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from: Robert E Starr JR
date: 2006-09-22 13:28:00
subject: Re: My presidential pick

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>On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:10:53 -0400, Rob Perkins wrote
(in article ):

> Amy Guskin wrote:
> 
> 
>> 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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