protectionist
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- Oct 20, 2013
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In America, we pride ourselves on our democracy. Our democratic republic, that we (in theory), have a govt of the people, by the people, and for the people, created by free and fair elections. Oh, remember how Obama and Hillary Clinton were crowing about "free & fair elections" during the Arab Spring days ?
In reality, our electoral process is very mixed between fair, semi-fair, and downright unfair. Over the years, on every level of govt, there have been instances of electoral tampering, in a whole host of ways. In the 2000 election, untold numbers of Gore votes were destroyed by punch card ballots being double punched (and therefore trashed). In the 2004 presidential election, Kerry lost out on some ungodly number of votes, as a result of computer vote-flipping. A rent control proposition in a small town I once lived in, got crushed, when landlords from all over the state, ganged up on the little rent control committee, and outspent it on promotion 20 to 1, turning an election into an auction.
Previously, Republicans have been often on the villain side of all this. But now in 2015, we're seeing a whole new picture. The practice of cheating is still there, but now it's the Democrats who are doing it, and I mean really big time. Their MO has a number of different techniques, but the really big one revolves around one thing >> illegal immigration. Oh yeah, a few Republicans paralyzed with fear of the so-called "Hispanic vote", have joined up with the Dems pushing illegal immigration. And some Republicans support it to get money from businesses and other special interests who gain from illegals. But overall, support for illegal immigration (in many ways) comes from the Democrats, and they do all they can to squash voter ID, to keep the illegals voting (for them of course). This coupled with New Black Panther guys carrying clubs to intimidate conservative voters.
So, since the whole scenario of election politics has turned dirty, favoring Democrats, is there any reason why the Republicans should follow the pure and honest path ? I think Republicans ought to fight just as dirty as the Democrats are doing. I hate to say it, but it looks like pure, clean politics is dead in the water, and decency has been replaced with whoever finds whatever way to just win, in whatever way possible. It's like the guy in the movie "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" said, when Mel Gibson was getting ready to fight his opponent in that weird arena they had >> "You know the rules. There are none." So the Democrats are playing total dirty. No doubt there. But two can play this game. I'd like to see Donald Trump spend a massive record-breaking fortune in promotion, and outspend Hillary or Bernie, or whoever, 100 to 1, and turn the Democrats' illegal alien voting legion into a mere pittance, by comparison. I wouldn't even mind seeing Trump pay people to vote for him. Maybe even import some in from France, Denmark, Italy, and other countries beseiged with nasty immigration, and wanting to get away from it. When free & fair is done and dead, the sky's the limit now. Gloves are off.
Hey, you want to play dirty, Demmies ? You got it. Break out the electric knuckles.
In reality, our electoral process is very mixed between fair, semi-fair, and downright unfair. Over the years, on every level of govt, there have been instances of electoral tampering, in a whole host of ways. In the 2000 election, untold numbers of Gore votes were destroyed by punch card ballots being double punched (and therefore trashed). In the 2004 presidential election, Kerry lost out on some ungodly number of votes, as a result of computer vote-flipping. A rent control proposition in a small town I once lived in, got crushed, when landlords from all over the state, ganged up on the little rent control committee, and outspent it on promotion 20 to 1, turning an election into an auction.
Previously, Republicans have been often on the villain side of all this. But now in 2015, we're seeing a whole new picture. The practice of cheating is still there, but now it's the Democrats who are doing it, and I mean really big time. Their MO has a number of different techniques, but the really big one revolves around one thing >> illegal immigration. Oh yeah, a few Republicans paralyzed with fear of the so-called "Hispanic vote", have joined up with the Dems pushing illegal immigration. And some Republicans support it to get money from businesses and other special interests who gain from illegals. But overall, support for illegal immigration (in many ways) comes from the Democrats, and they do all they can to squash voter ID, to keep the illegals voting (for them of course). This coupled with New Black Panther guys carrying clubs to intimidate conservative voters.
So, since the whole scenario of election politics has turned dirty, favoring Democrats, is there any reason why the Republicans should follow the pure and honest path ? I think Republicans ought to fight just as dirty as the Democrats are doing. I hate to say it, but it looks like pure, clean politics is dead in the water, and decency has been replaced with whoever finds whatever way to just win, in whatever way possible. It's like the guy in the movie "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" said, when Mel Gibson was getting ready to fight his opponent in that weird arena they had >> "You know the rules. There are none." So the Democrats are playing total dirty. No doubt there. But two can play this game. I'd like to see Donald Trump spend a massive record-breaking fortune in promotion, and outspend Hillary or Bernie, or whoever, 100 to 1, and turn the Democrats' illegal alien voting legion into a mere pittance, by comparison. I wouldn't even mind seeing Trump pay people to vote for him. Maybe even import some in from France, Denmark, Italy, and other countries beseiged with nasty immigration, and wanting to get away from it. When free & fair is done and dead, the sky's the limit now. Gloves are off.
Hey, you want to play dirty, Demmies ? You got it. Break out the electric knuckles.
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