It had been a long week. Interim elections were set for March 4. An unusual situation because there were no opposing candidates. The only two candidates on the slate would be Colin Powell and John McCain. Actually, it was so much an election as it was a reaffirmation: O.U.T.R.A.G.E. was asking voters to confirm their choice for a temporary President and Vice-President. It was a public referendum...designed to break the Constitutional hold on who's next in line to lead. The objective was to eliminate "passing the baton" to another corrupt elected official. If the public agreed by voting for Powell and McCain, it was a strong indication that there was also agreement to the theory that the political system had become corrupted.
As the teleconference opened, the red glare of the readerboard sign displayed the results of yesterday's vote.
ARTICLE XXIV. RESOLUTION; HOLD NATIONAL ELECTIONS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, 2008
TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST; 2,680,980
NUMBER OF "YEA' VOTES: 2,600,550
NUMBER OF "NAY" VOTES; 80,430
Clearly, Americans wanted to hold new elections and give rebirth to their government. National elections were scheduled for November 4, 2008. That left just over eight months to find candidates and establish new political parties. Should the Republican or Democratic parties wish to renew themselves in light of this new democracy, they would have to abolish their former "winner take all" arrogance and adjust to the idea of competing on equal playing fields with candidates representing other political parties with unique and radical ideas. No longer would lobbyists, wealthy individuals, rich corporations or powerful special interest groups be able to 'buy' an election. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. would see to that, having pledged itself to be the bodyguard of a fresh new electoral process in which the people ruled.
Most sites received their election materials today. They had one week to distribute them and 'get the word out' about the upcoming interim election. It was imperative that voting turn out was high. In each kit were 'orientation manuals' which suggested ways to mobilze volunteers and rally voters. Still, everything O.U.T.R.A.G.E. had done seemed so simplistic. There didn't seem to be a need for layers of bureaucrats and empirical levels of command.
Television stations were taking a keen interest in these daily videoconferences, and were duly reporting the events to their local viewers. Now. with the news of an interim election next week and national elections in eight months, public interest was escalating. More people were stopping by the thousands of sites across the country - perhaps not to attend the 4:55 P.M. telecasts, but at least to ask questions about what was going on. As could be expected, many were still grieving. Some were unabashedly bitter. Hundreds of thousands believ e this group called O.U.T.R.A.G.E. to be a radical band of terrorists, exactly the kind the late George Bush and Dick Cheney had warned Americans about. Television cameras roamed around the huge hall and televised shots of all the activities taking place. Viewers in movie theaters, taverns, community centers, libraries, and reception halls around the country watched with intense interest and a cat-like curiosity. Could this organization that had so willfully and deliberately murdered tens of thousands of people - could this organization actually be a benevolent group of patriots dedicated to refreshing the 'tree of liberty"? Were their computerized techniques simply a contemporary means of warfare which they implemented to achieve the first step of an even longer-termed objective? Was their intent real and genuine - or might they have ulterior motives of taking over the United States of America and ruling it as their own empire?
These questions caused many to ponder the future...and, surprisingly, also generated more interest in American politics than
had been witnessed since Ross Perot's presidential run in 1992 when he garnered 19% of the popular vote. As usual, those who had a vested interest in the outcome of the electoral process claimed Perot's victory to be flawed and not within "the rules". It obviously terrified the career politicians, though, because they pulled out all stops to ensure it might not happen again. In 2000, the Bush administration was accused of stealing the election, and - again - in 2004 many people believed Al Gore, the Democratic opponent, should have contested the outcome more vigorously. The voting process had been rigged by too many "insiders" for too long. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. was committed to making the voting process simple, clean, and unencumbered so that all U.S. citizens could vote with ease, confidence, and assurance that their vote actually counted.
The videoconference lasted about ninety minutes, after which the familiar two-minute message appeared prior to the screen going dark. There had been no new resolution introduced today. Who knew what tomorrow might bring?
As the teleconference opened, the red glare of the readerboard sign displayed the results of yesterday's vote.
ARTICLE XXIV. RESOLUTION; HOLD NATIONAL ELECTIONS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, 2008
TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST; 2,680,980
NUMBER OF "YEA' VOTES: 2,600,550
NUMBER OF "NAY" VOTES; 80,430
Clearly, Americans wanted to hold new elections and give rebirth to their government. National elections were scheduled for November 4, 2008. That left just over eight months to find candidates and establish new political parties. Should the Republican or Democratic parties wish to renew themselves in light of this new democracy, they would have to abolish their former "winner take all" arrogance and adjust to the idea of competing on equal playing fields with candidates representing other political parties with unique and radical ideas. No longer would lobbyists, wealthy individuals, rich corporations or powerful special interest groups be able to 'buy' an election. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. would see to that, having pledged itself to be the bodyguard of a fresh new electoral process in which the people ruled.
Most sites received their election materials today. They had one week to distribute them and 'get the word out' about the upcoming interim election. It was imperative that voting turn out was high. In each kit were 'orientation manuals' which suggested ways to mobilze volunteers and rally voters. Still, everything O.U.T.R.A.G.E. had done seemed so simplistic. There didn't seem to be a need for layers of bureaucrats and empirical levels of command.
Television stations were taking a keen interest in these daily videoconferences, and were duly reporting the events to their local viewers. Now. with the news of an interim election next week and national elections in eight months, public interest was escalating. More people were stopping by the thousands of sites across the country - perhaps not to attend the 4:55 P.M. telecasts, but at least to ask questions about what was going on. As could be expected, many were still grieving. Some were unabashedly bitter. Hundreds of thousands believ e this group called O.U.T.R.A.G.E. to be a radical band of terrorists, exactly the kind the late George Bush and Dick Cheney had warned Americans about. Television cameras roamed around the huge hall and televised shots of all the activities taking place. Viewers in movie theaters, taverns, community centers, libraries, and reception halls around the country watched with intense interest and a cat-like curiosity. Could this organization that had so willfully and deliberately murdered tens of thousands of people - could this organization actually be a benevolent group of patriots dedicated to refreshing the 'tree of liberty"? Were their computerized techniques simply a contemporary means of warfare which they implemented to achieve the first step of an even longer-termed objective? Was their intent real and genuine - or might they have ulterior motives of taking over the United States of America and ruling it as their own empire?
These questions caused many to ponder the future...and, surprisingly, also generated more interest in American politics than
had been witnessed since Ross Perot's presidential run in 1992 when he garnered 19% of the popular vote. As usual, those who had a vested interest in the outcome of the electoral process claimed Perot's victory to be flawed and not within "the rules". It obviously terrified the career politicians, though, because they pulled out all stops to ensure it might not happen again. In 2000, the Bush administration was accused of stealing the election, and - again - in 2004 many people believed Al Gore, the Democratic opponent, should have contested the outcome more vigorously. The voting process had been rigged by too many "insiders" for too long. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. was committed to making the voting process simple, clean, and unencumbered so that all U.S. citizens could vote with ease, confidence, and assurance that their vote actually counted.
The videoconference lasted about ninety minutes, after which the familiar two-minute message appeared prior to the screen going dark. There had been no new resolution introduced today. Who knew what tomorrow might bring?
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