Astrocloud

This is my paranoid thought for the day. This president is so intent on violating the rules that effect his power...

Examples:

http://www.house.gov/commerce_democr...askforce.shtml


http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/...s/02552163.htm


-That this President won't step down when his second term is up.

That is my belief. I hope I am wrong.

shakran

naw, he won't have a choice. Even if he decides to try for a power grab and refuses to leave the white house, the people will have voted in a new president. Once that new president is sworn in, the secret service works for him and they would remove Bush.

Bill O'Rights

Last Friday my wife and I took our three year old to McDonald's. In the play area, a mother had to physically extricate her child, kicking and screaming, from the equipment.
That was the image that I got when I read that.
Barbara Bush dragging little "Georgie" out. "Let's go, George. Let the other kids have a turn."
"No no no no no no no no no Idon'twannagoIdon'twanago"

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Slyboots

It would look very bad for his part he if tries to stay in power after his second term is down. Besides I don't think the American public is stupid enough to let him get away with it.

Lets just hope they aren't...

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ObieX

Hey... it worked for Chancellor Palpatine.. start a war, horde power, kill off all the democr.. rebels, make yourself emperor.

A couple democrats may look better in the role:

-nooOOO nOOO YoOOOUuo hAvE lOst!!!

Look out mace!



err...

hmm...

yea

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Ustwo

Well since you are so worried, I'll tell you our whole evil plan. Starting early next year we will.....oh look a butterfly....

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Redlemon

Wasn't there some stuff a few years ago about GWB* preparing documents that would suspend an election in case of national emergency? So many paranoid writings on the web, I can't trace it down right now.


*In Robert Anton Wilson's trilogy Schrodinger's Universe, there was a supercomputer called GWB, which was short for Great White Beast. I think it destroyed the world a couple of times.

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ObieX

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And, yea, Redlemon that was(?) the case.

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ScottKuma

Not to fuel the paranoia...but that's why we're here, isn't it?

I thought of this before the 2004 elections, and I think it still is a possible, if inplausible situation:

There is another (staged or not) attack on the United States within a month of election time. Reacting in accordance to the way similar attacks in Spain changed the outcome of the elections there, President George Bush asks FEMA to suspend the Presidential elections until such time as the safety & sanctity of the elections can be ensured.

CAVEAT: I'm not sure if FEMA actually does have the power to suspend elections...there have been many rumors to that end. Can someone find a credible source that verifies/denies this power?

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aKula

Yes that's why he put a friend in charge of FEMA, but the plan can no longer proceed as planned.

(btw I'm just playing along here, I'm not serious, I don't think tilted paranoia is meant to be all too serious with such threads).

Gatorade Frost

I'm pretty sure that Congress would have to signal that, not FEMA.

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Ganggreen

Glad to see that theres other people who are as concerened over GWB as me, and heck, I'm a Republican. Told my cousin a few weeks back that i'll bet he serves a 3rd term. glad to see i'm not the only paranoid one about Georgy...its those beady little eyes of his..creeps me out....(laughing but serious too)

Locobot

It won't matter whether he steps down or not, Rove will still be in power (unless he's in prison) under Jeb or whoever else. The neocons aren't that stupid to try such an obvious powergrab especially when GWB is little more than a puppet whose only purpose is to secure Southern votes. How people convinced themselves that a blue-blood New England boy was a down-home southerner, I'll never know.

Astrocloud

Why would congress stand up against anything Bush does? If they arrange that he stay in office -he could help them out as well. Not to mention by that time the Supreme Court will be well stocked up with Dumya supporters. -I don't like it. I don't like him and I hate his supporters.


(His Supporters)

Mojo_PeiPei

Yeah I'm sure Congress will be able to amend the constitution so that either the mandated election day gets changed and/or postponed, or that Bush is allowed to run for a 3rd term, better yet he'll just assume power. Same with the Supreme Court, I'm sure the two Bush appointee's will seduce the other 7 members into the constitutional legality and muster off taking a 3rd term.

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pattycakes

if you vote for jeb, you mise well just vote george back in

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Hardknock

You are aware that you are talking about average joe American, who has been swallowing Bush's shit and letting him get away with it for 4+ years right ?

Hardknock

They way things are looking with the latest polls, the dems will control congress as of next year. So that plan to have congress suspend anything won't fly either.

ScottKuma

Screw that - if you've REALLY had enough, vote Libertarian/Constitution/Green...ANYTHING but Democrat or Republican.

The current two-party system is designed to virtually exclude all other choices. THis is done to perpetrate both parties' chances of being in power. They use 5 or 10 straw-man issues to help us believe that one is somehow different from the other, while both parties consistently reduce our constitutional rights.

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pan6467

Bush doesn't have to get FEMA or congress to approve shit, he'll be able to cancel the elections in a wave of his hand.

He's working on the Martial Law plan for Avian Flu and there's the Patriot Act and I have a gut feeling all kinds of little tricks in his and Rove's hat. All he'll need is an excuse that Limbaugh, O'Reilly and the talking heads can sell. Won't be that hard.

Terrorist attack, an outbreak of some disease, striking workers, Pat Robertson saying God is coming if Bush can't stay.... what ever, the plans are there and set.

What will show if there is merit to this or not is how the '06 elections go. if polls show the Dems to be taking the House back and all of a sudden the GOP wins in predominantly Dem. areas or win where the polls had them losing by more than 8% (5% for shits and giggles 3% for the commonly used margin of error).

We'll see.....

As far as '04 goes, I'm still wondering why Ohio never truly investigated the polling areas that had more votes than voters, Blackwell throwing out 1000's of registration cards where they were like 90% Dem.

Oh yeah Taft and Noe took all the heat and attention off that little nothingness.....

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Poppinjay

When the new Bushco (TM) voting machines are installed, all voting will be secure and tabulated instantly. Trust the Bushco. Trust the Bushco.

Trust.

The.

Bushco.

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Plaid13

if he dosnt step down when its his time to someone will shoot him. most likely the secret service when the new pres wants his turn to play god. but if not them some other lunitic thats been drivin nuts by him for the last few years will be pushed over the edge when they find out he wouldnt step down.

VitaminH

If GW makes a power grab and tries to stay in office after his elected term is up, I guarentee you the second American Revolution will come. We will not stand for that.

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Leto

I don't think that Bush is the one to be paranoid about. More likely Cheney.. Bush will step down, Cheney will get elected next round, and 8 yrs later, power will be consolidated, a la Palpatine ?

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Mojo_PeiPei

Lucky for the anti Bushco/Bushworld crew, the Patriot act is about to watch it's last sunset.

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MSD

Shouldn't be a problem. Diane Feinstein told me that those super terrorist 50-caliber rifles have enough power to rip through armor and still have enough energy left over to kill babies and nuns from over 4 miles away. Feinstein would never lie to the American public.

Four or five guys wtih those should be enough just in case the others miss. I mean, no crazy person has had any reason to want to kill him so far, right?

(If anyone the government is reading this, please note the heavy, heavy sarcasm.)

rev_skarekroe

Of course he'll step down.
How is Jeb supposed to be President if George is hogging all the Oval Office time?

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ziadel

/Sworn to uphold and defend the constitution.
//Would make GW a target for everyone else who has sworn that same oath.
///won't happen.

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Xazy

Was watching the tv show cops this past saturday night, and a guy in vegas got into a fight with some homeless guy, who exposed himself. Not for calling him names, or getting naked in the resturaunt, or even for throwing soda at him. He said when the guy called him 'George bush, that was just too much.'

Now that cracked me up!

pan6467

And now an episode of First Family Ties:

Laura (Talking to a closed door): Now Georgie, come out of the bathroom and talk to your daddy.

W's (unseen voice from behind the door): But I dont wanna, it's mine mine mine.

Pappy Bush: Now, now son it wouldn't be prudent at this juncture to act like a spoiled brat. It's Jeb's turn to bring his dates home and make deals with them and then Neil wants to use the House to court his suitors.

W: well Jeb and Neil ain't no George W daddy. Hell who took out Saddam for you?

Pappa Bush: I thanked you for that son. But now it's the others turn. Hell, I had to give that guy at Diebold part ownership in Clear Channel to get Jeb elected..... now you're coming outta there.

Enter Jeb dressed in Buster Brown sailor suit licking a large rainbow lollipop:

Jeb: Hiya dad, is Georgie still not coming out?

Pappa Bush (now frustrated and banging on the door): Go get you mother Jeb.

Jeb (running down the hall with his giant rainbow lollipop): Georgie's gonna get it Georgie's gonna get it.

Barbra (comes down the hallway, and stops at the door ): Now, George if you don't stop bogarding the White House and open this door I'll have Pat Robertson tell God to smite you.

The door opens...... a weeping W exits

W: Anything but that mom.....

Join us next week when:

Jeb: well golly gee dad, if I allow GM to totally write off their pensions and not pay them, they promised me a new Corvette.

Pappa Bush: Jeb you'll kill yourself.... besides you know our friends Dick, Pat, Rev. Moon and the Sauds make all the decisions. And they decided GM need to go bankrupt so the unions will get blamed and there will be no more unions. Besides we have heavily invested in Toyota and Honda and promised them GM's assets.

Jeb: But dad

Pappa Bush: no but dads.... now stop dreaming and do as ordered and I'll bring Bill and Hilary to dinner.... you know how they always make you laugh with their "help the children, socialize medicine, give money to the workers" crazy talk.

Jeb: Ok dad, plus Bill always has some killer bud and that Hilary is such a power whore she sucks a good cock, can make me cum faster than my daughter can write fake prescriptions and get them filled.....

Pappa Bush: JEB!!!!!!!!!!! Go to your room.

Announcer: Tonight's episode was brought to you by:

the fine people of Halliburton.... "We're proud to sell the military..... (hmmmm ooo oooo yeah sorry) We are proud to service our fighting men and women with the materials they need at such affordable costs"

The wonderful people at Clear Channel........... "now owners of Sirius and XM communications"

And the wonderful people at Fox Broadcasting...... "Fair and balanced.... who cares we own it all now"

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grumpyolddude

Excellent, Pan!
This thread is so refreshing! More cogent discourse here than in the entire Politics forum! (1/2joking)

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ahahhhahahha..........nicely done pan........

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