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.

[madvlad]

Just slap a lib and you'll feel sooooooooooo
good!!!! Or just do what I do, yell em down
lke O'Reilly!! bwahahahahahahahahahahahahah
No need for a weapon really!!

Rock the vote, baby!

MV

[Tanniker Smith]

THe New York Daily News is calling it the "margin of litigation" for whoever wins.

Personally, if Kerry loses by more than one state, I hope that he concedes. Doubt that he will, but I hope that he does.

TS

[RobertP]

Let's see, I have a Browning 7mm Remington Mag with 500 rounds of ammo, a Marlin 30/30 with about 200 rounds(I do my own reloading), a 12gauge side by side double barrel shotgun with a several boxs of ammo ranging from rabbit and squirrel to buckshot, a 55lb recurve bow, a 120lb crossbow, a replica of a 44 Caliber 1851 Colt Navy blackpowder revolver, and a claymore sword with a sharp live steel blade.

No, I am not afraid.

[EdReform]

Bump. Well said

[OldFriend]

For all I care they can all go the way of CBS....down the toilet.

[longfellow]

Bin Laden IS a Democrat, junior.

[Defiant]

CBS doesn't care about how bad the news division is doing because it is leading the ratings wars on its other shows. They are committed leftists, and so are willing to subsidize the news. We need to get one of them to go either conservative or fair and balanced, and then that network will be the leader by a large margin. Another network will probably try to copy, and that will leave one liberal network, which will have a good size built in audience. That's how it should be in a nation of 300 million in which at least 50 percent are GOP voters and only a small percentage are as left wing as the people who bring them their news.

[Nathan Zachary]

Is that colt navy blackpowder one of those replica guns? I was looking to get one of those for a while now, just for the fun of it, because I like black powder hunting and shooting. Is it any good?

As far a democrat nutcases rioting, we have so many guns around here, between my two sons, who are both military, myself and my wife, we have enough firepower around here that we could hold off a division of lefties, LoL!

[papertyger]

I pose this question to any union people who might be here...Why would you continue to support a group in the DNC who continually vote for things that effect jobs and the economy in a negative way, such as raising Taxes.

First, you're assuming union membership precludes being a die-hard conservative republican who'd stomp the hell out of a democrat thug given the chance. That's a VERY poor assumption.

Why do we "support" the organization that's constantly screwing us? For the same reason you don't fight unfair speeding tickets...effective opposition would require damaging the institution to such a degree it's legitimate function could no longer be performed. Our internationals may be crooks, but they are somewhat of a check on those who would bring back "the company store."

Believe it or not, there are still managers out there who would make human sacrifices of their subordinates to look competent.

[edchambers]

Bring it on! a legitimate reason to shoot liberals it doesn't get any better than that.

[DSBull]

I know you are right, being a former union member, the ones I know always vote republican, they just don't advertise it at the local. I was trying to take a swipe at AFL-CIO members attacking Bush Campaign headquarters...

[OldSgt.]

Might work out this way. Rioters at you property line, you confront them to protect your property with a firearm, they call Police, your taken away for Brandishing, rioters burn down your home. Lovely thought, bad position for LEOs.

[firefighter302]

Be Afraid?


Yeah, Right...


I don't think so.


Rick302

[SlightOfTongue]

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!

[OldFriend]

And the union thug who ripped the sign out of the three year old's hands.

[Alex Murphy]

Ping for later

[HenryLeeII]

Might work out this way. Rioters at you property line, you confront them to protect your property with a firearm, they call Police, your taken away for Brandishing, rioters burn down your home. Lovely thought, bad position for LEOs.

How about this: I drag them into my doorway(s) and see how many I can fit! Maybe drape the overflow on my window sills...

[MEGoody]

Okay,kids, march around with signs and play grown up angry man if you want. But dont' get violent and threaten my family or me. You will rue the day.

[razorbak]

So a good night for BUSH and BUSHMASTER.

[MEGoody]

"Some of the Seattle area alternative papers have been encouraging post election violence if Bush wins."

These are the same morons whining about 'Bush murdering innocent people.'

If you look up the word hypocrite in the dictionary, the word 'leftist' is there.