If the votes show Kerry won Ohio, would you allow a second Bush term?

[Karmadillo]

I'll confess up front I'm still skeptical as to whether or not the case can be made that Kerry won. If, however, Arneberg et al present compelling evidence Kerry had the most votes, there is no way in a million years I'd be satisfied with "reform". Bush had his first term simply because we were too passive and, dare I say it, cowardly to insist all the votes be counted. He doesn't get a second freebie.

As our friends in Ukraine have demonstrated, fortune favors the brave. I don't necessarily believe the tree of liberty requires the blood of tyrants, but I do believe Democracy doesn't work when people grow too addicted to their own comfort to stand up for what is right. To put it in the language of moral values, "Much is required from those to whom much has been given."

If the People want a Democracy, the People will have to earn it on their own. It will take courage and it might even mean suffering. Fear not. We are much stronger than we think. If we weren't, the oligarchy wouldn't be spending so much of their beloved money to convince us otherwise. Your inner Tom Paine has a high tolerance for teargas and billy clubs. You just don't know it yet.