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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 07:59 PM
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What if the Dems swept the 2006 elections and the pubs refused to leave?
With the republicans in congress lately so drunk on power and bush well on his way with his own little mercenary army, do you think this could ever become a possibility?
No, I'm not a wild eyed crazy...just tossing the idea up in the air for comments.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:06 PM
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1. I think Jefferson
had a few thoughts on this.
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James T. Kirk Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:07 PM
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2. I don't think that will happen.
Republicans have lost plenty of elections since the 1850s. The next round will not be much different. Some will win, and some will lose and the losers will go home.
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:14 PM
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3. The only one I'm reasonably sure they'd have to...
... frog-march out would be DeLay. There'd be his fingernail and toenail marks on the floor all the way out the door....
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:28 PM
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7. and I think we can safely add sensenbrenner to that list.
He has no patients for pesky dems. Mike off...lights out.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:42 PM
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8. I be willing to remove those fingernails and toenails
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 07:43 AM
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20. To paraphrase Chimp: "Need some bamboo?"
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:25 PM
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27. Gee if gw*dipshit had fulfill his time in the military...
he might had had the pleasure of those bamboo slivers under his nails in Vietnam.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:27 PM
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28. *Graphic simulation*
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G2099 Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:19 PM
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4. What if the Sun did Not come Up today?
The possibilities of if are infinite . . .
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:20 PM
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5. Pitch Forks and Torches!
*
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katsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:23 PM
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6. The Dems would...
turn off the microphones and shut the lights.

:evilgrin:
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digno dave Donating Member (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:46 PM
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9. please, think about other things more worth while, okedokee
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 09:02 PM
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12. Believe me, I think about worth while things all day long
I run a large business and I have a busy and rewarding personal life. I'm not a wild eyed crazy. But I come here to chat with folks who have the same political interests, and sometimes we mull over theoretical stuff. Just for the heck of it. :)
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 10:27 PM
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15. I posed nearly the same question earlier this week...
I'll just say, I wouldn't put anything past them.
And unless we get this corrupted election process
fixed, we'll never be rid of them. Ever.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:50 PM
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10. I wouldn't put anything past this bunch
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indie_voter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 08:52 PM
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11. Reminds me of a SNL skit from the 80s
They did a funny bit about Nancy Reagan refusing to leave the WH and Barbara Bush trying to usher her out.

This is before Barbara Bush showed her true colors, so she was portrayed as the sympathetic character.

It shows how low we've sunk. I was 16 when Carter lost to Reagan. I thought the end of the world was near.

Oh foolish me, little did I realize the nightmare which lay ahead.

:crazy:
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corbett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 09:40 PM
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13. Frist Is Running For Prez So...
When the Stormin' Mormon (that's a compliment) takes over as Majority Leader, he simply ignores motions by any defeated righties who refuse to leave. If they can't get anything done, lose their office space and staff and housing allowance, they won't stick around for very long. If there's one thing they won't do, it's work for free!
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-05 10:22 PM
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14. I wouldn't be surprised
We're not dealing with normal people here. They'd use national security as a reason not to hand over power.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:23 AM
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16. why this won't happen . . .
the Dems sweeping the elections, I mean . . . even when people have a very low opinion of Congress, they usually have a positive opinion of their own representative . . . you know, the one who brings the federal money into their district . . . which is why they keep voting them back in . . . this generally leads to very few changes in the makeup of the Congress . . .
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:44 AM
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17. So if we swept in '06, and they refused to leave?
Well... Since TomDeLAME does anything for a $$$-buck-$$$ we could have him put on his old Orkin Man Exterminator Gear and see if he'd fumigate the righties off the premesis?

Could we'd have to get him drunk first.. but that's pretty easy to do I hear .. :beer: :silly:
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Curtis Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:47 AM
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18. I'd die laughing
because it would reveal how childish and the sore losers they really are
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 06:59 AM
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19. All they have to do is make it appear there has been another
terrorist attack on American soil. Bush could then declare Marshal Law (which Tommy Franks has said he could and would do under those circumstances), and suspend elections.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread24250/pg1

Granted, it is extreme, but it could happen. And, I put nothing past this administration.

TC
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:33 AM
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21. We would take away their red swingline staplers
and move their desks into the store-rooms. (Your question reminded me of Office Space).
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Zen Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:46 AM
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22. That question takes me back to 1974 ....
Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 09:48 AM by Zen Democrat
There was a pervasive fear among liberals that Nixon would try to seize control of the military to stay in power.

Apparently there were some concerns within the White House because according to Woodward, Kissinger alerted the JCOS to get additional approval from the State Dept. and others before executing any of Nixon's orders.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 11:24 AM
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25. Kissinger was the voice of reason. Scary.
Just out of curiosity, who would be the voice of reason in this administration? Powell? Oh, yeah, he's gone. O'Neill? Ummm, no. Also gone. Condi? Yup, that's it. Condi would push the alert button.
Oh brother, we're in trouble.
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pox americana Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 10:05 AM
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23. isn't that what happened in November?
I know we're supposed to think Bush won Ohio, but I still don't.
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Lone_Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 10:34 AM
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24. You have two choices: either fight them or comply with them..
Keep in mind that people usually only have the power people give them. I would recommend a passive fight.

Personally, I would consider them illigetimate and wouldn't recognize them. In essence, they would be persona non grata to me. Whatever the say would be completely ignored by me unless it physically threatened me.

I would however, recognize the true elected officials and urge them to set up a new official capital.
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AUYellowDog Donating Member (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 11:33 AM
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26. Do you think they'ld frame us rigging elections to prove that we're
crooked? I could see it. Don't win on your own merits, just take away your opponent's.

Brandon
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:36 PM
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29. shrub would have to call national guard
Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 12:36 PM by dajoki
to remove them. wouldn't that be a kick?:rofl:
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jmcon007 Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:44 PM
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30. much easier than you think.....all Bush would have to do is
declare a "national emergency" of some sort, have White House lawyers approach the Supreme Court with their argument and the judges could rule the Constitution "temporarily" suspended.
This would dissolve Congress and martial law would be in place until the "emergency" has passed. Bush would, at that time, be a dictator.
Oh, and guess who determines when the "emergency" has passed? Yep, the monkey.
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