Thursday, November 3, 2016

Rigged Elections? What About Trump's?

  Most Millennials I know plan to vote 3rd party -- for candidates with values more like their own. Understandably, they want a better Country. Many other voters say they won't vote at all. They don't realize that every third party vote, or no vote, is a vote for Trump. At the very least, this will result in a split election debacle. Even more likely, it will make Trump President. Do you really want Trump for US President?
    Trump accuses the system of election rigging, but omits mentioning election rigging on his behalf. For example: white nationalists being sent on behalf of Trump to monitor voting, which is election interference, as is the disenfranchisement of African-American voters in numerous States. And his connections with Russia and constant flow of hacked anti-Clinton emails reek of election-rigging. Given the mutual admiration between Trump and Putin, and Trump's powerful business connections with ties to dictatorships, are we supposed to believe this election isn't being rigged in his favor?
 
This is what happened in 2000 when the election was split, so a conservative Supreme Court declared George Bush winner. There was a domino effect.
     911 occurred less than eight months after Bush's inauguration, and after the Bush Administration had been warned of, and discounted, an inside attack involving planes flown into government buildings.
      911 Warning Timeline
     The Bush Administration sent troops into Iraq as well as Afghanistan, even though Saudi nationals had flown the 911 planes. As a result, over 130,000 civilians and 7,000 service members were killed, and 900,000 service members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    From there, increasing chaos erupted in the middle east, eventually spilling into nearby Syria, causing another humanitarian crisis: approximately 5 million Syrian refugees to date.
     After Bush nominated two of the most right-wing Supreme Court justices, the Supreme Court decided on Citizens United, creating paths for foreign money to infiltrate US elections.
     The Wall Street meltdown of 2008 was also a product of the Bush/Cheney administration, resulting in financial ruin for countless US citizens, many of whom have not recovered. Wall Street was saved; its weath restored; citizens were not.
     Now in the present election, a last minute FBI announcement, as well as daily Wikileaks, have reverberated through numerous down-ballot elections, which means,  gridlock will not diminish.
    Except for those Americans with stable financial resources, the US future is grim, which is ironically why discontented voters errantly believe Trump will save them.
     Trump's Mussolini-like chants, crowds with raised arm Nazi salutes, endorsement by the Klu Klux Klan, connections to Russia, adulation of Putin and other dictatorial leaders, numerous pending lawsuits, and absent tax returns have become brief afterthoughts.
    

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