Prospect For Political Cleansing

Much of what we are witnessing in our current unorthodox political climate suggests a long overdue revolution is taking place in America.

 There are large, strong, vocal factions fed up with our current political system.  That dismay has resulted in Strong support for both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.                           

 For the last 40 years mainstream Republican politicians have been lying to and deceiving their constituency.  A small (30% - 35%) but very vocal and obviously fed-up portion of that constituency, no longer trust those Republican politicians.  This somewhat forceful minority is demanding their brethren follow suit in rejecting the good old boy Republican candidates.         

 On the Democratic side of the ledger a small but apparently larger portion of their following are fed-up with the party’s selling out to big business interests.  With the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the emergence of Bill Clinton (“The era of big government is over”) Democrats turned their backs on progressive principles which once guided the party’s compassionate advocacy toward the poor, underprivileged and middle class.  This minority, as well, is demanding no more “contemporary,” callous Democratic Party candidates and a return to the lost principles of FDR, JFK, and LBJ. 

This have created an interest that has been dormant within the electorate.  This is resulting in an increased awakening and exposing of the deceitful indoctrination practices of lies and deception within both political parties.  What is surfacing among partisans in both party’s is a clear picture of the primary agenda to protect vested interests rather than representing the best interests of the American people.  

The Republican Party has NO ethical difficulty is using a rules committee to determine their candidate.  They caution that should a candidate they disapprove of arrive at their convention with enough or close to enough delegates to win the nomination they can circumvent the victory by changing the rules before the opening gavel sounds..

The Democratic Party is no different.  They have devised a system to rig their outcome with the creation and manipulation of 712 (some estimate 715) unpledged delegates (not determined through caucuses or primaries) that can be directed by party officials on how they vote.   When Democratic Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was asked by Jake Tapper; “What do you tell voters who are new to the process who say this makes them feel like it’s all rigged?” Wasserman Schultz unabashedly responded: “Unpledged delegates exist really to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don’t have to be in a position where they are running against grassroots activists.” 

What is most alarming about all of this is that millions of Americans are railroaded into voting for one of these two candidates – candidates the American people have virtually no voice in selecting – candidates chosen by a shadowy power structure which the people are unable to influence.  

Should Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders efforts result in the reformation or elimination of the two-party system, we will owe them, not our disdain, but a serious debt of gratitude.  For those efforts may yet awaken us to what was envisioned by our founding fathers.  A system cleansed of political parties providing the people with the ability to choose the candidates, thus strengthening of our Democratic Republic.