i don't believe that the US is likely to lose its elections either this year or in 2008, not by design. i think this regime and its backers don't work like that.
but while i am not worried about the neocons turning us into a dictatorship just now, i am worried that something might happen to affect these elections, and anything like that will IMO strengthen bush. there are enough terrorists out there wishing the US ill that they might have plans, and there are also enough nutcases native to the US to get it into their skulls that this might be a good time to grind their axe. and if that happens, i wonder what this government would do, and i do not trust them as much as i would like. neither do i trust the electorate to keep its calm.
that's new for me. i've never before been worried that elections would be screwed with in any western democractic country i've lived in. i've been worried that things would happen (i grew up with an active terrorist threat), but not that any such action would seriously disturb the democratic process. i think elections in the US can ill afford that; they're still limping from the florida disaster, and if anything, they need the opposite -- an extremely well-run, accountable election without scandal and without fear. i am definitely hoping for 2008 in that regard, and i am sure wishing that all the bad pre-election press doesn't indicate that 2004 will be as scandal-ridden as 2000.
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Re: A few US political thoughts
Date: 2004-10-27 08:28 pm (UTC)but while i am not worried about the neocons turning us into a dictatorship just now, i am worried that something might happen to affect these elections, and anything like that will IMO strengthen bush. there are enough terrorists out there wishing the US ill that they might have plans, and there are also enough nutcases native to the US to get it into their skulls that this might be a good time to grind their axe. and if that happens, i wonder what this government would do, and i do not trust them as much as i would like. neither do i trust the electorate to keep its calm.
that's new for me. i've never before been worried that elections would be screwed with in any western democractic country i've lived in. i've been worried that things would happen (i grew up with an active terrorist threat), but not that any such action would seriously disturb the democratic process. i think elections in the US can ill afford that; they're still limping from the florida disaster, and if anything, they need the opposite -- an extremely well-run, accountable election without scandal and without fear. i am definitely hoping for 2008 in that regard, and i am sure wishing that all the bad pre-election press doesn't indicate that 2004 will be as scandal-ridden as 2000.