is there going to be an election? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

notlostmaybe · #1 07-11-2004, 01:51 PM

i have been waiting for this one.

in the news homeland security is looking for a legal way to postpone the november election in case of terriorist activities. gwb and gang taking on chances.

don

The Warden · #2 07-11-2004, 02:15 PM

Do you have a link to that?

If that's true, that's pretty scary...

MikeTangas · #3 07-11-2004, 02:17 PM

Most likely a valid concern. The terrorists mounted a large attack on Spain immediately before their election AND most likely impacted the outcome. If they could do that in Spain they will no doubt attempt a similar attack on our soil. One big difference here is that the new party doesn't take control for a couple months (not a week or two like Spain)...and a lot can happen in a couple short months.

elau · #4 07-11-2004, 02:24 PM

It is plot GW made up, just like the way he stole the last election. Why not milk the terrorism till the cow is dried???

Botnst · #5 07-11-2004, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by elau
It is plot GW made up, just like the way he stole the last election. Why not milk the terrorism till the cow is dried???

Al Gore tried to steal the election by selective recounts until he got a permutation he liked. Several consortia of independent news organizations re-evaluated the ballots cast in FL and agreed that Bush would have won.

Its a lot more boring not to have fantasies. But you get to choose your own reality.

It would take a Constitutional amendment to postpone the election--it is mandated to be conducted on a certain day by the constitution. Any election carried-out on any other day would be illigitimate. No matter who won. It would be a horrible, stupid idea.

Much better to carry through with election even if there are bombs. Do it as scheduled and defy the MoFos.

Bot

Zeitgeist · #6 07-11-2004, 05:05 PM

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

[Here's the 700 Club ending we never hear]
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Zeitgeist · #7 07-11-2004, 05:12 PM

U.S. counterterrorism officials are looking at an emergency proposal on the legal steps needed to postpone the November presidential election in case of an attack by al Qaeda, Newsweek reported on Sunday. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned last week that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network may attack within the United States to try to disrupt the election. Ridge gestures after giving a tour of the Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) to Vice President Dick Cheney, in Washington, July 8, 2004. Photo by Shaun Heasley/Reuters

Published on Sunday, July 11, 2004 by Reuters
U.S. Mulling How to Delay Nov. Vote in Case of Attack

WASHINGTON - U.S. counterterrorism officials are looking at an emergency proposal on the legal steps needed to postpone the November presidential election in case of an attack by al Qaeda, Newsweek reported on Sunday.

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned last week that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network may attack within the United States to try to disrupt the election.

The magazine cited unnamed sources who told it that the Department of Homeland Security asked the Justice Department last week to review what legal steps would be needed to delay the election if an attack occurred on the day before or the day of the election.

The department was asked to review a letter to Ridge from DeForest Soaries, who is the chairman of the new U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the magazine said.

The commission was created in 2002 to provide funds to the states to the replace punch card voting systems and provide other assistance in conducting federal elections.

In his letter, Soaries pointed out that while New York's Board of Elections suspended primary elections in New York on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, "the federal government has no agency that has the statutory authority to cancel and reschedule a federal election."

Soaries wants Ridge to ask Congress to pass legislation giving the government such power, Newsweek reported in its latest issue that hits the newsstands on Monday.

Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Rochrkasse told the magazine the agency is reviewing the matter "to determine what steps need to be taken to secure the election."

© 2004 Reuters Ltd