What will you do if Bush wins?
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What will you do if Bush wins?
| Fri, 08-20-2004 - 12:02pm |
I would like to know what you all will do if Bush wins? I don't know if I can handle another 4 years. Any ideas of how to reclaim our country and restore democracy and freedom? I'm worried that another 4 years will increase the authoritariansm and absolute power that Bush has come to claim and further trample on our constitution and individual liberties. I'm truly frightened.

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Okay, the first part of your first sentence is incomprehensible, so I can't respond to it because I don't even understand what your trying to say. For the second part, where did I reinforce the validity of your question, and how did I put down your question? I was merely asking you to explain how you arrived at your conclusion that Bush has absolute power and what liberties he has taken away from you. Or are you referring to my advice to listen less to propoganda? How would that be a put-down?
To be honest I'll probably have a good long cry. But I'm not going back into the box so I'll continue my activism and political awareness.
Fortunately, I don't think it's gonna happen. Kerry is looking good. Baiting his competition, waiting for their convention, and hopefully a platform of something will emerge rather than smear ads, but I think Kerry has enough substance to his campaign that he doesn't need to worry about BushCo. Everything BushCo tries fails, and he's basically backsliding. The Dem base is energized and motivated and we're working hard even in states that are strongly Blue, shipping talent and money to swing states and getting positive responses from Swing States and states such as Virginia that used to be strongly red (now has popular Dem Governor). In my little corner of the world, Blue state, strong blue county, the Board of Elections office is drowning in a sea of new registrations. When I dropped off the last batch of new registration forms I asked if this was typical for an election year and was told by two workers there that this was unlike any other time in their 30+ years working there. Article in the paper said that Dems had increased their lead another 8,000 registrants in the county (that's only ONE county) (and that's not counting the Independents, which personally I've registered about half as many as Dems, so figure about another 4,000) and registrations were up 25% from the prior Pres. Election cycle. The mood for those helping out is that we're just getting started. On the weekends we're headed to nearby swing states - PA, WV, VA and the poll numbers and response is very positive. The Kerry grassroots organizing groups regularly turn out volunteers of 100-150, even in Republican counties here.
In talking to friends around the country it's much the same. Kerry is regularly turning out 20,000 people willing to wait in 80'+ heat, standing in parking lots so it feels hotter, just to hear him speak.
The only way I have to worry about what I'm doing after Nov 2nd if Bush wins, is if there is a voting machine mishap.
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I wasn't aware my freedoms have been taken away. I can vote, earn a living, raise a family in a free society. There is no KGB nor Saddam type police tracking my every move. Last I looked, I have no worries about human shredders being used against me for my opposing views.
Democracy is working perfectly. Roughly 1/2 of the population agree with what our president is doing.
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I don't know where you live, but if I were you, I'd get outta Dodge!
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http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/
or http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2003/09/we_531_01.html
those are good for starters, and should have a fair amount of links for whatever you are looking for.
Have a great day!!!
If one notes the Democrat donors (ie. Soros), most of them are BILLIONAIRES.
have helped in liberating Europe, the Iraqis, have kept communism from spreading thereby guaranteeing freedom for the global population.
As for the rest of your post - we all sound the best talking inside our own heads, don't we? LOL
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