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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:02 PM Original message |
Officials discuss how to delay Election Day (holy s**t!) |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Constitution says the president has to be sworn in on January 20th |
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freeforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I'd love to agree, but |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. What if they |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Exactly |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. I agree I think they are testing the waters.... I can't believe what |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
57. That's what they'd have to do |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. 38 states. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. You're missing a key point |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Based on what? |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. There was no precedent for what took place... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
66. Martial law is a different league |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. How about based on Gen. Tommy Franks being sent around to say so last year |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Yeah yeah yeah |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Yeah yeah yeah |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. You don't get it, do you?.... |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Martial law with what army? |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
65. They have to maintain the APPEARANCE of giving a shit. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Shrub doesn't have to delay the election past January 19 |
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tlmorris (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. A president has to be sworn in at noon on the 20th.... |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. OK, here's what I don't get: What the hell does the DHS have to do with |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Please check out this very intriguing analysis from |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Great. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. we;ll spill into the streets alright, Right and Left |
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Tommy_Douglas (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
68. It's easy for me to say you guys should revolt... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. One poster said... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. The Military |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thanks, RGB |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The Larger Issue |
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Beaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. those who would give up freedoms in the name of security deserve neither. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yep! |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Beautiful windup, RGB... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Let me add a couple of comments to that... |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Here's another thing I don't |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Newsweek originally reported it |
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Charles19 (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Hypocrite's |
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freeforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. This doesn't surprise me in the least; however... |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 03:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. The Anti-Coup |
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lapauvre (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have been saying the same thing |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Let's have the election early. |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Okay, guys. This is NOT the kind of reassurance I was... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Sorry, my rose-coloured glasses are busted. |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh, right |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Saw another thread about the Mercs that will be here... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Uh-huh, we were all talking crazy, we were "Tinfoil-Hatters"... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't mind that they are talking about this. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
55. Shrub won't care |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Delayed Election = No Time For Recounts (or maybe even full counts) |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Not only a terrorist attack can |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. recounts? |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. This has implications world-wide. |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
35. This train wreck is right on schedule |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. If they suspend the election, anarchy will be a possibility. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
69. Welcome to DU |
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eowyn70 (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
36. Tom Ridge will engineer something |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. I have more confidence in America |
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ze_dscherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
39. Kick |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. BONG !! You win the prize.. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Add weight in gold to that prize! Scare tactic plus |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. securing the (re-)election? |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
43. The american people won't stand for it, neither will the UN |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. But the UN is irrelevent, remember. And the pukes don't give a rat's ass |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Oh, but it won't be AWOL's fault... |
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skippysmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
44. The fact that they can even contemplate this idea publicly |
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dusty64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. It IS all SO obvious. |
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sandraj (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
48. The more I hear about this story |
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Edmond Dantes (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel.... |
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Aries (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
51. A related story from "The Atlantic" |
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Commendatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
53. This wouldn't suprise me. |
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Salmo Trutta (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
54. Instead of delaying... |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Extend Voting a Day? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
60. What about |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
61. "he people of San Francisco are an endangered species." -- Jebbie Bush |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
67. The more they pull this garbage... |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
70. What about EARLY VOTING? |
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