I personally believe it’s a malignant combination of incompetence and deliberate intent.
I do not, however, believe he’ll be re-elected. It astonishes me that he still has any significant following at all; he was elected on promise, and every aspect of that promise has dismally and prominently failed. Some who supported him last time will vote for his opponent; many will simply stay home; even those who stay the course won’t have the same enthusiasm for driving get-out-the-vote efforts.
No, I’m far more concerned with the possibility of him declaring a national emergency (on any number of pretexts) if he loses, and using the extraordinary powers already granted him by a witless Congress to keep himself in office against the will of the people. Because, of course, he knows better than us, and he has a moral duty to lead us to the imminent utopia we’re too ignorant to see.
I don’t predict this. I don’t even see it as especially likely. It should be too preposterous even to consider, though … and unfortunately, with this man’s stated beliefs and past performance, it isn’t preposterous at all.
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Date: 2012-09-12 02:45 pm (UTC)I do not, however, believe he’ll be re-elected. It astonishes me that he still has any significant following at all; he was elected on promise, and every aspect of that promise has dismally and prominently failed. Some who supported him last time will vote for his opponent; many will simply stay home; even those who stay the course won’t have the same enthusiasm for driving get-out-the-vote efforts.
No, I’m far more concerned with the possibility of him declaring a national emergency (on any number of pretexts) if he loses, and using the extraordinary powers already granted him by a witless Congress to keep himself in office against the will of the people. Because, of course, he knows better than us, and he has a moral duty to lead us to the imminent utopia we’re too ignorant to see.
I don’t predict this. I don’t even see it as especially likely. It should be too preposterous even to consider, though … and unfortunately, with this man’s stated beliefs and past performance, it isn’t preposterous at all.