I hereby pledge to support abolition of the Electoral college system if Kerry loses the pop vote and wins the electoral vote. I also pledge to crush any and all who dissent from this idea.
gwayneco: The difference between the Cheney thing in New Mexico and the brawl in Boston is that the NM incident was set up and planned by the administration, the Boston was perpetrated by a bunch of thugs. One is a government agency crushing dissent, the other is a group of cavemen that happen to be Union guys unable to resolve a conflict without the use of their fists. In regards to the Amherst incident, this IS a good example of POWER crushing dissent, bravo on recognizing that. The tool the University is using to punish these guys is most likely a part of a campus speech code, which have been widely regarded as unconstitutional, and have been fought tooth and nail by your good buddies the ACLU and FIRE. Texas Tech just got their's shot down in Federal Court and FIRE is actively seeking out other campuses that have them also so that they can challenge them in Federal Court.
Mulder, if Kerry wins, the union thugs will be in power. We've already seen the Kerry camp threaten to go after Sinclair Broadcasting and they have sent threatening letters to stations broadcasting anti-Kerry ads. Meanwhile.... http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/101904_nw_stolenhonor.html
You are obviously still having issues with the OFFICIAL campaign personnel vs UNOFFICIAL hoodlum thing.
and those right wing wackos currently in charge will be shown the sidelines. Look at his way, by 2008 after four years of rest, the right wing wackos should be rip roaring ready to go again.
It doesn't? So the GOP should be responsible for every clansman that votes Republican? The GOP is responsible for the break in and theft at the Democratic headquarters in Ohio?
You mean like Senator Robert Byrd? Now, here's something official for you. Democrats remove Aljazeera banner http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9FD55FF1-CD66-40BC-8453-C65D9CE709BE.htm
I wasn't trying to play tit for tat, but understand why you would say that isolated incidents that came from people who may not even be Democrats is a difference that doesn't make a difference. You have failed to answer that question.
Taking down a sign = crushing of dissent? Like the RNC wouldn't take it down. Sending a letter = crushing dissent? Do all of a us a favor and stop embarassing yourself.
I know that the Demos can't actually crush dissent, no matter how they wish they could. I am just posting some anecdotes showing that they have those tendencies and that this "party of tolerance" is so much non-sense.
Most of your articles only show that there are nutcases out there, and don't say anything one way or the other about the Democratic party.
Good lord, if you have the free time, you could sit on your ass all day and find similar stories from both sides. A Neighborly Encounter from the Right The caustic nature of this year’s Presidential campaign hit closer to home today. Last week, you might remember my Kerry signs were vandalized the night we placed them in front of our house. As soon as I could I went to my local Democratic Party headquarters for two more. I placed one in front of our house. I put the other on the side of the house (we live on a corner) by the street. We live in a very Democratic suburb of Washington, DC and one of our neighbors is the exception to the rule —but quite the exception. People on our street have had to endure his gun-toting and anti-choice bumper stickers for years. But I respect a person’s right to free expression, even though it differs greatly from my own. After placing our new signs we began to notice that someone was moving the one closest to this neighbor away from his property. This afternoon I walked over to his house to ask him about it. As I suspected he had moved them. He immediately started screaming at me about how disgusting he thought Kerry was. He was yelling in front of his children. He told me how that sign had embarrassed he and his friends. I refused to take the bait and told him that this wasn’t about whether he likes or dislikes the candidate I support. I said I respected his right to his views and I expected the same from him. He countered, saying my sign was on county property (the first so many feet from the curb is considered the county’s). I suggested the adult way to deal with this would have been to come over to talk with me. Instead he took it upon himself to be the local überfurher for free speech. I went home and sat down to write this blog entry when there was a knock on our door. It was a police officer, courtesy of Mr. Nextdoor Neighbor. He said that he didn’t know the law and all he was trying to do was mediate between the two of us. I told him that I had tried to keep the level of discourse at an adult level but obviously I was the only one. And, now as we look out the window he has parked his SUV (with bumper stickers) in front of our sign. The effect, of course, is to both obscure my opinion and force us to look at his. I will call the county to see what the zoning laws are. If indeed I cannot place political signage on this strip of land, I will move it. Across the county, the thousands of other citizens (of all parties) who are exercising their First Amendment rights in their yards will have to be notified. The police will be very busy. http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000269.shtml
