A Bush Victory in 2004 - What Would It Mean? What's the Mandate?

[taquinas101]

In raising this question, I am NOT addressing the very real possibility of election fraud. However, to me, the 2004 election not only represents a choice of leaders, but a fairly straightforward choice on some basic policies. My question is: What would a Bush victory say about what the American electorate supports?

To me, a Bush victory, means that Americans are in support of the following:

1. America can invade countries without justification;
2. Torture and kill individuals so long as its done in the name of anti-terrorism;
3. Limit the liberties and privacy of Americans at home through the expansion of the Patriot Act and similar legislation;
4. Eliminate environmental protections;
5. Privitize and limit social security in favor of private investment accounts;
6. Lower taxes and increase the deficit for the benefit of the richest Americans;
7. FERC can support the enforcement of energy agreements that companies such as Enron obtained through fraud in the energy markets;
8. Simultaneously preach that employees should obtain health care coverage from their employers, while opposing union efforts to bargain for such coverage (remember the California supermarket strikes);
9. Not be held accountable for the various falsehoods the administration has spread over the past four years (WMDs, decrease in terrorism, cost of Iraq war, etc.)

I think it is a pretty clear choice between Bush and Kerry, however if Hitler could garner a significant degree of support from the German public for his anti-semetic policies, then it could be no problem for Bush to get the electorate to embrace his own facist policies.

[Career Prole]

1. A bush* victory in 2004 would mean one thing and one thing only

BBV was every bit the danger to democracy we suspected it was.

[taquinas101]

3. Sorry, quick question . . .

What's BBV?

[Career Prole]

5. Black Box Voting...

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

See link, and welcome to DU! :hi:

[Big Simonia]

2. Bush Victory in 2004

It means its time to move to New Zealand and take up sheep ranching

[Career Prole]

8. I wonder if Rupert Murdoch is in charge of sheep ranching in

New Zealand, too. Hopefully he's just running the sheep ranch in the U.S., eh? :)
Welcome to DU! :hi:

[newyawker99]

10. Hi Big Simonia!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[CrispyQ]

4. One more . . .

10. Our god is the only true god.

[shraby]

7. Welcome Big Simonia

:hi:

[taquinas101]

12. Sadly, you're right . . . a referendum on the meaning of Christianity?

I used to believe that Christianity was a religion of peace. Nevertheless, to hear our current leadership, who wears their faith on their sleave, you would think that Jesus Christ was a vindictive and ruthless prophet with an insatiable appetite for conflict.

What, you don't believe in Jesus Christ as your savior?!?!?!? Come on, bring it on!?!?!?

[kaitykaity]

6. Add these.

Federal funding for public schools -- gone.

More media concentration, if that's even possible.
The FCC will stop enforcing any of the rules about
who can own what.

A nomination or two to SCOTUS, resulting in the
sure reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Oh, this list is endless.

[eaprez]

9. STARVE THE BEAST

...that would be the mandate

[AndyTiedye]

11. Crusade II, a.k.a. WW III, Would Shift into High Gear

powered by a huge draft, which they will dupe some Democrats into supporting
after continuing to abuse the Reserves until the election.

and at home the Fundies would complete their takeover of the country,
using their churches in conjunction with the police and homeland
security to obtain a Taliban-like level of cultural control.

Mandatory military service has always been used as a means of forced
indoctrination of those conscripted, this would now include religious
indoctrination as well.

They would turn the USA into the United Fundamentalist Christian State of Mad Dog Texas.

This is absolutely our last chance to stop them.

[BillZBubb]

13. A lot would depend on the scope of the Bush* win

If the Repugs gain seats in the house and senate and Bush* wins, everything you list is true. I would add that it also means enough of the public has no concern at all for truthfulness in the country's leadership, that the Repugs could implement virtually any policy they chose.

Also, in this scenario, the Democratic party as a true opposition force would be finished. We would become a one party country with only limited token opposition. The era of American fascism would be born.

[NJmaverick]

14. It would mean the end of the world as we know it!

Don't even contemplate the evils a bush part II could commit, it is just to scary!