There
were accusations of rigging the election going on from both sides this
year. From the start, I could see it wasn't really fair.
The
media needs to be held accountable. I'm talking about the corporate
media. It's not the alternative media's fault that the corporate media
repeatedly lied and got everybody whipped into a false frenzy. There is
"fake news" coming from everywhere. We were all being played.
Recounts
are not only constitutional, but they must happen to help keep the
process fair. Dr. Jill Stein had a right to call for them wherever she
wanted. It was not about Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. It was about
fairness. A Green Party candidate some 12 years ago found enough fraud
in that election that people went to jail and reforms were made. I
don't care who contributed the money to the recount effort, people have a
right to it.
Over
20,000 ballots were found in Pennsylvania for Clinton around the time
Stein was making her big push. The recounts should all have been
allowed.
Trump
says illegals voted in California? He should have paid for a
California recount to prove it. It may be true, and if he cares about a
fair election, he'd want to prove it, right?
There
was something fishy about election night and when they called it. I
personally feel the fix was in and called off, which may not be a
popular opinion. And, the protests happened awful fast. I know the
media created this anger in the coverage they gave the election, but it
came together fast, complete with fake CNN interviews of protesters and
all. Craigslist had adverts looking to pay protesters. Soros's handy
work? I don't know, but look this guy up. He's in it for his agenda,
not for our country.
It's not over yet.
Faithless
Electors can change it, and there's something to consider. It is
constitutional to vote your conscience as an elector, and laws against
it may themselves be unconstitutional. Most of those laws are simple
fines anyway. When it comes to a vote, you can't force a person to vote
as you wish them to. This isn't over, though the Electoral College
vote is not likely to change anything.
Rumors
of 20 or more Republicans switching are rumors. You are not likely to
hear a peep out of most of them, whether they will vote Trump or not.
You have one out there now, and he's under an attack for "stolen valor"
by the "right" side of the corporate and alternative media.
Some
of these electors are being threatened. Trump is said to be wanting to
talk to some of them. Now you have calls from largely Clinton pledged
electors from an oh so trustworthy CIA briefing on alleged Russian
hacking.
Hacking
of what? Is there evidence of the voting machines being hacked on a
large enough scale? We're talking e-mails here, and the source of the
hack has been identified as an American. The first question is to the
truth of the information contained in the e-mails, but it seems that
their existence themselves is being blamed. Were the e-mails lies?
Plenty of corporate media lies being told nightly to the people have
them fearing Trump is the next Hitler. Every president you don't agree
with is supposedly Hitler. Sure, whatever.
We
await the Electoral College votes. They are hearing all of this. They
have information at their disposal, and it's unlikely you'll hear much
from people bailing on Trump, even if there is a movement. You speak
now, and you could be replaced. If asked, the standard answer would be
to lie or offer no comment. The day is coming when they will make their
voices heard.
Buckle
up, because if Trump is not confirmed, it could get very ugly. First,
do they install Clinton? That would surely cause an uprising from a
Bible carrying, 2nd Amendment supporting Trump supporter? This isn't
the crying voter we saw right after the election. This is much more
serious. Could they get away with installing Clinton? I don't think
so, but I do believe they are bold enough to try.
Would
congress just approve Trump? If there's an establishment Republican
alternative, they may go with them. It means more business as usual
with the illusion of change, but it will be more of a reason to push
for election change, possibly to popular vote. Installing somebody who
is Republican but other than Trump or Clinton may still stave off an
uprising.
To
the notion that popular vote should win out, Clinton won it because of
California. Take it off the table, and Trump won popular too.
Californians are rightfully upset because they don't feel represented
enough. Politicians come for campaign donations and leave to the
"battleground states" after that. We have a system where they already
know certain states will go Republican or Democrat, so there's no use
even bothering with them. So, how does the Electoral System benefit
them?
A
Cal Exit from the United States is a bad idea and isn't likely to
happen. The emergence of a new state of Jefferson that combines
Northern California and Southern Oregon would be better. These two
regions are represented by San Francisco and Los Angeles to the south
and Portland and Eugene to the north, though they themselves currently
identify mostly as Republican.
We
will have a debate on whether to go popular with the vote or not. This
has been simmering since 2000, but what happened this year will not be
tolerated much longer. The Electoral College isn't likely to change
this outcome, but it legally can happen. If it does, it will at the
least spark further debate.
In
closing, I find it sad that Hillary Clinton spent $1.2 Billion in a
losing campaign, while Donald Trump spend half of that. Throw in money
for the primaries, and you're looking at over $2 Billion to get elected.
Let that sink in. We can't seem to feed or give homes to the
homeless, we struggle to find cures for diseases that should be curable
by now, we have a big problem with jobs, the educational system and on
and on, but they spent $2 Billion dollars on this election. Yeah, we
have our priorities straight, don't you think?
