Set Up

Pat Santy gives voice to a very dark, but very plausible, scenario. All the cheerleading, hype and distraction may only be a setup for what is to come afterward in the election.

We have seen headline after headline proclaiming that the Republicans are in trouble and while there is some truth to this assertion, I am bored to death at hearing the media's broken record. Every day there is a new take on it; a new perspective we might not have thought about. A new poll proclaiming it every day and everywhere across the land. 24/7. We are innundated with stories about how everyone is deserting the Republican ship; how the Democrats are finally and justifiably poised to take back control; how the chances of maintaining a Republican majority are nil; zero; absolutely impossible.

The polls say so.

Democratic strategists say so.

The New York Times and The Washington Post say so. CNN says so. All the major networks say so. They say it every day, so they must be very very sure. which is pretty amazing don't you think, particularly since the election hasn't been held yet?

Pundits on the left proclaim that there is no way the Democrats can lose….

Except….except….

And this is where things get interesting for a psychiatrist. Because, if the red flag wasn't already waving in a psychiatrist's brain after such a sustained and straightfoward manipulation of one's opinion (ever heard of the saying that makes a person suspicious when someone dost protest a little bit too much?); then the next part of this little dance of manipulation would not be so sinister. Not only are the flags waving, but the alarm bells are going off.

The exception that the political left wants to make sure all of you retards out there are perfectly clear about is this: They want you to think that the only way the Republicans could keep their majority; the only way the Democrats would not "sweep" and take over in the 2006 midterm elections next week is…wait for it…if the Republicans cheated.

The first meme was simply annoying. The giddy self-congratulations; the constant reaffirmations by this and that poll, dutifully reported in the Democratic propaganda outlets at the Times and Post. The never-ending dissection of the public's obvious dissatisfaction with all things Bush and Republican.

I've posted about several articles that point to the possibility of uncertainty in the outcomes of the election. I've posted about several that warn that there may be problems with vote tallies and even to one that promised to send the hired help to the barricades. But Pat is raising the specter of the absolute worst scenario that could happen after the election. I am one of a relatively small number of bloggers that have routinely covered events in Mexico, both in the presidential election and in Oaxaca.

If you think it could not happen here, you're mistaken.

Do you still think it is a good idea to sit the elections out?

UPDATE: Others: SC&A, Wizbang,

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  By gringoman, Tuesday, 31 October , 2006 @ 10:23 am

  I see the New Jersey race for U.S. Senate. I see it close between the effete Republicans’ underwhelming Son of Keane and the rotten Democrats’ Crook Menendez. If it continues this close, I see Dems easily grabbing it for their Crook Memendez by, uh, “special efforts” in their Camden and/or Newark Plantations.

  Do I need new glasses?

  ps Incidentally, WSJ’s John Fund, who’s written a book on election fraud, says there is strong possibility that many of next week’s elections will wind up in court, and absentee ballots will make it even worse.

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