Wed May 29, 2019, 02:20 PM
MythosMaster (435 posts)
IT ISN'T JUST DONALD TRUMP. THE BUSH CAMPAIGN PLOTTED TO REJECT ELECTION RESULTS IN 2000
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/21/it-isnt-just-donald-trump-the-bush-campaign-plotted-to-reject-election-results-in-2000/
IT ISN’T JUST DONALD TRUMP. THE BUSH CAMPAIGN PLOTTED TO REJECT ELECTION RESULTS IN 2000 So what if Gore wins such crucial battleground states as Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania and thus captures the magic 270 electoral votes while Bush wins the overall nationwide popular vote?
“The one thing we don’t do is roll over,” says a Bush aide. “We fight.” How? The core of the emerging Bush strategy assumes a popular uprising, stoked by the Bushies themselves, of course. In league with the campaign – which is preparing talking points about the Electoral College’s essential unfairness – a massive talk-radio operation would be encouraged. “We’d have ads, too,” says a Bush aide, “and I think you can count on the media to fuel the thing big-time. Even papers that supported Gore might turn against him because the will of the people will have been thwarted.” Local business leaders will be urged to lobby their customers, the clergy will be asked to speak up for the popular will and Team Bush will enlist as many Democrats as possible to scream as loud as they can. “You think ‘Democrats for Democracy’ would be a catchy term for them?” asks a Bush adviser.
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MythosMaster | May 2019 | OP |
Grasswire2 | May 2019 | #1 | |
elleng | May 2019 | #2 | |
EveHammond13 | May 2019 | #3 | |
Wellstone ruled | May 2019 | #4 | |
czarjak | May 2019 | #5 |
Response to MythosMaster (Original post)
Wed May 29, 2019, 02:25 PM
Grasswire2 (12,829 posts)
1. and cheated in 2004 nt
Response to MythosMaster (Original post)
Wed May 29, 2019, 02:25 PM
elleng (121,998 posts)
2. Right, they've been screwing up election results for many years.
Remember Rove? Atwater?
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Response to MythosMaster (Original post)
Wed May 29, 2019, 02:27 PM
EveHammond13 (2,855 posts)
3. Matt Schlapp
Response to EveHammond13 (Reply #3)
Wed May 29, 2019, 02:36 PM
Wellstone ruled (34,661 posts)
4. Just one of many.
Response to MythosMaster (Original post)
Wed May 29, 2019, 04:41 PM
czarjak (8,501 posts)