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Bettie

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9. Yeah, I get that

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 09:14 PM

Sep 2020

I'm really scared that no matter what happens, there will be horrific things happening on the days just before and after the election.

Mentally preparing for the worst, hoping for the best.

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Which of these is beyond the pale, no Barr or Rump wouldn't do it or TRY to do it? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 OP

There is nothing they would not try Bettie Sep 2020 #1

Thanks, can you think of one to add? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #2

I don't think they would have the military physically bar Bettie Sep 2020 #3

I agree, the handful of Generals and Admirals would not, what about the one million or whatever Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #4

No, they couldn't, but it is more likely that Bettie Sep 2020 #7

I dont have any answers, either. What I do is I imagine what is the worst possible thing they Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #8

Yeah, I get that Bettie Sep 2020 #9

And to think W or Lyndsay Graham and rubio and cruz could all but stop all this and they wont. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #10

The only thing I can think of that they won't do is concede. n/t Bev54 Sep 2020 #5

Bingo, you win the day. And they will NEVER concede NO MATTER how badly he has lost. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #6

Concession is a ritual. It has no legal meaning. n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #12

Let's not get hung up on the word concession Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #13

People, including in this thread, keep referencing concession Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #14

Your list is so revealing of the fascism demonstrated by this administration. Horrifying! Karadeniz Sep 2020 #11