[Valin]

Ping

[Bob Buchholz]

Suppose that Al Gore had rejected the Supreme Court's ruling, called on Democrats to occupy the Washington Mall for six weeks, and had himself sworn in on January 1, 2001, pledging to run an alternative government and "at all costs" to stop George W. Bush from taking office on the appointed day, January 20.

The only reason it didn't happen is because Al didn't think of it.

[RebelBanker]

I have been reading that Obrador's antics are descending into the realm of street theater and that his support has all but evaporated. I suppose that this silliness shows that Mexico is half way there - he and his supporters would have been lined up and shot or just massacred in place in a true dictatorship, but he would not have had any support at all in a true democracy where the people have confidence in the machinery of government. I wonder which direction we are moving...