Delaying Nov. elections in the event of terrorist attack...

Ok postpone it... until Saturday, November 6th, 2004. That way more people will have more free time to vote.

 

Because Homeland Security asked them to?

How is taking this up now evidencing a lack of foresight. Taking this up on Halloween would indicate a clear lack of foresight. Seems like those who are touting this are just wanting to criticize everything Bush.

 

Is this the first time in American history that we held elections during wartime?

No, we've been in some kind of conflict through virtually every election since this country was born. But we're supposed to give power to President Bush to interfere with elections because he says some tiny group of people halfway around the world might try to interrupt the process? Not a chance in hell.

Having a backup plan in place is one thing -- giving power to a candidate to determine when, where and how the voting is done is quite another.

The democratic process is much greater, stronger and important than anything "terrorists" can dream of doing. It's time Americans started making decisions as Americans -- not as reactionaries to what we're told Kaiser Soze may or may not do.

 

Good grief. This is exactly what I'm talking about with liberals jumping to conclusions and misinterpreting simple articles so that they fit neatly in their ridiculous conspiracy theories.

THE DEPT OF HOMELAND DEFENSE ASKED THE JUSTICE DEPT TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES. BUSH DID NOT REQUEST THIS. BUSH IS NOT DICTATING THIS.

 

Biology:
Start with a frog in a container of water at room temperature. If the temperature is increased gradually, say just one degree C every ten minutes or so, it will never register the cumulative change, and it will peacefully allow itself to be boiled alive.

It's too hard to take this seriously from a conspiratorial angle -- I just can't buy it. But how does it look in the cumulative view over the last four years?

RIBBIT RIBBIT

 

You're probably right -- judging by how little Bush knew about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, September 11, the Plame scandal, Ken Lay and prison torture, he probably didn't have any idea that the Department of Homeland Security that he created had any plans to initiate plans that would give him authority to decide when, where and how elections were held.

 

Why do liberals bring up Ken Lay as if it is some type of strike against the Bush Administration? He is being prosecuted in case you missed it, liberals. As are all of his colleagues. What exactly is your beef here? And while we're on the topic of false controversy, did you miss Friday's report on CIA intelligence? It exonerated Bush from allegations of pressuring intelligence agencies to alter the findings. Wake up liberals. Your old tired cliches aren't even valid.

 

Shouldn't this all have already been planned for in 2002 for the 2002 Mid Term Elections?

 

Actually the timing of this inquiry is quite logical. It comes on the heels of the Dept of Homeland Defense informing Americans of al Queda'a plans for an election-disrupting attack.

 

This may blow T_J's mind, but I'm going to agree with the "cons" for now (see, we don't think like a group, gray is a color). There needs to be some type of contingency plan for worst case scenarios, since we "all" agree that the likelyhood of terrorism has increased with our energies focused somewhere else. At this stage of the game, I'm glad they are preparing for the worst for once. If this was in september and Bush's popularity was projected to lose, I'd be worried, and if they delayed the election for four years, I'll be screaming conspiracy (the question is, will people like T_J notice?). But for now, no harm done (except of course for the unknowing fear that we could all die).

 

don't know if you guys have seen this. here is a related link:

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/04/sprpt/6-2.htm

 

No joke. The other comment related to this is probably - "Shouldn't we make sure everyone who wants to vote can vote this time around?"

And yes, Bush should know what the Department of Homeland Security is planning. He's the f-ing President. It should be in his reports and meetings. If it's not, someone fix the problem.

And whoever made the point about 2000 - expediency over accuracy - that's hilarious. Nicely done.

 

Ya but, "John Forbes Kerry Makes No Time for Terror Briefing"! Where's the outrage when a sitting pResident does it in regards to "planning to make sure all Americans will be able to vote if there is a Terror attack, which may (or may not) happen on or around election day (or not) but we are not raising the terror level (costs too much money)?