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Then there are those that believe that a great Democrat or Republican will be found among the reeds in a tiny cradle and deliver us from the satanic neo-cons and bring forth another era of good government from the people, by the people, and for the people. These people unfortunately make up today’s majority. The trouble with this view is, that unless we change the way our nation elects its leaders, it will never happen. It will never happen because every politician that wages a successful political campaign must, by the very nature of the system, have millions and millions of dollars. In order to get those millions upon millions of dollars, they need to get corporate donations. The only way to get the corporate world to fund your campaign is to support the corporations that support you. In other words, our leaders are bought and paid for before they even get to the point where they are well known enough to get donations from the common people. Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul and Mike Gravel fall into this category. Unless something extraordinary happens, they will remain tier 3 candidates because corporate donations will not come their way, and private donations will never give them the “face” time to compete with the Hillary Clintons and the Mitt Romney’s and the John Edwards and Barak Obama’s. The very best we can hope for is a “moderate corporatist” which according to Benito Mussolini’s definition of a fascist, will indeed be something of a fascist. Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger.
Does anyone remember the 1996 election between Ross Perot, Bill Clinton (of Waco infamy), and Bush I (Iran Contra)?
It ain't over until the fat lady sings (or is screaming from water boarding).
Ross Perot, if you remember, was threatened with the death (or torture) of his daughter during the time when his poll numbers were increasing to critical mass. That was telling. You may not know this fact. I don't know it as fact. I know what happened while it happened. I know what I saw and heard.
This round of the grand chess game (power politics) is not over.
Stay tuned. This one may require your attention. You may not be able to afford missing this one.