Thursday, July 28, 2016

Breaking the Electoral System as America Goes Independent

Jill Stein observed earlier sixty percent of the American electorate is Independent and that means either Trump, Clinton, or both will be easily crushed if we decide to make a move.  That a move is necessary has never been more obvious and I didn't hear the speech from the Drone King tonight but we're guessing he didn't mention how many murders he has ordered or how many civilians have been killed at his command.

Jill Stein earned a PhD and I believe Jane Sanders did as well.  Getting a B.A. or a B.S. is not such a difficult thing but the PhD counts and either of them is academically-qualified to speak as experts.

Bernie Sanders has said he is returning to Indie status so there's quite a bit of potential for synergy but it hasn't coalesced yet.  When I saw what DNC corruption did to Sanders, it settled that I'll never vote for a Democrat again and there was no chance of voting for a Republican anyway.

It's conceivable the Democratic Party will repair itself and will present legitimate candidates someday but it's not doing that now and is of no further interest because, wtf, I'll never see it.


Jill Stein has been going to town with this and has been getting some remarkable exposure.  She and Abby Martin did the most impressive reviews of the Convention and, hideously, part of Martin's experience was in the back of a police paddy wagon.

Stein, Martin and Sanders have emerged as the only truthful ones and, so far, Stein is the only one who has come through this relatively unscathed, at least physically although there must be some emotional chaos for her in seeing the country repeatedly making the same mistakes.


Those three have the potential to break the Electoral System as they live from Indie support anyway so the question is getting more of it.  Given the giant dissatisfaction with both primary parties, this may well be the best opportunity in years to break the Establishment.  When only sixteen percent of people believe wasting ISIS will stop terror attacks, the Establishment is largely already collapsed.

That collapse will mean nothing if the Indies don't make a move.  The biggest problem is publicity and we have seen the active collusion between media channels and candidates for an overt effort to exclude Sanders and Stein have coverage as much as possible.


Abby Martin already has her Empire Files broadcast but it's kind of a leftist underground since there's so much censorship of anything from Russia (e.g. Russia Today is hardly available but we wonder if CNN is accessible in Moscow).  Martin hasn't been in Russia for years but the Establishment tagged her as a pinko and McCarthyism is as live as it ever was ... which is remarkable for something which is as dead as Jesse James.

Jill Stein makes extensive use of YouTube, Facebook Live streaming, and who knows what other media.  She uses all of them to campaign actively and personally rather than delegating this or that to staffers to generate an artificial presence.

Bernie Stein has been dependent on the primary media which is warped like a vinyl record in the sunshine but he's smart and he adapts.  Between the three of them, they present a highly-intelligent and formidable team for the actual values of the country rather than those imposed artificially by Wall Street or other special interests.


Trump speaks and some percentage of Republicans flame about the madman.  Clinton speaks and some percentage of Democrats flame about the madwoman.  It seems the environment could not possibly be more ripe for breaking the electoral system wide open and it so seriously needs to be broken open to get America anywhere close to the principles which created the country in the first place.

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