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2004-07-02 Home Front: Politix

US lawmakers request UN observers for November 2 presidential election

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-07-02 12:00:55 PM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ah, well, it worked so well in Kosovo, y'see...

Posted by mojo 2004-07-02 12:08:25 PM|| 2004-07-02 12:08:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 WTF?! I smell donk-hocky. How sofa-king toddid can one be?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-07-02 12:14:02 PM|| 2004-07-02 12:14:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 My wife is a poll judge. I'll let her know that she needs to budget two extra donuts for Mujibar.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-07-02 12:41:21 PM|| 2004-07-02 12:41:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Will they include monitoring the MSM and keep them from calling a State before the polls are freakin' closed a'la Florida in 2000? I read somewhere that a conservative estimate was that 40,000-50,000 people stayed home in the panhandle, which would've lead to an even more thorough beating of the ranting one!

Posted by BA 2004-07-02 12:49:29 PM|| 2004-07-02 12:49:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe we can send them up to Milwaukee to monitor the Dems "Malt Liquor and Smokes for Votes" program? Or to Chicago to monitor their "I'm a Corpse. And I vote." program?
Careful what you wish for, shitheads.

Posted by tu3031 2004-07-02 1:59:04 PM|| 2004-07-02 1:59:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesting how they keep reerring to "the lawmakers" but there are NO NAMES attached to this article. Seems to me that they know damn well that people aren't going to appreciate this horseshit and they are trying to make sure their phones don't ring off the hook with calls from angry Americans such as myself.

What a bunch of pussies.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-07-02 2:15:01 PM|| 2004-07-02 2:15:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 WorldNet Daily says the effort is led by Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-07-02 2:58:56 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-07-02 2:58:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 IMO, this is really a Front Page, WOT, matter. These buffoons are the terrorists within, because they appear bent on giving away our sovereignty to those who wish us ill. This action also is a separation of powers violation. Members of the legislative branch have no business inserting themselves into foreign relations. The role of negotiating with foreign powers, and of establishing the tenor of relationship with foreign powers, is purely presidential (with the role of Congress being just one of advice and consent). U.S. Const. Art. II, Â§ 2.

Posted by cingold 2004-07-02 3:02:34 PM|| 2004-07-02 3:02:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 What act so besmirched America as to put us in the same election legitimacy category as Afghanistan and Kosovo? Florida 2000 does not even come close.

Posted by jules 187 2004-07-02 3:05:45 PM|| 2004-07-02 3:05:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I wouldn't worry too much about the presence of UN observers. After all, UN peackeepers haven't historically been known to be consistent at keeping the peace, so UN observers are probably unable to make proper observations.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-02 3:07:31 PM|| 2004-07-02 3:07:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 WorldNet Daily says the effort is led by Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson.

And, of course, nothing on her website about her "efforts". She pats herself on the back for a load of other legislation etc., but NO mention of the nonsense at hand.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-07-02 3:20:58 PM|| 2004-07-02 3:20:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Given their track record in places like Rwanda and Sudan, UN observers (mostly arrogant Euro-trash com-tards) probably wouldn't notice if black voters were being massacred, let alone "disenfranchised."
Of course, different rules might apply if the opposition is the Republican Party rather than, say, Islamic slavers or genocidal Euro-business- partner dictators.
Even then, it might not work. This isn't Somalia, the UNers can't call in Clinton-commanded gunships to bombard the opposition here.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-07-02 3:47:46 PM|| 2004-07-02 3:47:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Beyond that, how safe would these "observers" be in the States?

Most of them are either corrupt third-worlders or arrogant European fantasy-ideologues, quite accustomed to having their authority and privelege accepted without question.
How will that play in Peoria or Lubbock?
Perhaps threats will inspire the morlock lobby to suggest a peacekeeping force, raised from the UN's most reliable dhimmi-provinces; such as Finland, Canada and Ireland.

Considering that the combined armies and police forces of Eurabia could not fight their way from Galveston to Crawford in a hundred years even if civilians were the only opposition, I would almost like to see it tried.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-07-02 4:16:28 PM|| 2004-07-02 4:16:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 All I can say is, WHAT? Are they going to claim fraud if people freely vote for Bush or something? And why in the hell are we asking for UN observers when we're the ones teaching the freaking world how to run a democratic republic in the first place?! If I was thirty years older, my blood pressure would be skyrocketing right now! Someone please tell me this is the Onion, or Scrappleface! Or help me find the portal that leads back to my original universe, for I seem to have fallen into a parallel one. Wouldn't be the first time . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2004-07-02 4:21:33 PM|| 2004-07-02 4:21:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Thought I'd share this comment from our good friend "Gymnast" at Little Green Footballs (edited for spelling):

I understand that my state's Fish and Game Department intends to have an open season on UN Observers, with a no-limit bag, to all who wish to participate in the hunt. Special awards are to be given for for the carcasses of the tallest, heaviest, and best-dressed observers and a pre-season hunt to cull the herd is being considered. There is no truth to the rumor that the buses have been chartered to take a select group of hunters to New York to get a jump on the pre-season hunt, you will have to arrange your own transportation. A very special "Golden Antler Award" will be given to anyone who can display an example of the species that proposed the idea of UN Observers for an American election. Famous Potatos, Always Loaded.

and this addendum:

No special awards based on weapons used, however, they are very big on taxidermy in these parts and a mounted UN Observer in a lifelike pose, such as cowering behind a rock or shouting from a lecturn will qualify for special recognition awards. Facial expression of the mounted trophy is very important and should be considered when choosing weapons for the hunt. Creative use of a sword has the potential for creating an award winning specimen.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-07-02 6:05:31 PM|| 2004-07-02 6:05:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 AC: Choice!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-07-02 6:10:31 PM|| 2004-07-02 6:10:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Bernice didn't think through this agitprop (as usual, she's mentally challenged). I would think the American (as opposed to Amerikkkan) people will not look well upon an all-Democrat effort to have the UN incompetent dictator-loving parasites deployed to challenge our elections. Rove should play this to teh hilt, but subtley. Say this is the first step by Dems to turn the US over their one-world, one-government masters (subtle enuf?)

Posted by Frank G 2004-07-02 6:54:08 PM|| 2004-07-02 6:54:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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