http://www.davidcogswell.comOn December 18, 2000, less than a week after a corrupt, right wing-dominated "Supreme" Court brought an iron fist down on the democratic process in Florida and installed George W. Bush as president, CNN quoted the boy as saying, "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." There was no humor in this line, especially coming a few days after his junta seized power by stopping the counting of votes. And there's no reason to think Dubya was expressing anything but his true feelings about the subject. Now we are entering an election year, and we are getting a dramatic display of why Bush loathes democracy so much.
To one born into power who believes he is entitled to rule, elections are just a pain in the ass. Even though elections are largely fixed by media manipulation, voting machine manipulation, voter roll wiping, intimidation, moving of polling places at the last minute, introducing false requirements to voters, and many more things in the bouquet of voter fraud that we saw displayed in Florida in 2000, there is still a measure of accountability that is introduced into the political scene in an election year. We are seeing it now, and it's not making Georgey happy at all.
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What is at the root of all this trouble for Bush is the impending election. It's causing him all kinds of trouble. Having to be accountable for one's actions is just too much. So you can bet that if he somehow manages to seize that presidency again, one way or another -- through whatever trick they pull out of their bag this time, he'll make sure we don't have none of them stinkin' elections no more.
Now with all this political pressure, probes breaking out all around into his nefarious affairs, Bush is not happy. Just wait until after the election. If he gets in again, he'll get even.
I think that means he's going to kill MILLIONS of people.