(sniff, sniff) is that the Reichstag burning that I smell?

[winterbadger]

Look familiar?

The Bush administration is reported to be investigating the possibility of postponing the presidential election in the event of a terror attack.

In its latest edition, Newsweek reports that Mr Ridge has asked the Justice Department to examine what legal steps would be needed to permit the postponement of the 2 November election.

You know, for a week, or a month, or a year or two; whatever is necessary to get the country back on its feet after, say, an anthrax-laced letter arrives at the White House (if they're smart, they won't use White House stationery) or a bomb goes off at a polling place in Dubuque.

Is this George and Dick?

Comments

[winterbadger]

The only thing that gives me some hope is their recent utter rejection of the Guantanimo Principle. I'm hoping that that was a sign that they see the Frankenstein they created.

[sujata.livejournal.com]

The Supreme Court seems to have done a fair amount of flip-flopping on the issue of how far Dubya can go in suspending civil rights, in "wartime." I wish I could feel hopeful with you, but I can't when the Supreme Court is so indecisive on the subject of civil rights. :-/