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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Elections Rigged? What About Donald Trump's?

    Most Millennials I know plan to vote 3rd party -- for candidates with values more like their own. Understandably, they want a better Country. Many other voters say they won't vote at all. They don't realize that every third party vote, or no vote, is a vote for Trump. At the very least, this will create a split election debacle. More likely, it will cause a Trump victory. Do you really want Trump for US President?  How similar this is to Hitler's rise to power.
    Trump accuses the government of election rigging, but omits mentioning election rigging on his behalf. From white supremacists being sent to monitor voting to make sure it's for Trump, to Trump instructing early voters to void their first vote and re-vote for him, to the disenfranchisement of African-American voters in numerous States, Trump has already initiated an onslaught on the election. His connections with Russia and constant flow of hacked anti-Clinton emails is blatant foreign interference in a US election. Given Trump and Putin's mutual admiration, and Trump's powerful business connections with ties to dictatorships, most likely mentioned in his hidden tax returns, are we supposed to believe this election isn't being rigged in Trump's favor?
    Even if the election were split as it was in 2000, who knows who will be deemed President: many are saying an unknown conservative -- McMullin. In 2000, a conservative Supreme Court declared George Bush winner, which triggered a domino effect.

     Bush's top officials refused to believe briefings warning of an inside attack in the US, involving planes being flown into buildings.* Therefore, 911 occurred less than eight months after Bush's inauguration.
      911 Warning Timeline
     The Bush Administration overreacted, sending troops into Iraq as well as Afghanistan, even though Saudi nationals had flown the 911 planes. As a result, over 130,000 civilians and 7,000 service members were killed, and 900,000 service members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    From there, increasing chaos erupted in the middle east, eventually spilling into nearby Syria, causing the continuing humanitarian crisis: approximately 5 million Syrian refugees to date.
     After Bush nominated two of the most right-wing Supreme Court justices, the Supreme Court decided on Citizens United, creating paths for foreign money to infiltrate US elections.
     The Wall Street meltdown of 2008 was also a product of the Bush/Cheney administration, resulting in financial ruin for countless US citizens, many of whom have not recovered. Wall Street was saved; its weath restored; citizens were not. And many of these citizens will be voting for Trump.
     Now in the present election, a last minute FBI announcement, as well as daily Wikileaks, have stalled Clinton's momentum and reverberated through numerous down-ballot elections, which means, congressional gridlock will not diminish.
    Except for those Americans with stable financial resources (who will, under Trump, receive even larger tax cuts), the US future is grim, which is ironically why discontented voters errantly believe Trump will save them.
     Trump's Mussolini-like chants, crowds with raised arm Nazi salutes; announcements that he and his family will "rule," not serve; endorsement by the Klu Klux Klan; connections to Russia; adulation of Putin and other dictatorial leaders; numerous pending lawsuits and shady history; and absent tax returns have become brief afterthoughts.
        * Bush Forewarned of Imminent Attack
    

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