Message Board Scrawls
Me: If you wanted to disrupt the elections, you assassinate Kerry… there’s already a succession for the president, there’s no succession for the challenger.
It’s not written in the Constitution or anywhere that in the challenger’s running mate becomes the successor…
I imagine that “they” (the arbitrary authority of the matter) would make Edwards as the stand – in nominee, but we’d have to find that out.
(Note: for the sake of the government — this is not an endorsement to kill or wound anyone, okay?)
Next guy: Hi Howie!
My take is that IF (not my suggestion at all!) Kerry is assasinated, Edwards would win as defacto proxie. What I mean is that after it all comes together in a few weeks, Edwards would be placed on the new ballot.
You are correct that there is no rule in regards to this.
I just think that would be the outcome. It would also likely taint Bush enough that he would lose. (After all, who would have Kerry killed…)
I do not think that OBL will be pulled out as an October suprise. I believe that he died about a year ago…
(Yes, that means all of the Messages from Ussama have been faked, one way or another.)
If he was pulled out at last minute I think it would act AGAINST Bush and Chenney right now. Too many people would think it an obvious trick by the Republicans.
Now, I could be wrong of course. I think I have reasonable possibilies listed, but I cannot claim any secret knowledge of what will happen.
I will stand by my first list with one major caveat . If pictures come out showing him with a bed full of dead boyscouts….
Before tonights debate…
AND Kerry is in bed with him…
Then all bets are off!
As per that:
As we keep hearing the Presidential Election of 2004 is being regarded as the most important election of our times.
Why?
Mainly because of the possibility of dire outcomes.
This is a tentative breakdown of possible outcomes based on current conditions. I have broken it down into discreet parts for the purpose of simplifying and clarifying the data.
These are numbered by my personal opinion of likelihood. From most likely to least.
1.Bush wins-Contested in court by democrats. This is likely to lead to a ruling again by the courts in Bush’s favor. While the initial responses are largely peaceful it will soon become apparent to those that supported Kerry that the vote has been stolen. Unrest and protesting results. Violence is forced by the police. Martial law is “temporarily” enforced. New legislation is rushed through that stripes the right to protest.
2.Kerry wins-Contested in court. The court rules for Kerry. Minor unrest ensues. Martial law is applied in specific cities or regions. Legislation is rushed through to “Keep this from happening again”.
3.Bush wins-Uncontested results. Unrest ensues to fight against the evil regime. Martial law ensues. New oppressive laws are legislated striping all rights from the citizens of the U.S. The set up for total fascism is applied within 2 years.
4.Kerry wins-Uncontested results. This will seem like a normal election with only normal grumblings from the republicans.
5.A terrorist strike pre-empts the elections. Martial law is declared. When we eventually have an election and Bush wins. Lowest voter turnout ever due to fear of assassination on way to polls.
6.A terrorist strike happens. Blamed, with some evidence on the Bush family Cabal, unrest erupts in the streets with factions from both sides fighting for control of the country. Martial law is declared. All rights stripped by winning side.
7.Bush wins. Contested by democrats. Due to laziness and lack of will, nothing really happens. We lose our rights slowly by attrition. We end with a police state.
8.Kerry assassinated on day of election. Chaos ensues. Martial law is enforced. Unrest lasted for nearly 2 weeks in some areas. Edwards is elected President.
This is only a partial list. All other outcomes are so unlikely that they are approaching impossibility.
AND
Another possibility is “none of the above.” How will this really impact daily life? Bush or Kerry wins, we will still laugh at them. At least I will. Perhaps I’m being mean spirited. I pray that we don’t have a despot on our hands.
AND
I actualy considered several other opptions to add to the list above. None of the above was in there! It pretty much tied with a massive alien landing or Ralph Nadar winning the election. This list is just what I view as likely at this time. Things may change before the election, though in truth, I feel we will still see some version of the above.
*sigh*
Can’t we all just get along?
Notice that many of the outcomes list “martial law” as a side effect. How would that effect daily life? I don’t really know! Maybe not very much for most people. (Of course those like me that keep saying anti-government things…)
AND
Heh. Here’s another:
Bush pulls OBL out of his hat the week before the election. Dems cry foul. It’s a big hit with the voters and Bush wins in a landslide. Then it comes out that they’ve been sitting on him for some time. Impeachment ensues. Bush is replaced by Cheney. 😛
July 7th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Hello, I am a paper ephmera dealer from Lancaster County Pennsylvania and I believe I may have come across original late 1800’s cabinet photos of skull and bones members at YALE. Individuals were photographed with SKULL & BONES tie clasps in clear view. There are other photos of other individuals with other types of tie clips some are the same, so I think that perhaps they too were members of possibly another group at YALE. The photographer was PACH BROTHERS who i know did the yearbooks and such at YALE during the late 1800’s and the photos were pencil numbered indicating to me that they were going to be used elsewhere (perhaps in a yearbook?) My question is do you have any idea of HOW I can identify these people if they were members of skulls and bones. No names are on the photos. If anyone can help me figure out how to identify these people, pleasde email me at ksavi@comcast.net ….Thanks …..Rich