Posted on 08/01/2008 7:39:20 AM PDT by LS
While everyone has been contemplating one "unthinkable" outcome of the fall vote---Obama's election (and, for what it's worth, as of right now this does appear to be the likely outcome)---let me suggest an equally unthinkable result: Obama loses.
I have been giving a lot of thought to this because of the coverage of Obama as a "transfiguring" personality, as an "image," as (to use the phrase of some of the pundits), a "superman," and, of course, as the German schlub said, "a messiah."
What happens when superman loses an election? What happens when voters reject the messiah?
We all need to be prepared for a hailstorm of charges about "voter fraud," "fixing the election," and cheating such as will make 2000 look like a high school prom queen contest. It's understood that an overwhelmingly Dem congress and senate wouldn't give John McCain the time of day, let alone actually try to improve the country. Forget that. I'm talking serious stuff here.
Already the groundwork is laid for political violence and upheaval such as in the 1960s. Messiahs can't lose unless they are betrayed by some Judas; Superman can't fail unless there is some mysterious introduction of Kryptonite---say, the "conservative media."
An Obama loss will bring on deeply damaging legislation (which McCain can't, or won't, stop) against talk radio and Fox . . . and likely the internet. There will be the predictable rioting, but it may be more severe than what we've seen in the past, especially given that a president McCain would be neither tough enough to smash it (like Nixon) or to overcome it by appealing to the public (like Reagan).
In short---the policies of John McCain aside---I think the fallout from an Obama defeat will be disastrous. This certainly is no reason to vote for him; indeed, this Mussolini-like figure demands our total opposition. But be prepared: the messiah's loss will not be taken lightly.
Anyone remember the Rodney King riots?
That can’t be. They already bought the black paint for the White House.
Party at my house when The Obamination goes down in smoke and flames. Let us hope the liberal socialists rip each other apart like junk yard dogs fighting over a hamburger butt....
Yeah, imagine that X 100 cities.
The racism charge will be hurled like never before!
if obama loses it will be because democrats do not vote for him, therefore it is the democrats that are racist
My thoughts exactly, but on a national scale.
“Make my Day”!
And if you think THAT story would ever be told, you’re smoking some good s$%t.
The hope & change riots of ‘08. Maybe the democrats will finally lose some of their black supporters for a few election cycles.
I’ve got several thousand rounds each of 5.56,7.62 and 12 gauge. Don’t think more than two, maybe 3 looters will come my way.
Think I am going to take the day off Election Day...vote early...and leave town.
Another senario that would result in even worse conditions:
Obama wins 12-14 states HUGE and 230-240 electoral votes, McCain wins the rest by close margins but loses the popular vote by 1-1.5 million.
LA will burn for 3 years along with most of the rest of the major cities in the US. Food and fuel distribution halts to out lying areas and millions of refuges flee the cities.
Comments?
You can never have enough ammo to defend your castle.
If there were to be disruptions after an Obama loss, Bush would still be President and it would be up to him, not McCain, to respond. Of course, local authorities should handle local situations, but if things got so out of hand that Federal action made sense, it would be up to Bush.
I for one wouldn't miss them.
I personally think McCain will win in a landslide.
Coming soon........ The Black/African American Independent Political Party?
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