Hey Guys.
They say Politics makes strange bed fellows. But what we've seen lately is really unpresidented. I've been involved with Politics all my life. (I worked for Bobby Kennedy in 1968, when I was 11 years old). Yet, I've never seen anything like this. This, clearly, IS NOT NORMAL. It's downright bizarre that the self same Republicans who savored every word Saint Ronnie uttered about "The Evil Empire", are now breathless to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin! It's almost like they didn't live through the Cold War. They also say, "Follow the Money". Isn't it interesting that the real result of this election is that Putin and the Russians, the Republican Extremists in the House of Representiatives, the Koch Bros, and corporate interests everywhere are licking their chops at the prospect of looting the American Middle Class with out ANY "checks and balances". Does that seem like an awfully big coincidence to you? Everybody wins, except the American People. It almost seems.....Rigged!
Even though the polls and all the reporting showed Hillary Clinton with a comfortable lead, Trump somehow eeked out a tiny lead, in the very few districts he needed to win the Electoral college. After losing the popular vote by almost three million votes, he supposedly won the Electoral college with fewer then 70,000 perfectly placed votes. Seems almost too good for him to be true, don't you think? Think about it. He supposedly just won the election, but he has a 54% unfavorabillity rating. How is that even possible? And now the Republicans in Congress are gearing up for what I can only characterize as an assault on the American People. No one voted to do away with their Medicare, or Medicaid, or to privitize Social Security. But that's what they're planning to do. I guess they even thought Trump was kidding about Obamacare. All off a sudden, they're worried about losing their healthcare, begging him to NOT kill Obamacare. Good luck with that.
Prior to the election, is was pretty much presumed by everyone that Clinton was going to win. Chaffetz was masturbating about all the investigations he had planned. Reasonable folks were anticipating an orderly flow to a new Administration. Whatever you think of Hillary Clinton's politics, NO one would be losing sleep right now, worried that she was going to inadvertently start a war with China. It seems like the only people that seemed confident in a Trump win were, Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Rudy, and the Russians. Like they were all in on something we weren't. The reason you feel sick about the election is because Election Day, (and Night), were designed to be a BIG GUT PUNCH. The ultimate act of Hippy Bashing.
I DON'T think this was all a coincidence. I DO think there's a reason why we have this sinking feeling that something's just WRONG here. I think it's possible that our country has been taken over in a subtle "Corporate coup". Bernie Sanders candidacy scared them. If an empowered group of American activists started waking the Middle Class up to the agenda of their corporate overlords, they could bring real change for the American People. The Koch Bros. know that because of shifting demographics and the aging of the Republican Party, that they have to move NOW to grab power, and I think they have. They control the Corporate Press, they have complete control of the Government through their bought and paid for Republican lackies, (and sadly, too many Democrats), and by continuing to pack the Supreme Court with pro-Corporate Justices, they could shape our Government to a pro-Corporate (ie; Facist), Government, for a generation. Mussollini said, "Fascism is a melding of Corporation and State". That sounds a lot like what we've got going on here, (With a convenient Militarization of our Local Police Agencies to keep "Law and Order").
I don't know what to do about it. I don't have a "7-Point plan". It feels like we're all doomed. I know we're on our own now. They're cutting loose the Middle Class. They've got buyers in China and India now, so they don't need us anymore. They just want there to be an us, (Poor), and a them, (Rich). We'll have no reliable Media to impartially inform us. From now on, WE'LL have to seek out the Truth, because it will be harder and harder to find, (by design).
There ARE a few bright spots. Luckily, we're in California, surrounded by mostly like minded, reasonable people. Even our State Government is gearing up to Resist, and WE WILL RESIST. You Trump voters hate us hippies, but you might as well know that we went to work yesterday trying to save your future. Maybe someday you'll realize it. Whatever damage they manage to inflict on us here will be minor compared to what they'll do to the "Right to work for a dollar an hour" states. Trump is so incredibly conflicted, and is such a loose cannon, that I almost can't see him making it through four years without being impeached. But that just installs, President Pence, who could be worse for the country then Trump. Trump probably has so many scandals, we'll get tired of hearing about all the scandals. It's only a matter of time until some video comes out with him and two Moldavian 12-year olds, or dropping N-words like there's no tomorrow, or doing crimes with Mobsters, or oh maybe, COLLUDING with the Russian Government to STEAL our Election.
So, it really IS up to us to RESIST. It will get harder and harder. All the headwinds will be against us. We'll be fighting the full force of the Media-Industrial Complex. It will be up to us to continue Bernie's Movement, (if it is to continue). WE have to INSIST that Trump is NEVER Normalized. I'm not sure that he really got elected. It's hard to feel like he's MY President. But I know that he's an ILLEGITIMATE President. He DIDN'T win "fair and square", and that corruption will color his entire Presidency. And Trump voters, you're not my enemy, but I will never really be able to fully forgive you for ruining our Country. I just hope that someday we're ALL working against the Rich people that are stealing our Future.
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