{"id":24638,"date":"2016-11-10T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24638"},"modified":"2016-11-10T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:29:15","slug":"what-the-f-where-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/10\/what-the-f-where-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What the F? Where now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Donald<\/font><\/p>\n

I keep telling myself that eventually I shall wake up and discover that I have had the worst nightmare of my life, but it's settling in that what I made it a point to warn against, over and over again, has really happened.  Almost every state was a swing state. In this editorial, I shall endeavor to make some observations on how it happened and an idea or two on how to move forward.<\/font><\/p>\n

There's lots of blame to go around.  Lets begin with our electoral system.  Hillary won the election by over 230,000 votes, but Trump won the electoral college.  It's totally unjust that the vote of one goose-stepping fascist Wyoming militiaman counts as much as the votes of six California Patriots.  It is the second time in 16 years that the electoral college stymied the popular will.  Support the plan from National Popular Vote<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

The greatest share of blame goes to those who could, but did not vote.  If they want to complain, as I'm sure they will, they can take a long flying you-know-what off a short pier.<\/font><\/p>\n

The second greatest share of the blame goes to the Republican Party.  Ever since they embarked on the Southern Solution<\/em>, they have cultivated so much hatred and fear in Caucasians that more votes are cast as a reaction than as a decision.  There is nothing too deplorable for the Republican Party leadership to embrace.  The Republican dominated FBI cooperated with Putin's FSB (the KGB today) hackers to leak propaganda to influence the outcome.  Perhaps what boggles my mind most is the voting of white Republican women.  Their votes could have elected the first Woman President in US History, and instead they opted for a serial pussy grabber.  <\/font><\/p>\n

The next greatest share of blame goes to the media.  This should never have been a contest,but their bottom line is advertising revenue, and a runaway campaign season sells no soap.  So instead they kept pushing false equivalence on voters.  They Made it a race and raked in their filthy lucre.  Voters who didn't know better opted for the "change candidate" thinking there was no difference.<\/font><\/p>\n

Next in line is the Democratic Party.  Deborah Wassermann- Schultz did everything she could to steer the primary to Hillary Clinton and away from Bernie Sanders.  As a result, we had the weakest candidate the Democrats have nominated in my memory.  She was not the totally corrupt monster that Republicans and the Putin propagandist, Jill Stein, made her out to be.  Nevertheless, a stronger candidate could have won.  We Democrats need to turn the party over to Bernie, Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.<\/font><\/p>\n

Finally are the supporters of boutique candidates.  Many of them spread Russian propaganda against Hillary Clinton that was broadcast on RT and backed by Jill Stein in return coverage on RT to build her party.   Her betrayal got her less than 1% of the national popular vote.  I'm not saying that the throwaway voters were responsible for the loss, but if they voted to stop Trump in Florida, instead of wasting their votes, Trump would have lost by over 150,000 votes, and that would have tipped the scales.<\/font><\/p>\n

Where do we go from here?  We need to do a lot of what Republicans have been doing for the last eight years.  We need oppose, obstruct and delay whatever Republicans try to pass.  We must publicize their abuses of power far and wide.  However, if Republicans should make a proposal that benefits plain folks, and if that proposal does not contain a poison pill, we must do what's good for America, even if Republicans get credit for it.  We must take back state governments before the 2020 census, to put Democrats in control of redistricting.<\/font><\/p>\n

Most of all, we must survive!<\/font><\/p>\n

God help us all!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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