Slowly, but surely, the crowd began to turn against the dictator

[demzilla]

I'll never forget the day in 1989 when Nicolae Ceausescu
of Romania had his minions assemble the populace in a public square to offer "support" for his policies. Nic goes out on the balcony with his wife, starts giving a long-winded speech. At first there is the dutiful pro-regime chanting from the secret police types and party hacks in the front of the crowd. But after a few minutes, from the back of the crowd where the actual common people were, a chant slowly begins against the regime. It grows louder and louder and louder. Frightened and stunned, aware for the first time that the popular will is against him, the dictator and his wife flee the stage.

Looking at what's happening today, as we approach the election, I can't get the image out of my mind. The crowd is chanting here in America, and it ain't yelling "Four More Years!"

[yardwork]

1. I remember that moment. It was beautiful.

I was watching it on CNN. That was when CNN was a reliable news outlet, before they went deeply right-wing and I turned off my TV.

[aquart]

2. Mussolini hanging upside down.

I always picture George that way.

[endnote]

7. My grandfather back in Italy saw that!...

[aquart]

9. Cherished memory?

[DeepModem Mom]

3. I have taped above my desk a post from a while back...

from The Watcher:

"That knock you hear at the door, Mr. Bush, is America. We've come for our country."

[NJCher]

4. oooooh!

I got goosebumps reading that!!


Cher

[Hosnon]

6. Nice

Great quote. Justified or not, my belief is that these guys read the "Prince" one to many times and simply want power.

Bush needs to go the way of Louis XVI - the power which should be zealously guarded and killed for is the power of the people.

[liberalmuse]

5. Didn't that guy get ripped to pieces by a crowd?

I mean, literally?

[pretzel4gore]

10. no, the 2nd level guys caught him and wife trying to flee

and find exile.... the concescues(sp) were 'tried' and executed. At the end the 2 were pathetic and deserved mercy ......just like mussilini did (he wasn't anything like hitler, he was not even as cruel as spain's franco or today's bush dummy; few remember that mussilini gave up power when he could have faught, he never called on hitler for help and played no role, having too much patriotic loyalty to the country, after hitler's goofs 'freed' him from italian gov. captivity etc)

[Renew Deal]

8. What happened today?

I was out. Did I miss anything big?