No Election - State of Emergency

[Ulmus]

I agree with you about the Ultra Left not liking Hilary.  They are Sander's fans through and through.   

Both sides say they are sick of the establishment, yet year after year they vote for the same people in the house and senate.  (Which is why I laugh about term limits.  We have them by how we vote, we just don't do it.)

The middle I know is different than yours.  I know a lady who is proud of her votes for Nixon, Reagan, and Gov. Rick Scott yet swears she will vote for Hilary if it becomes either her or Trump!     She did say that if it's any other Republican, she will vote for them.

The middle we need to keep an eye on are the one's in swing states;  Ohio, Florida, Colorado, and Nevada.  The people here are the one's that get turned off by terms like "Getting Schlonged." and that all Mexicans are Rapists and drug addicts.  (There goes Nevada)  These people don't like Obama being all over TV (Bear Grylls?  Really?) but they don't want the White House to become a "Housewives of DC" either.

You're definitely right about the people wanting a leader.  Someone gives the message as a leader in both voice, action, and body language.  Problem is most just see a political version of reality shows going on.

I think we'll get a good idea of what's going on before Super Tuesday, but no matter what, who ever wins will probably have the most divided country since the Civil War.

Oh, and PS:  IF there are more riots because of BLM or other anti-cop news, expect the conservatives to win big.  There's always a big conservative political win after riots.

[alfsauve]

While a No Election-State of Emergency seems far fetched there is an interesting article from Ross Douthat, NYT, in today's AJC.  Basically, he says despite all the machinations of the left and of Trump; of Corbyn in the UK and Le Pen in France; things will continue on a pretty even keel and neither side will actually gain or loose much.  The last two paragraphs are interesting though.

     It's still wise to bet on the current order, in other words, and against its enemies and rivals and would-be saboteurs.

     But after liberalism's year of living dangerously, for the first time in a long time it might make sense to hedge that bet.

[alfsauve]

I know many reading this think it couldn't happen.  BHO would be stopped in his tracks.   It would have to be catastrophic events that lead to nation wide S of E and suspension of elections.

I agree, but I'm hedging here.   

ASIDE: 

I'm a producer of live events.  I've made my living off of preparing for events, large and small to succeed regardless of circumstances.  So I do a lot of mental gymnastics over "what if".    For some people this would be the definition of anxiety, but for me it's my life fuel.  If I don't have something to plan and prepare for I'm lost.  That's what this thread is about.  What if?  Then what?   It's my occupational passion.

That said.   What would it take for this to happen?   I don't believe the Social or Democrat organizations or BHO could purposely stage any event large enough for this to happen.  BUT.   What if it was made obvious enough to terror, hate America groups that multiple, nation wide terrorist attacks would throw this country into chaos and upset our rule of law and constitution?   

Has not BHO hinted at least three times about a third term as President?
Have there been other hints about what it would take to bring the US down?  What it would take to suspend life as we know it here?
Could ISIS, et. al., plan and execute large scale  attacks on say LA, Chicago, NY, DC, Atlanta, & Dallas all simultaneously?
Could enough of these on election day be the justification needed to trigger a S of E?
Would the American public, in shock to these attack, go along with a S of E?

[PegLeg45]

Hedging is always a wise move, IMHO....heck, doesn't a ship in calm water still carry lifeboats?
Have a plan....and a back-up plan...... and even think about the things you might have to do if neither one works.

I agree a planned mechanism for enough mass chaos across the country, in order to trigger a national emergency, IS far-fetched.....but in these choppy times, nothing is out of the realm of possibilities.
I thought the Ebola scare last year was a possible tactic for public panic and emergency...... and the racial tension in Ferguson (we almost had a similar incident here in south Georgia) had the nation on edge.

We are far out on a limb......the wind is blowing, people have saws....and the tree is old.

[Ulmus]

We are far out on a limb......the wind is blowing, people have saws....and the tree is old.

This is true and hedging is wise.

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