"If your television declares John McCain the president elect on the evening of November 4th, your television will be lying. You should immediately pick up your pre-packed bags and head straight to the White House in Washington, DC, which we will surround and shut down until this attempt at a third illegitimate presidency is reversed. We may be there for days or weeks or months. But we must be there. We must be there by the millions. We must show each other, and the nation, and the world that we have had enough, that we will not stand for one more stolen election, that we will not give in to fear, lies, theft, and intimidation."
So says David Swanson.
My wife and I have been planning to take our kids for the Jan 20 inauguration of Obama, flying 3000 miles to get there.
But would we fly there next week if they stole the election? Take the kids and join others in the capital?
Somehow I think we'd have to
What do you think we should do if we find ourselves in a situation where we are convinced, through voter suppression, purges and funny computer glitches that reverse the polling data away from Obama's favor, that the election's been stolen?
Somehow I feel this election is democracy's last stand.
We're either the Roman Empire in decline due to all the corruption, or we're people who care enough to do something about it.
Complacency is not an option.
And how about when Bush sends the US military against us to capture the "domestic terrorists?"
Will they accept Amex for bail?
Let me add -- BE SURE YOU AND EVERYONE YOU KNOW VOTES!
UPDATE:
Some are saying cheating won't happen, it's counterproductive to think about it, it's just conspiracy theory. Here are a few articles that might interest you:
Voter Suppression
Thousands Face Mix-Ups In Voter Registrations In New Databases, Many
Are Wrongly Flagged as Ineligible
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Block the Vote - Will the GOP's campaign to deter new voters and
discard Democratic ballots determine the next president?
http://www.rollingstone.com/...
USA Today cited "accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression" but
omitted examples of voter suppression
http://mediamatters.org/...
States' Attempts to Clean up Voting Lists Result in Unlawful Voter
Purging and Suppression
http://www.civilrights.org/...
Treasure Coast officials calling residents on 'no match, no vote' list
http://www.tcpalm.com/...
Judge Rules Michigan Voter Purging Program Illegal
http://www.ombwatch.org/...
The Real Issue Isn't Voter Fraud, Its Vote Suppression (Joe
Rothstein's Commentary)
http://uspolitics.einnews.com/...
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Voting Machine "Glitches"
Did Washington waste millions on faulty voting machines?
http://www.bnd.com/...
Some early W.Va. voters angry over switched votes
Jackson County touch-screens switched votes, 3 residents say
http://wvgazette.com/...
While flagging illegal practices, don't overlook machine error
http://www.pennlive.com/...
Day before early voting, glitch found with machines
http://www.dailymail.com/...
Vote Count Error Caught in New Mexico Machines
By Kim Zetter EmailOctober 07, 2008
http://blog.wired.com/...
Officials find, fix glitch in New Mexico voting machine
http://www.rep-am.com/...