I think the second paragraph of Hermann’s post answers the question pretty succinctly (albeit anecdotally):
***Possibly yes.***
As for any factual basis to said fears: show me and I’ll believe it.
Oh, and Hermann: didn’t George Bush and the Republicans try to disenfranchise the votes of poor and/or black people during the 2000 elections? Yes or no. I distinctly remember the Republicans trying to block the poor/black vote during the Florida fiasco.
And speaking as a non-veteran, I do not hate George Bush, and have no fears that he plans to cancel the 2004 election.
If there are nutcases claiming the contrary, please show proof.
The Florida fiasco was about the liberal Florida Supreme Court rewriting Florida law in order to allow for ballots which had been illegally/ incorrectly marked.
Are you trying to insinuate that the poor/ black population of Florida is too stupid to fill out a ballet correctly? I certainly hope not.
Well, it’s clear from Hermann’s post that when it comes to rabid Clinton-hating, any excuse will do, even the incredibly dopey notion of Clinton suspending the 2000 election.
Makes ya proud to be an American.
Oh, wait, I’m Canadian. Whew.
My point (in relation to the OP) is that legitimate tactics employed by either party will always be considered unfair by the opposing party. And both parties were doing everything they could get away with to win the election – that’s what parties do.
FTR, my own opinion is that the 2000 election was won fairly by Bush (who I voted for, incidentally) – it basically came out a tie, at which point the appropriate procedures kicked in.
Try to imagine how you’d feel, though, if the election had ended differently, as a result of a 5-4 SCOTUS vote.
Bush and Ashcroft? Absolutely. Not only that, but if Bush did suspend elections, the GOP would fully support him in turning America into a one-party state.
Hermann, so what if they hated Bubba. The question is if there was a widespread concern that he’d somehow attempt an auto-coup. I have a hard time imagining even the most anti-Clinton military career man thinking Willie had it in him.
And God Bless the Founding Fathers, for making sure the CinC is the guy selected by the Electors and the generals/admirals have jack-squat to say about it but “Yes, Sir!”
My, oh my, but liberals are starting to truly distinguish themselves by their stupidity.
To further prove this, I bet that the liberals who read my post think that I’m a conservative. I’m not. I’m an antistupidarian. This means that I am usually opposed to all conservatives and all liberals.
Clinton suspend an election? Not a chance in the world.
Nothing else in life made Slick Willy feel validated. His was a career based on single-minded adherence to one core principle - campaigning to get re-elected. That’s all he did, or wanted to do.
Clinton would no more suspend an election than a crackhead delay his next pipe.
He was a horribly bad President, but not horribly bad in that particular way. The idiosyncracies of his personality would not allow him to be.
The only person I ever heard suggest such a thing was Mancow.
'Nuff said.
Oh, and I’m a liberal and I also think that the idea of Bush doing anything like that is nonsense. He might do a lot of other things, but not that.
My friend in the U.S. Foreign Service was in Bulgaria in 1992. After the November elections, she was asked, over and over, by people there, “What would happen if Bush refuses to step down?”
She tried to explain: "He lost the election. He will leave office. That’s how it is in America.
If Clinton…or Bush…or whoever follows them…tries to seize control (“Seven Days in May”) the rioting here will make the rioting in Baghdad look like an English High Tea.
