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 |  "Putting on the Game Face" |
| The Democrats are going to lose the election in November. The reason I say this is because the Democratic Party hand picks their candidates and all these caucuses and primaries in various states, where the voters are made to appear as having a choice, is all a hollow facade. When the Democrats changed the rules and set up the "Super Delegate" system it was because the insiders were not able to always get the candidate nominated who was the party choice. These days it matters little who the popular choice is. The Super Delegates will always tip the balance in favor of those pulling the party strings. What this has done is discourage some of the better and more electable Democrats from participating. They know they have no chance at a fair nominations process, since the selection process is institutionally rigged. What this results in, is that the "Fair Haired Child" of the party is selected well in advance and all that remains is to make sure an unelectable foil runs to give some respectability to a process that is ordained years in advance. We all know that Hillary was promised the nomination if she supported President Obama in the last two elections...that she would be rewarded when her "turn" came with the nomination. The party could credibly make such a promise once the Super Delegate component was added to the process. When the Democratic Party nudged Bernie Sanders into the race they never dreamed he would be as competitive as it has turned out. The reason a Socialist has done better than anyone expected is because Hillary is such a lousy candidate. Many mainstream Democrats find her antics impossible to swallow any longer. It isn't that the Democrats suddenly find themselves enamored with Bernie and his socialist views but rather that they find Ms. Clinton's record so repugnant than even many liberals can no longer look the other way. Bernie has had every opportunity to call Ms. Clinton to account. She is not without a record and much of it is open to criticism. "Why not?" you ask. The answer should be self evident.. It is because his handlers in the Party got him to promise from the outset not to go too hard on her. Can you imagine that if one of the Republican candidates faced the possibility of an inditement over miss-handling classified information or possible corruption charges... that any of the other Republican candidates would have refrained from going too hard? There is another aspect of the Democratic Party's weakness that surfaced this week in South Carolina. This was Crossover Voters. To understand this ask yourself why a Democrat would cross over to vote Republican? Again the answer is pretty self evident. A Democratic voter could either vote for Hillary or Bernie. What if they could't bring themselves to vote for either one. What if they see Ms Clinton as someone who isn't trustworthy and Mr. Sanders as somebody who loves to visit Socialist countries and honeymooned in Russia. If they could't bear to vote for either, why not vote for a Republican instead? This is what happened. Over thirty-five percent of the Democratic voters crossed over. Consider the implications for November. The Republicans are benefiting from the weak candidates the Democrats are putting forth. However, Instead of realizing the Super Delegate aspect is flawed, they see it as a good thing. Republicans would love to have a Super Delegate component of their own and are certain to come up something similar after the election. Trump is extremely likely to win the nomination and Cruz has come too close for comfort. Both of these candidates are despised by the Good old Boys and Girls. They can be counted on to try making sure this never happens again. One thing is certain and the voters are finally fed up with the establishment in Washington and all that remains is seeing if anything can be done about it. The mood in the country is outrage over the performance and behavior of insiders controlled by lobbies special interests and Super Pac money. The Republicans are as bad as the Democrats and neither party gives a hoot about the electorate once they get elected. A new aristocracy is raising its head that resembles more how the Soviet Union operates than the framers of the Constitution intended. Its a club for the Political Elitists who see Washington as a chance to..." strut and fret their hour upon the stage," and a cash grab opportunity that will set them up for life. If they aren't corrupt when they get to office it doesn't take long for the corrosive influences of power to erode their idealism and forget where they came from. |
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