Manipulating the Electoral College to Fix the Race

I know it seems that I have been discussing politics a lot. If you read the articles you will see that they are really about the economy or the media. I need to point out that I am a social democrat, not a Republican or a Democrat. I openly said that I supported the Occupy Movement at the time. I have said that the Tea Party and Occupy Movement should work together based on nationalism and economics. I spent a couple of years preaching to gay latinos, I have friends that people would never expect me to have being a square white guy. My blog speaks for itself and my words are what they were when I wrote them over the last seven years.

Now, what has brought this up. President Obama (have you noticed that I ALWAYS refer to him as President Obama and not just Obama, I respect the office not the person and not the Bushes or Clintons) stated that Trump (he's not President so he just gets Trump or Mr. Trump)stated that there might be an attempt to fix the election against him. President Obama said that was silly and a conspiracy theory. Well, the problem is that I have posted mainstream media articles for months where they discussed doing just that by rigging the electoral college openly in the press. In fact, I read one this morning and will try to link to it.

The New York Daily News - Here’s how the Electoral College could prevent a Donald Trump presidency, even if he wins the popular vote. 

The Washington Post (this is from March of this year) - The electoral college could still stop Trump, even if he wins the popular vote. 

The Hill - Republican threatens to deny Trump Electoral College vote. 

This whole race has been rigged by both parties, Trump and Sanders both had the rules of their parties used against the voters. Superdelegates for the Democrats, Caucuses where nobody voted for the Republicans. What would Obama say if Trump won the popular vote (that means the vote of citizens) and the electoral college ignored the votes and chose Clinton instead? He would say the process had spoken. Then again, what would the Sanders supporters say, they would say the system is rigged and possibly unite with the Trump people. Better yet, would Clinton say that the rules must be followed and give it to Trump, I doubt it.

When Kennedy won against Nixon it was widely known that the Illinois race had been fixed, more dead people voted for Kennedy in Chicago than at any other time. LOL. Nixon was told to contest the vote; but, he said he would not because it would cause the nation too much harm. You can look that up, it happened. If the electoral college cheats the rules, Trump will have to contest it because that would be a fundamental violation of anything resembling representative democracy.

People Are Saying They Have Had Enough

President Obama and late night pundits are all reading the same talking points and saying that Republicans should say to Trump that they have had enough. The fact is that many Republicans and Democrats are saying they have had enough. They have had enough of a system which is destroying the middle class and opportunities in this country.

The establishment is throwing a hissy fit over Trump and Sanders supporters for not listening to them. This election is not about the candidates, they are merely an expression. This election, in the voters mind, is about seeking real change, not promised change. This election is about whether or not the government is going to work for the interests of the majority of the people or just the donors. That is what the media is not addressing.

Calling Trump a racist (which he is not) or Sanders a communist (which he is not) is not resonating with the voters because what the voters are saying is that the current system is rigged (which it is) and that they have had enough of it. Trump may not win; but, the issues that are driving the voters will not go away, it will only intensify.

Social Security, Pensions and Fewer Workers to Pay Taxes.

The media and the politicians who are owned by the wealthy are all telling us that we can no longer afford social security, welfare, public colleges at low cost or any other public expenditures that benefit the middle class, the working class or the poor. Yet, at the same time we are told that everything is fine and that the nation is actually making more money than it used to. If we used to be able to afford these things when the country had less wealthy than why can't we still afford them?

Here is what is really going on. The truth is that we can afford these things; but, because automation is going to continually reduce the number of workers needed, taxes will have to fall more on the few who are wealthy. We all know that since 2008 all the gains that have been made economically have gone to the top half of the one percent. That income inequality will only increase as we have fewer and fewer jobs.

I have previously written that people need to understand this trend so that we can have a real discussion about these issues. If you are wondering why the wealthy donors who used to support the Republican presidential nominee are turning away from Trump for Clinton or the Libertarian party, it is because they believe that the Clintons and Libertarians will weaken these social programs. Remember, Bill Clinton made major reductions to welfare during his term in office.

Sanders Supporters and the Media.

Bernie Sanders had many supporters and I believe was a sincere man. If anything his problem was that he tried to play a game and didn't understand the rules or how to keep true to his beliefs when confronted with the need to drop out of the race. While I have said that I detest the Clintons and the Bushes, I have never said I disliked Bernie, what I have said is that I am disappointed in him. Since he has supported Hillary, I am not alone in being disappointed. Imagine if Jeb Bush had won the primaries and Trump came out and supported him, how do you think the Trump supporters would have felt. Trump and Sanders both ran on being against the establishment and a rigged system.

One thing I have not done is insult Bernie, Hillary, Bush, Trump or anyone else's supporters. That is the last sign or desperation and is despicable in a democracy. To describe anyone's supporters as all the same is both stupid and stereotyping. I have seen a lot of that this year by the establishment media. I have seen Trumps supporters all be called racist, stupid, joe six pack, women haters and everything else you can think of, oh yeah and Nazis. That last onw bothers me and is an insult to all the people killed by the Nazis. I have seen the same type of stereotyping used against the Sanders supporters by the Democratic establishment. They are accused of being young, stupid, crybabies and disloyal to the Democratic party. People, they are not members of your party or your establishment, that was what this election was all about, the establishment versus the people. At the convention Sarah Silverman called Sander's supporters "ridiculous" for not wanting Hillary Clinton while also wanting them to chant "unity". People don't want unity with people who call them ridiculous. Think about this, Trump never slammed his opponents supporters, not Hillary's and not Bushes.

I watched a number of videos today about the election. Lets see, there are more articles asking whether or not the Russians hacked the DNC's e-mails than discussed the fact that they showed the DNC was actively working to get Hillary elected and undermine Sanders. They wanted to attack Sanders for being an atheist. Wait, please tell me what religion Clinton is. Is she a Baptist, Lutheran or what. She is no Christian. Nobody is voting for Hillary because of her devout Christianity. The fact of the matter is that Hillary is smug, condescending and insincere.

Why has this come up? Well, I have been collecting videos to compare and contrast; but, I cannot post them until after the DNC has closed. It will be a post about media manipulation and propaganda. In preparation of the post, I have been watching all the late night shows. The post will be about how the media treats Hillary and Trump. In the course of watching these videos I found one particularly annoying, smug, condescending and insincere and it is by Seth Meyers. It is an attack on Sanders supporters and you should watch it. He can kiss away lots of his younger audience and rightly so.

YouTube - Hey! A Message to Bernie or Bust Die-Hards.  He begins by saying that the Sanders supporters who booed the head of the DNC that actively worked to help Hillary and hurt Sanders were all white. Wow. He then says that "We don't have time for this", I don't recall him saying that about the Cruz supporters who attempted to steal the election by changing the majority rules at the RNC. He then tells Sanders supporters to "stop crying". He also says, "I don't know what class you ditched to go to those Sanders rallies". What he knows is that the younger people don't trust, like or want Hillary and he proceeds to chastise them and threaten them will Trump taking over as a dictator.

I should also point out that Meyers says about 48% of all Americans are crazy. He then goes on to say that even though the Bernie supporters hate her, they should have the decency to not say it and he says that Bernie is too old and needs to retire. This is his appeal for Democratic unity. He finishes by telling Sanders supporters to be quiet and basically shut up.

Many pundits have said that Trump is the end of the GOP; but, this election will probably be the end of the Democrats. Those young people who are roundly being insulted by the Democrats do not like globalism or the establishment and they are being slapped in the face by the Democratic party.

UPDATE:

You know what is really upsetting me, I didn't know all of it; but, I am mad at Sanders for not standing up for his supporters.

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Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine

Unlike the lying pundits in the media, I don't claim to be fair or balanced, I claim to state what I believe instead. I am not running a news site, I am running an opinion site and I have opinions. I also have facts and I post to the sites of those who I talk about so that you can verify what I am saying is accurate.

I do not like Hillary Clinton, I would never vote for her, her husband or any of the Bushes. They are all globalists who care more about themselves than this country. I would have voted for Sanders. I guess that means I am a social democrat in many peoples eyes; but, my politics are more complicated than simple terms used by the media. My words on this blog describe what I believe and what I believe is not tied to any parties simplistic words.

Here is what I do believe and know to be true. The people who own this country care little about social issues, they are driven by money. Follow the money to understand what they believe, what they fund and you will understand them. Follow how the politicians they own vote and you will understand what really matters to them and what really matters to them is creating monopolies and making everything a market that is bought and sold. Currently they are seeking to marketize water and the air. Carbon taxes are about charging you for the air you breath; but, they don't own the air, they just want you to agree that they do, that is global warming laws in a nutshell.

Since the industrial revolution the manufacturing industries have owned this world; but, with automation, that power has shifted to the financial industries. Prior to the industrial revolution the world was controlled by the land owners. Well, Hillary Clinton has chosen her vice presidential nominee, Tim Kaine. Who is that you might ask, well he is an anti-progressive. That means he is the opposite of Bernie Sanders. In fact, Mr. Kaine wanted to further deregulate banks and he supports the TPP and TTIP (trade agreements that put decision making under international business controlled courts rather than national or government controlled courts). Economically the man is to the right of the Republican party.

Huffington Post - Tim Kaine Calls To Deregulate Banks As He Campaigns To Be Clinton’s VP. 

Clinton is not a liberal in the traditional sense, she is a globalist and a monetary libertarian. She is basically Ron Paul willing to sell out to the highest bidder. Lets face it, the majority of Republican politicians have sold out to the exact same people, the big banks. Both sides agree that the sheep (voters) are too dumb to see what is going on and both sides use different social issues to divide the sheep while voting together to take advantage of them for profit.

Yahoo - Tim Kaine, Clinton’s VP pick, is a Democrat Wall Street can like.  I like this article, it is so full of garbage and spin. According to the article his greatest achievement was cutting his state budge without raising taxes. Huh? If you cut your state budget, why would you need to raise taxes? That is not an achievement, reducing reducing costs and not raising rates is easy, the problem is that he cut state programs. He cut salaries for state employees and reduced the states contribution to Medicaid.

Now lets talk about Hillary. Firstly, contrary to what you have heard, Hillary has NOT won the Democratic primaries. What you say, but, I heard she had the needed delegates. Well, she doesn't. In fact, she only has 2,205 delegates and needs 2,383 delegates. There are 650 superdelegates that vote for can vote for whoever they want. They are undeclared delegates. The fact of the matter is that Trump had almost 300 more bound delegates than he needed and Hillary is short about 300 bound delegates.

Yahoo - Delegate Board.

Well, it begs the question, what did Sanders trade for. Did he think she was going to move to the left after he gave her his support. If so, he was an idiot, she moved right by picking Kaine. The Democrats are against the workers and middle class as much as the Republican establishment is. The real power fight in this nation is not over social issues, it is not about abortion (that was settled years ago), it is not over gay rights (that is also settled), it is not about marijuana laws (soon to be settled and the writing is on the wall), it s not over race (those laws were settled year ago too, it just didn't end racism), this fight is the middle and working class against the owner class and Hillary represents the owner class. If you are dumb enough to think that this is a post about the election, you haven't been reading my blog long enough, I have said what the issue is long before Hillary or Trump even thought about entering this race, this blog is seven years old and the message has always been there.

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