this evening (God willing)!

[verity]

Damn. I exhausted my supply of tin foil last night.

[redgolum]

LOL!

Come on, the .45 ACP is an AMERICAN pistol. My Kimber is well oiled, and I hope to celebrate a Bush win by punching holes in paper targets this weekend.

[Zionist Conspirator]

The leftists will be prone to violence, because they would not accept the will of the majority if it means capitalism, traditional social mores and a strong, nationalist military.

I don't understand the assumption that Leftists are anti-military considering they have imposed military dictatorships wherever they have come to power, and increased military spending to boot (in order to "liberate" others). American Leftists may be different here, but they've been opposed to American patriotism so long that they probably couldn't bring themselves to advocate even patriotism for the "socialist motherland" (and btw, the Communists in other countries always refer to themselves as "patriots"). But you know, there are American rightwingers who admire certain foreign dictators while considering John Ashcroft to be a "jackbooted thug." Funny how certain segments of the right are as opposed to a strong American military as they are supportive of the strong militaries of foreign dictatorships.

Nothing to worry about if they are as adept with guns as they are with pies.

Funny stuff. Liberals don't handle too many guns in their lives. Without the knowledge of how to use them, most of them would probably throw guns at us instead of pies!

Same point. Castro rode into power on a tank and I'm assuming the "great October socialist revolution" was achieved at least in part by firearms. There were Communist street toughs before there were Fascist or Nazi street toughs and if they had an aversion to firearms I don't know about it. But again, maybe American leftists are different here. Does this mean if an American Castro rode into Washington DC on a tank the American left would reject him for anti-militarist reasons???

[OldSgt.]

Sounds like the perfect press release for the day after.

But the yard and house cleaning bill by the debris retrieval contractors need to be sent to the DU.

[Defiant]

I don't understand the assumption that Leftists are anti-military considering they have imposed military dictatorships wherever they have come to power, and increased military spending to boot (in order to "liberate" others).

Let me 'splain it to you. The US military, as opposed to that in banana republics, is comprised of individuals who are more religious, patriotic and independent than the country as a whole. Jacksonian Americans are dominant in the US military. Clinton tried to change that, but he could not in only 8 years.

Leftists are against the US military so long as it is not controlled by them, in terms of its culture, values and willingness to do the left's bidding. If they ever took power, they would not use the US military as their own, they would defeat the US military, as Lenin defeated Czarist forces, and then create their own, People's Army.

That could never happen here, of course, because unlike Cuba, France and China, the free people here possess their own guns. That's the whole point of the 2nd amendment. That doesn't mean that leftists won't go underground someday and commit violent acts. Leftists gave the Soviets the bomb, after all. They are capable of great damage to this country, and great hatred of it.

[HenryLeeII]

But the yard and house cleaning bill by the debris retrieval contractors need to be sent to the DU.

If there are any of 'em left!

[OldSgt.]

"If there are any of 'em left!"

GOOD POINT!!!! And then with all the excess Public housing on the market and lower unemployment rate, not to mention lack of need for gov/ sub gov spending for Programs. The roads will have less trafic, Taxes can come down even more. Heck, I'll pay for for the cost of the clean-up at my own place, myself, gladly.

Oh Please Riot. please ,please, please!!!!!

[river rat]

A violent riot by the leftists, may be just what the Doctor ordered...

It would represent a long delayed opportunity for the "silent but armed" members of society to "speak" out and cull the herd..

"Mad Cow" disease has obviously infected the general population - and our current Social Welfare State permits them to thrive in contrast to Darwin's theory of evolution..
They simply copulate and populate, and send the brood to Government Schools to be made even more stupid..
It's a vicious cycle, that only severe action can halt..

I live in a target rich envioronment- and my "Kerry Nazi" sign has marked me as an attractive target...
I explained to my Sainted Wife that she should think of it as "baiting the field"....
With my tired old legs - it's best to draw the enemy to me, rather than chase the bastards down..

Semper Fi

[Travis McGee]

I'm just watching and waiting.

This election, and our nation's future, is a coin toss, with the coin going end over end in slow motion in the air.

[HenryLeeII]

Oh Please Riot. please ,please, please!!!!!

We're bad...not wrong, just bad ;>)

[OldSgt.]

"With my tired old legs - it's best to draw the enemy to me, rather than chase the bastards down.. "


ROFLMAO, The old saying was, "Stand and fight", but I now prefer the sitting or prone position!!! With 782 gear at the ready,

Semper Fi, Marines

[OldSgt.]

"We're bad...not wrong, just bad "

OK, but we certainly aren't encouraging them to. But what else are we to do should they become even stupider then usual. What happens is entirely in THEIR hands.

[familyop]

"Why cause panic!"

That's a great idea!

All of you people who haven't voted, yet, run to the polls, and vote for your lives!

[river rat]

Loved it!
How many old farts even KNOW what 782 gear was/is?
I'll bet the list of items included in 782 issue has changed a bit since "our time"... I suspect it's a lot more complicated than buckets, E Tool, poncho and shelter half, etc.....

Welcome home brother..

There is a new "redneck" comedian that I think is called the "cableman" and he has made popular a saying that is sweeping the nation...."git er done".

Right after President Bush is assured of 4 more years to "git er done", I believe the world is going to see a LOT OF CHANGE in attitude and body temperatures....

The Islaminazis, French, Germans, Russians, Leftists, U.N. worshipers/outlaw employees and liberal lunatics worldwide are going to literally foul their drawers at the prospect of 4 more years of dealing with a determined, righteous and HONEST man...

Semper Fi

[GladesGuru]

"ready the dogs of war."


Given the appearance of all too many of female Democratic extremists, to call them "dogs' is a de facto bad mouthing of innocent animal.

Should I call PETA? :)

[river rat]

Keep the faith, Matt..
I've been blessed with the ability to sense the outcome of REALLY serious events during my life...

I feel REAL GOOD about this election...much more so than in 2000.
Everything feels right this time..... Kerry will LOSE, and our Republic will win and survive for a while longer...

Semper Fi

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I think you meant, "when" kerry loses.