Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:17 PM
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Could Michele Bachmann or Rick Perry become president? You bet they could.
Most of us consider Bachmann and Perry somewhat out of the mainstream at best and unstable psychopaths at worst. So how could one of them possibly end up in the Oval Office? Here’s how.
First, one of them has to win the Republican nomination. The powers that be would rather see someone who seems “normal†and whom they can control, like Romney, win the nomination. But the current reality seems to indicate that what the powers that be want, doesn’t matter. They were instrumental in forming the Tea Party branch of the Republican Party, yet, it seems to have gotten beyond their control.
Key electoral states have Republican governors. And redistricting (following the 2010 census) gave these governors power to carve their states into electoral districts that favor Republicans in national and statewide races.
The machines on which far too many of us vote are owned and programmed by companies whose owners favor the Republican Party. Add to this the Republican’s sordid history of voter suppression, “losing†certain votes, and recounting votes until they turn out “right.†This is how Karl Rove stole two elections for Bush Jr.
And then there’s President Obama. Many of those who voted for him in 2008 with high hopes, myself included, have become disgruntled and increasingly cynical. My fear is that many disillusioned Democrats might sit out the 2012 election.
So if Bachmann or Perry gets the Republican nomination, and too many Democrats decide not to vote … well, I guess that might be the last coffin nail in the American Empire.
I’m not saying that any of this will actually happen. But it certainly seems plausible to me.
Disagree with any of this? Let’s hear it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1737782So...how is it that redistricting affects the Kenyan's chance for reelection?
Of course, Karl Rove has the Diebold and ES&S machines programmed so we can't lose, but what if moonbats get
to vote on paper ballots? Still not a chance. The Koch brothers supply all the paper!
Cool Logic (680 posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:22 PM
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2. It will be as it always has been...core D & R voters will be there to support their candidates...
But it will be the middle 10% that selects the winner.
mzteris (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:22 PM
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3. "too many Democrats decide not to vote "
THAT scares me.
Of course election theft scares me, too after the two bush debacles, BUT - overwhelming numbers might help prevent that.
No - it's the #@*%_#)@* "send a message" far lefties that concern me. Has Obama "done enough" No. But the damage could be far far far worse! Look at what happened here in Wisconsin. Yeah, that whole "send a message" thing worked out just f'ing great with Scot Walker, the Fitzgerald Brothers and the Koch Brothers overseeing it all.
Whoa!! New DUmp boogeymen?
Rex (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:23 PM
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4. At first I wanted to laugh and say no.
But the longer I think about it, the more I realise Americans are ****ing dumb enough to put another GWB clone in office.
Not only that, DUmmy Rex, at this point if we could, we'd put GWB himself back into office. And so would a lot of democrats.
ladjf (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:29 PM
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9. The American people elected Obama because they wanted
a Democratic President. He has turned not to be one. If he could be persuaded to step down, we could run a good candidate and win.
Kootch!!
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:30 PM
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10. Yep, Rex. Bachmann's win in Iowa's straw poll makes one wonder how
many Americans are hopelessly dumb or incurably insane.
Chemisse (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:25 PM
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6. It could happen. I am really hoping that the spectre of such an outcome
will spur people to get out to the polls.
It will, but not in the way DUmmy Chemisse thinks.
judgegblue (63 posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:28 PM
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7. I certainly hope that a majority of repubs haven't lost their minds
However, we can't afford to ignore the possibility of such a disaster. I have been saying for a while that the Nazis were considered a fringe group in the beginning. Could it happen here? Of course when we make this analogy many write us off as hysterics.
Hey, anything can happen. Just consider that three years ago, voters elected a foreign-born black muslim community organizer.
searchingforlight (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:31 PM
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11. I'm with you. This scares the S--- out of me.
Now you are mixing political money with religious bat s--- money and that religious bat s--- is scarier than anything. A mandate from "the people" is one thing "a mandate from God" is beyond reason.
This from a moonbat who refers to the Kenyan as the "messiah".
RagAss (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:33 PM
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13. Maybe it needs to happen. Maybe that will force us to create "permanent change" .
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:36 PM
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15. If it does happen, it's possible that the only thing left to do would be
to sift through the ashes.
NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-14-11 12:52 PM
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16. Bush the Idiot once had a +90% approval rating
That should be enough right there to indicate that any of those rapture ready Republicans could very well be our next president.
"Rapture-ready Republicans"!! That's the first time the grouchy nutcase DUmmy Don has ever written something worth remembering.
He just fell behind Vinnie in the "Most Boring DUmbass" competition.
