What will happen if Bush cancels the elections?

[Cascadian]

Does anybody honestly think people are going to allow their constitutional right to be denied to them no matter what happens that would cause the Bush regime to cancel the election? In the history of this country, no matter what crisis has taken place, the presidential elections have never ever been cancelled. I would like to think people would take to the streets however some people are such sheep to the shananigans that the regime are doing that this will probably be just another day.

And so our democracy dies.

John

[WLKjr]

1. RIOTS and possibly the second American Revoulution

ousting another "King George"

[Cascadian]

2. The Neocons and those who support them would kill those who disagree.

I honestly think that the more each of our sides become polarized, the more you are going to see confrontations get more and more hostile and yes even violent. It is freightening to see how far this could go.


John

[bahrbearian]

9. I'm Ready !

[WLKjr]

14. Give me liberty or give me death! Live free or die

it's the democratic way of life, at least from my point of view.

[Birthmark]

3. We'll have trouble my friend

And that starts with "T"
and that rhymes with "V"
and that stands for "Vote"

[gristy]

4. Cancelled? You mean we would then have to wait for the next

regularly scheduled election, i.e. 2008? I doubt it. The scoundrel may try to postpone them if he thinks he's going to lose, but he can't just cancel them unless he pulls off an overt coup. And there's no way the military/police would go along with that.

[Cascadian]

6. Don't be so sure.

There are elements within the military and law enforcement that 1000 per cent pro-Bush and pro-neocon. They will probably obey every order without question for the security of the homeland. Anybody who gets in their way will be considered traitors and enemy combatants.


John

[Mr_Spock]

5. We'll simply kick his sorry ass.

N/M

[Hoping4Change]

7. Iron your flag! The US will officially become the world's laughingstock.

So says Heather Mallick in "I'm put off by putting off"
(Globe & Mail).


"Americans don't like being laughed at, George. All that splendid history, that Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, Jackie's pink suit and F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Miranda decision and "I have a dream," Muddy Waters and Steinem, all those marble buildings in Washington, they were built on Lego. It's tragic, yet at some level, unspeakably funny.....


They'll call you a new name, George, and it's not one you can pronounce: "Junta."

snip

The last word on postponement goes to Lincoln. When it was suggested that he postpone the 1864 election because there was a civil war on, he responded. "We cannot have a free government without elections. If the rebellion could force us to forgo, or postpone, a national election, it might fairly claim to have already conquered us." Case closed.


http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040717/MALLICK17//?query=mallick

[Minstrel Boy]

11. Mallick is soooo good:

"Bush Cheney (which, admit it, sounds more like a deep-woods serial killer who sews his pants using your bone splinters and sinews)"

[wicket]

8. RIOT

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[katym]

10. No need to cancel them. He can just make himself the only one on a ballot

just like Saddam taught him. I hoped Bush would learn from the Iraq war, but I didnt think he'd learn this.
I say blow his ass up!
:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Minstrel Boy]

12. How many eligible voters even bother?

When half see no reason to vote, the democracy is as good as dead.

Remember the riots in the streets after Selection 2000? Neither do I.

[Peregrine]

13. Not a damn thing

there will be protests but they won't be covered by the media and the general public will not give a damn.

[BattyDem]

15. I honestly believe ...

it will be the start of the new American Revolution, followed by the new Civil War ... and it's going to last a long time. Yes, I know that sounds extreme and maybe even a bit ridiculous. A few years ago, I would have laughed at anyone who suggested such a thing, but the writing's on the wall - we're heading for a major culture clash in this country because the Fundies and the Neocons want to control every aspect of people's lives and right now, they're winning!

These people aren't going to quit. They refuse to compromise, they have no respect for other people's ideas/beliefs and they hate diversity of any kind because for some inexplicable reason, they think it's a threat to their way of life. :eyes: They wrap themselves up in God and the American flag, but the fact is they don't believe in freedom or the Constitution or the Bill of Rights - they want all citizens to offer blind obedience and unquestioning loyalty to their leader. They are demanding a "Christian" nation, but their beliefs are not based in mainstream, traditional Christianity - they practice a hateful, twisted form of Christianity.

In the Neocon's vision of the future: rich, white, straight, Christian males will rule the world; women and minorities will serve; children will obey; and dissidents, non-Christians and homosexuals will cease to exist ... if you know what I mean. Basically, they want "Taliban: USA"

They control the House, they control the Senate, they control the Supreme Court, they control the media, they control the voting machines and they control the military. Do you realize that all they have to do is shut down the Internet and we're done? Sometimes I wonder how we're ever going to get our country back ... and it scares the hell out of me. :-(

Sorry for being so dark and gloomy ... it's been a bad day.


On edit: I know many of you think nothing will happen and in a way, I hope you're right - but I think this country is reaching the breaking point. The more people I talk to, the more I realize that it's no longer about Democrats and Republicans or Liberals and Conservatives - it's about basic survival. People can't pay the bills because they don't have a job. Those that do have jobs are living paycheck to paycheck. Healthcare is becoming a privilege for the rich. So is education. Every day, people are being screwed over by the government that is supposed to serve them. We are becoming a nation of two classes: the ruling class and the slave class, which is exactly the way it is in a dictatorship. Americans are going to wake up and even if it's "too late" when they finally do, they're going to fight back because that's what Americans do. It may not be this year or next year, but it's going to happen eventually. I just hope we don't have to hit rock bottom before it does.

[Soth]

16. Perhaps This Instead?