The Staton Jones Report

CNN is reporting that the GOP has had discussions with various members of the Federal Government to delay the national elections to "thwart terrorists plots" against our Nov. 5 date.

The news that such discussions have taken place raised other eyebrows on Capitol Hill as well.

"I don't think there's an argument that can be made, for the first time in our history, to delay an election," said Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a member of the Intelligence Committee.

"We hold elections in the middle of war, in the middle of earthquakes, in the middle of whatever it takes. The election is a statutory election. It should go ahead, on schedule, and we should not change it."

But the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Christopher Cox of California, said on "Late Edition" that he sees Ridge's request as part of a prudent effort to plan for "doomsday scenarios."

"We don't have any intelligence to suggest that it is going to happen, but we're preparing for all of these contingencies now," Cox said.

Am I the only person who sees this as a coup d'etat?

DELAY the Elections because of a "terror threat"? What kind of CRAP is that? "Doomsday scenarios" ... like the GOP losing in a LANDSLIDE? The only example given by the GOP for justifying this is the Spanish election in which the incumbents, staunch supporters of Bush, were blown out of power days after a horrific terror attack. Do the GOP really think they can just seize power claiming the threat of terror attacks invalidates the fucking citizen's franchise?

Folks, if this doesn't scare the be-jeezus out of you, then you just don't realize how power mad these bastards are. The fact is they are (obviously) going to remain in control using any tactic they can sell to the public. Don't buy this argument -- it's bullshit pure and simple.