[Tolik]

Orson Scott Card:

Because the mainstream press refuses to see anything wrong in the Obama administration, even the most outrageous actions are given astonishingly gentle treatment – if they get any treatment at all.

So of course we hear almost nothing about the coup d'etat that is under way in the White House.

People have been talking about a "historic realignment," but of course that is nonsense. Most Americans report mostly conservative viewpoints on most issues. That hasn't changed.

What will change, apparently, is how many voters the Obama administration can produce out of thin air to swing the next election. And as many elections as possible after that.

How is Obama going to accomplish this? He has just moved the constitutionally-required census from the Commerce Department to the White House – specifically putting it under the thumb of his political strategist, Rahm Emanuel.

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The Democratic Party has demonstrated, time and time again, their absolute hatred of Democracy. They hated Bush for bringing democracy to Muslim countries that used to sponsor terrorism. They hate it when Americans who disagree with them use their constitutional rights to speak out for their viewpoint.

And, most of all, they hate democracy when it leads to their losing power. The years of Republican control of Congress made them so insane that they obviously have vowed: Never again.

No matter how stupidly those ordinary Americans vote, they're going to fudge the census so that Democrats will always keep the White House and the House of Representatives.

If this is allowed to stand, we will never have an honest census, or an honest election, again.

...  Obama and Emanuel and others involved in this coup are counting on the media to sweep this under the rug, so that Americans won't get all agitated about something as dull as the census.

So don't let yourself get bored or distracted. Your vote is about to be discounted. Your most basic freedom as an American – the right to vote and have a real chance at changing things – is being taken away.

Check with your friends in Mexico and Cuba and the old Communist bloc about how much they enjoyed generations of one-party rule.

Because that's what Obama decided to try for in his first month in office.

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[null and void]

It took the duly elected leader, Hitler three months to ban all other political parties in Germany.

Anybody willing to risk a couple bucks on the over/under for our own ‘duly elected president’?

[Jeff Head]

GREAT article!

Emanuel is Obama's demographic and propoganda reichsleiter.

They are certainly trying to put in place a strategy and organization that can maintain their power...but they will be dissappointed.

They are involved in so much over-reach at the current moment and the consequences and results are going to be so monstorous, that IMHO, they will not be able to contain the backlash if we all do our part.

That means we must do all in our power to get the word out to freinds, relatives, and neighbors and ask them to do the same as the consequences begin to take effect. I still believe, based on what I am seeing this marxist ideolog do, that we can start the come back road in a big way in 2010...but we are going to have to wrok hard for it.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS

NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

[ozark hilljilly]

“But now we have a genuine attack on the roots of the Constitution and the principle of counting only people who can be proven to exist when apportioning the House of Representatives. It’s a naked grab for power. It’s a coup d’etat.”

I recall some FReepers here being openly mocked and flamed for even saying that this would be a “bloodless coup” shortly after the election. We were being “hysterical”.
Sometimes it sucks to be right. : (

[Mr. Jeeves]

People are getting way too hung up on the fake "Democrat" and "Republican" labels used by the single Federal Government Party that has held power in DC since FDR's day. The fact is that a large majority of American political office-holders favor the expansion of government power. It doesn't matter if a politician has an (R) after his name if he votes for the same exact government power grabs time after time, then goes home and brags about how he is fighting the good fight for conservatism because he managed to slow down the implementation of said power grab to take place over three years instead of one.

Obama's goal with the census isn't to keep "Republicans" out of power, it's to keep dissenting, pro-Constitution, small-government advocates out of politics entirely. Unfortunately, that's the MSM's and the so-called "Republican" party's goal, too.

I think the electoral process is already too corrupt and fraud-tainted for the census manipulation to make much more of a difference - in a perverse way it might even be a good thing if becomes so easy for "Democrats" to win elections that they spend fewer taxpayer dollars each cycle to make it happen. ;)

[Diogenesis]

It IS a coup d'etat driven by the MSM.

PART 1: - Incredible, proven, systematic, pro-Clinton, pro-Obama, pro-RINO, media Bias.

NB. Bill Clinton Finished Third in Battle for Campaign Coverage

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PART 2: - Endless Warrantless loans to Criminal Illegal Aliens and then Bankers (who pay Congress kickbacks)

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PART 3: October Surprise to THROW Election2008, driven by ..... the MSM.

Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in "Electronic Run On the Banks"
"On Thursday Sept 15, 2008 at roughly 11 AM The Federal Reserve
noticed a tremendous draw down of money market accounts in the USA
to the tune of $550 Billion dollars in a matter of an hour or two.
Money was being removed electronically. The treasury tried to help with $150 Billion.
But could not stem the tide. It was an electronic run on the banks
The treasury intervened but had they not closed down the accounts they estimated that by 2 PM that afternoon.
Within 3 hours. $5.5 Trillion would have been withdrawled
and collapsed and within 24 hours the world economy."

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FLASHBACK: from 9/15/08:

“U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday he is confident
that the markets are resilient and can deal with the latest financial blows.
“We are working to reduce disruptions and minimize the impact
these financial market developments on the broader economy.” ...

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
said eight years of Bush “brought us the most serious financial crisis
since the Great Depression.”

His Republican rival said John McCain said he was happy the
federal government decided not to use taxpayer dollars to bail out Lehman Brothers.”

How did Obama know THEN
that we would experience the ‘most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression’
when those who did not plan the takeover would not know for three more months?

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October 10, 2008, another massive selloff.

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PART 4: The Perps give themselves unaccountability and total control.

[originalbuckeye]

Even though California is losing people at an alarming rate, watch the Dems pump up the census here to give California even more power nationally. California may lose us soon. Businesses are rapidly leaving here to go to more business friendly states. Colorado (is it actually more business friendly? I know it is controlled by Dems, too!) is even advertising on our TV trying to lure business there.

[Islander7]

[pappyone]

Orson Scott Card’s “Enders Game” probably the best science fiction story of all time.

[henkster]

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin

[antiRepublicrat]

Orson Scott Card, the sci-fi author? I’ve loved his sci-fi, now I like his political commentary too.

[Sans-Culotte]

What can we do?

"Bend over and take it like a man"?

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Most Americans report mostly conservative viewpoints on most issues. That hasn't changed.

It doesn't matter, not if those same Americans keep giving Obama the benefit of the doubt on issue after issue. Last week a Fox News poll result found a majority of Americans believe government should supply people with most of what they need to survive. Including shelter, food and healthcare.

Its Obama's version of euro-socialist America. For the time being, anyway. Even though his support has dropped off, Obama keeps pushing his liberal agenda with very little opposition.

[Catholic Canadian]

Orson Scott Card is a great author and American. I like this guy a lot.

[OneWingedShark]

One Party to Rule them All...
One Party to Bring them,
And in the Darkness Bind them!

[mountainfolk]

Seems to me one of several solutions to this democrat party intention to stay in power in perpetuity is to have a constitutional convention. That suggestion is generally shot down for various reasons but it would be preferable to a continuation of the destruction of this Republic. Another opposition approach would be for the Republican party members to re register as democrats en masse and choose candidates who are pro American. This is essentially what the democrats are getting by with already by supporting RINOS and by running less liberal candidates in states where necessary to fool the voters. Republicans do not have to make it easy for the socialist, communist, democrat party to destroy this nation. Of course, there is always the General Sherman approach. Physically destroy the whole country so nobody wins. That may be what we will be left with.

[wastedyears]

I don’t know why he’s still a Democrat.

I also don’t know why he won’t let Ender’s Game be made without using blue screens, when we’re far, far away from filming in a zero-g environment.

[dervish]

“Because they don’t love freedom. They just love having their views prevail, without regard to democracy or human rights.”

That is why I refuse to cede them the name “liberal.” Nothing liberal about them. From card check, to fairness doctrine, to mandating private medical info be reported to the government, they have demonstrated that they care nothing for the Constitution.

[Max in Utah]

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