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>On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:10:53 -0400, Rob Perkins wrote
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> Amy Guskin wrote:
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>> Maybe so, but I don't think that how it shook out was legally correct. How
>> is this different from any other non-violent coup?
>
> One difference is that the currently sitting Executive was not unseated
> by it. He surrendered power according to the end of his term.
>
> If Bush doesn't step down at the end of *his* term, I'll be in the
> streets *with* you, holding signs. Unless my wife and kids have other
> plans for me, of course. <<
Just curious, and trying to be a bit of an upstart: how likely do you think
that is? Have you ever actually thought, at any point in his reign of
terror, that Bush might try to do that with a huge October surprise?
>>> I'd _highly_ recommend reading that Mark Crispin Miller book,
"Fooled
>> Again:
>> How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the
Next One Too
>> (Unless We Stop Them)." You can pick up a used copy on half.com or
>> amazon.com
>> for under $5.00, or you can probably get it for free from your library.
>
> Not my library. I live on the Left Coast; those books (and, to be fair,
> the O'Reilly books as well) tend to stay checked out for a year.<<
It's last year's book, so it might just be returning to the shelves right
about now...
Amy
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