From Scott Adams: End of the Republic?

I wonder if today will be remembered as the last day of the Republic. If Obama gets elected, lots of McCain supporters will be displeased, but I would expect an orderly transition of power. That’s one possibility.

The other possibility is that McCain is elected and there is widespread suspicion, founded or not, that the election was rigged. That, for all practical purposes, will be end of the Republic. Citizens will take to the streets, the lame duck administration will declare martial law, half the country will stop paying taxes, and we will begin the long slide toward a Mad Max economy.

Okay, slight hyperbole — but maybe not that much. It’s hard to get a good objective view here in Bluest-of-the-Blue California, but I have to think that no reasonable person really thinks McCain is likely to win. If he does, and there’s any hint of Florida-2000 or Ohio-2004 style shenanigans, I would expect some massive civil unrest. And I might even take part in it.

We’re laying in emergency supplies for us and the cats to last a week or so. Just in case.