From Rush:



check out this AP story from Ron Fournier today: "Senator Kerry has a simple strategy if the presidential race is in doubt on November 3rd, the day after the election, and that strategy is: do not repeat Al Gore's mistakes. Unlike the former vice-president, who lost a recount fight and the 2000 election, Kerry will be quick to declare victory on election night and begin defending it. He also will be prepared to name a national security team before knowing whether he's secured the presidency. 'The first thing we will do is make sure everybody has an opportunity to vote and every vote is counted,' said Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. 'We will be ready to hit the ground running and begin a fresh start in this country, given that so many critical issues are before us.'



Limbaugh Legal Division: Kerry Strategy: Declare Election Night Victory, Use Equal Protection Clause to Contest Battlegrounds



I've seen this in a couple of places. Some conservatives are expecting Kerry to declare victory on the evening of Nov. 2nd, and just claim that there was fraud, no matter what the vote count says. The Republicans are supposedly gathering their army of lawyers to do battle with the Democratic party's army of lawyers. This could get ugly.



However, we the people do have something to say in this. And I think the Dems have jumped the gun here. They are trying this tactic too soon. They haven't accomplished their most important legal manuver first... they haven't gotten the guns out of the hands of the citizens.



You see, it is for this that the second amendment to the was written. If ever our government gets so far out of whack that our constitutional rights are ignored, we have the power of the gun, which helped free our nation, to free it again.



For too long the left leaning media has portrayed gun owners as neanderthal-like reactionaries who shouldn't be allowed out in public, much less handling guns. And when they attempt a 'fair and balanced' look at gun ownership and the second amendment, they always ask, "why would anyone want to hunt Bambi with a semi-automatic assault weapon?" But we don't own semi-automatic assault weapons for hunting Bambi. We use our Winchester model 70s for that. The assault rifle is so we can march on Washington when the leftists try to take over. They probably think they can bring a lawyer to a gun fight, but that's just icing our redneck cake.



We have the right to bear arms so we can be free from those who would twist and remold our government into one they could control. Thanks to organizations such as the NRA we still have the ultimate power of redress--our guns. If the liberal lawyers decided they can bury us in briefs and run our lives, I'll be glad to join the 21st century Minutemen and head for Washington.