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In reply to the discussion: It astounds me when people talk about "the next election". Please tell me why you think the GOP would ever allow it [View all]Sympthsical
(10,411 posts)People were convinced he'd declare martial law and cancel the 2008 election, and that FEMA was already setting up camps in Montana and the like getting ready for the big dictatorship. I remember, because I was a young gay man, and people were swearing up and down to me that I would be one of the first to go.
Hold on. Let's see if I can dig for you.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/10/election-conspiracy-theory-du-jour-bush-declare-martial-law/
https://towardfreedom.org/story/archives/americas/bush-moves-toward-martial-law/
Hey look, it's DU from back in the day . . .
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2848087
And so on and so forth. All I had to google was Democratic Underground along with Bush martial law to find that. Took three seconds, and I didn't dig very far.
Plus ça change . . .
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