Where do we go if it's McCain (winning the presidency)?

[mmonk]

Given that the democratic congress has not shown a strong enough propensity to defend the US constitution, what do we as citizens and democrats do next?

[rurallib]

1. Ask McCain questions and let him hang himself

Of course the media must cover it.

[malaise]

2. IT's not going to happen

Rethugs will be wiped out come November.

[wildbilln864]

3. I hope you're right but....

I expect our next pResident to be McCain because of his war record and the media's propaganda. :shrug:

[malaise]

8. He goes to Iraq with two other senior Rethugs

and says Iran is training Al Qaeda (and Lieberman has to publicly correct him) - I can't wait 'til that makes the commercials.
What a moran!

Gr.

[wildbilln864]

11. Olberman had a good segment about it. nt

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

19. Tee hee.

Dumbass pugs. That shitty little (giant) "misstatement" will go right over their fucking heads.

[lonestarnot]

18. And how he keeps his terraterraterraists straight...snort....

:rofl: Ignorant fuckwad he.

[Thepricebreaker]

24. If the election were held now.. McCain would win via polls.. stop smoking the crack...

[Mike03]

4. Mmonk, I love your posts, but I'm confused. You mean if McCain is elected? Sorry to be so

dense. I have trouble even accepting or imagining that obscene scenario. But speaking just as an individual, at that point I will probably just give up altogether and check myself into a mental institution, or else find a cabin in the woods and hide out, or just slowly melt away in despair.

[mmonk]

6. Yes, I should have been more clear. I made the correction.

And please don't give up. We the people need strategies now more than ever.

[Brigid]

5. Move to Canada.

I don't care what I have to do to gain the Canadian government's permission to enter, either. I have had enough. I really do believe this is our last chance.

[patrick t. cakes]

10. vancouver here i come

[Tesha]

28. You can't afford Vancouver anymore.

Not only is the American Dollar crashing relative to the
Loonie, but Vancouver real-estate prices are through the
roof as they prepare for the 2010 Olympics.

We'd be there if we could, but I don't think we can :( .

Tesha

[New Dawn]

22. The problem with Canada right now is that a Bush puppet is in power currently.

Hopefully the Tories will get voted out of office soon though.

[biggerfishsmallpond]

7. build a raft and head for Cuba n/t

[malaise]

9. Isn't Paraguay landlocked?

You won't need a raft.

[Thickasabrick]

12. If it happens, hopefully the house and senate will be filled with

enough REAL democrats to render him as harmless as he is useless.

[ConcernedCanuk]

13. Down

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[Better Believe It]

14. If McCain Wins I Suppose You Could Run And Hide

If McCain becomes President we need to do what we failed to do under 4 years of Bush .... organize mass united movements raising specific issues and demands on the corporate rulers and their political whores who can be found in both major parties.

That's what working class people did when the labor movement was organized in the 30's and 40's, what the civil rights movement did in the 50's and 60's and what the anti-Vietnam war movement, women's movement, Latino movement and gay movements did in later years.

We have real movements with real power. Where are they now?

There hasn't been much in the way of mass movements for the past few decades. People allegedly got "tired of marching" and became almost totally dependent on progressive politicians to make the kinds of changes we need. We haven't accomplished very much with this dependency on the small minority of progressive politicians. They can't get anything done. They remain as isolated as ever while the majority who represent corporate American take them and most of us for granted. After all .... right now we have nowhere else to go politically .... isn't that right?

No those who don't have the stomach and/or ability to fight our enemies can of course flee to Canada or some other country. Leave the heavy lifting to the rest of us .... and when we succeed you can applaud our efforts .... but please .... don't come back.

We got a deal?

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. I have no need to run or hide - I live in Canada, but I DID live in the USA for over a year

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and I have NO intention of ever going back

So to answer your last question

Yup

We got a deal.

[Juche]

16. encourage congress to stand up to him

so that the damage is minimal.

[mmonk]

29. Done that.

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. If McCain is elected, he's highly likely to be a one termer

age, temperment, national mood.

I honestly don't think he will be elected. One great dividend of the Obama v. Clinton deathmatch is that it's serving as an excellent vetting process. I think whoever emerges will be tough enough to deal with whatever McCain dishes out.

[mmonk]

26. I really hope you're right.

[Fireweed247]

20. We need to elect a new Congress

The only way to stop the next renegade president is to elect a new Congress that will value the Constitution and stop funding the illegal immoral war of error. We cannot just wait and hope things will be better. We need new Democrats, maybe someone here at DU, to run for office. We need activists to work and support new Democrats.

[defendandprotect]

21. Well, you could be talking about another election steal . . which would be more likely --- !!!

It would seem impossible for any Republican to get elected to anything ---

[Jack Rabbit]

23. Iran.

And after that, Syria.

[WildEyedLiberal]

25. The same place we went when Bush was re elected

Nowhere, while continuing to bitch on DU.

[mmonk]

27. I do quite a bit of things to try and turn things in a different direction.

But I still come here to vent. I have to in order to keep my sanity.