Do not be fooled by all that glitter

I have often in a moment of anger said to a politician, "we put you in office and we can take you out." But that is only partly true.  While we may vote for them, it is the money behind them that put them in office.  It is the money from the Super Pacs and Lobbyists and Big Banks, Pharma companies and all the other entities that pay for the campaigns.  The Super Pacs raise money and place ads bashing he opponents and set up the town halls to feature their candidate.  It is kinda like the Super Bowl, the best ad campaign wins.  And it is a winner take all prize.  In the Presidential race, those who do not win do have a chance at being VP or on the Cabinet, but for the most part it is winner take all.

We like to think that we the people do have power, but in truth we vote for the person whose Donors have managed to paint with the best colors.  We vote for someone because of the promises they make and the things they say or their voter record.  But, to be honest most people do not fact check these things themselves and trust the ads and the comments as being true.  

Something everyone needs to consider is this: there is ONE Candidate who is self funding. One, only One.  He is in full disclosure receiving small individual donations, but has turned down money and even refunded money donated to his campaign.  He is the one who has shed light on the Money for favors aspect of campaigns more than anyone else.  Look behind the wizard to see who is behind the curtain running the show.  The wizard is a distraction from the truth.   The truth is that the donors have the right to say to the Candidate, we put you in office and we can take you out.  You owe us your position.  He/she has no choice but to put forth whatever legislation is desired and then turn around and try to sell it to their constituents as good for them.  

This has been going on long enough.  Do you realize that if you vote for Donald J. Trump, you are responsible for putting him into office and he will be beholding to no one but We the People.  This is a chance for us to wrangle power away from the donor class, away from the lobbyists and special interests and give the power back to the people.  

This is our last best chance.  If we fail this time we will not get back up.  Many people have said they do not like Donald for one reason or another - but let me say this loud and clear, hear me on this.  I know most of you and he is for all the things you are for, you are allowing the attackers to tell you otherwise.  Let me be perfectly clear, when I say this:

If America elects one more person tied to gold, America will fall into the money Pit.  For all his $ he is NOT tied to Gold, no one has him in their back pocket, NO ONE.  He can not be bought,he can not be bribed.  You may not like the way he says it, you may not like his hair you may not like his opulence, btw his favorite restaurant? McDonald's, that's right, he loves fast food.  You may not like anything about him, I do not care what you do not like.  He is the only one who has the chops, the guts and the leadership ability to get us out of this mess.  It will NOT happen with Pharma companies, it will not happen with Goldman Sachs, it will not happen with Super Pacs.  If we do not break the puppet strings we will not be free again.

He can call for Campaign finance reform, he can change things in DC,  but if we elect one more politician telling you what you want to hear and doing what his donors want him to do, we will be sunk.  For my conservative friends: Yes, he is Pro Life, Pro Israel, Pro Guns, Pro smaller Gov't, No he is NOT for single payer, yes he wants to keep Social Security and Medicare.  No he will NOT take a salary and Yes he will put his money into a Blind Trust.  No he will NOT take a Salary or President's pension.  No he will not re-decorate the WH except to build a badly needed ballroom which he offered to do on his dime and Obama turned him down.  

Still Report #644 - Metamorphosis - Tycoon to President

Why I am for Trump

I would rather have someone in office who says what he thinks regardless of consequences, someone who can not be bought is not beholding to any group of people someone who has been successful but not without failing, who loves this country and sincerely wants to see America rise again. I would rather have this man in office than someone who will say and/or do anything to win an election only to do the bidding of those who paid his/her way and leave we the people to fend for ourselves.

Time and time again we have elected  career politicians.  I say we, but in truth the special interests, lobbyists and the media.  We fall for whatever rhetoric they spout and look to their voting records for guidance.  We have allowed ourselves to be swayed by all the right words.  

What we do not see is the man behind the curtain, the back room deals and all the money that exchanges hands.  Donald Trump has done more to expose this than anyone in politics.  He has admitted to making donations in the past in the hopes of garnering favors in the future.  He can not be faulted for taking advantage of the system. 

We have elected people to office over and over and over again who have turned their backs on us, and offer up one excuse after another as to why they could not vote one way or the other.  They put the Kate Steinle bill together with another bill, knowing full well it had no chance of passing.  If they do not vote against a promise they make sure the bill they promised does not pass.  

When you look at the funding sources of the candidates you can see why.  They need money to run a campaign and stay in office.  Running a campaign is a big business in itself, always remember the borrower is servant to the lender and while campaign donations may not be literal loans, the debt that is owed is legislation.  Do not be fooled, a candidate may say something that the donor does not like, but the donor knows they are saying what they need to say to get elected.  Once elected they will do the bidding of donor.

It is time to elect someone who will break the old boy network, crony capitalism or whatever you want to call it.  If Donald Trump is elected they will not be able to control him and that is what they fear the most, someone coming in and ruining their game.  He  knows the game well and he will be the spoiler.  His win in NH is proof in the pudding that they have been fearing.  

Election 2016

I was wondering why Donald kept talking about having Ambassadors who know how to make good deals, I had never paid much attention to Ambassadors so I did some reading - and found this: Policy
"Consulting with the president and the U.S. State Department, ambassadors relay policy stances and decisions to the foreign governments they're associated with. In some cases, they may negotiate trade or security agreements" wikipedia , so, it started me thinking.

And so, Trump has me thinking - he has the right idea - he makes a lot of sense and has hit a nerve in so many of us who are frustrated with this whole political thing, we elect people who we think hold our values etc. We elect people based on their voting records and reputations but lets be honest, we are getting good politicians people who are good at getting elected - not necessarily good at running things, many of them have no real track record in what we call the "real world." and sometimes we elect a "man or woman of God " thinking they will be better - now of course I am not saying they are all bad - please don't give me names of this person or that one - I think we can all agree that we are tired of this political game, of the money that runs the politicians instead of the politicians running the money. My son's advice in tennis is don't let the ball play you; you need to play the ball. So this whole idea of hiring politicians who are career politicians is like nuts - we are hiring people whose expertise is getting elected and yes I said hiring - cause we need to look at it that way - instead of electing people whose whole thing is knowing how to get and stay elected - we need to look to the Trumps) of this world or the Dr. Carson's who have skill sets that go beyond political - if Trump just say is elected President, who will be his cabinet? Who will be the ambassadors, why not have the ambassadors of these countries be people who are good negotiators, good organizers (not community) good at running businesses instead of people who are looking for a leg up into the political world - people who don't give a darn, do not need money like Trump - People who are great in their field of expertise - have term limits for Congress take away the whole donor class entirely - Why can't we get some of these wheelers and dealers to work for nothing or very little for a year or two or so and put their skills into getting this country back into shape -

To continue my rambling thoughts, what have we done, how far have we strayed from where we should be? How much farther will we go before we fall off the cliff? Look what is happening to Mark Meadows for standing up to the leadership in the GOP and what is happening to Schumer for daring to vote against something Obama wants. They are called Representatives for a reason, they are to rep us, you and me - Ted Cruz calls it the Washington cartel, Carly Fiorina refers to crony capitalism no matter what you call it it is wrong. We are supposed to be of, for and by We the people - but we have abdicated our authority - and yet how do we take it back? We keep voting for people we think will do the right thing and some do, but most give into the pressure - maybe it is not DC that needs to be shaken up maybe it is not Congress that needs to Wake up, maybe it is us. Maybe we need to get more involved, make more demands - I dunno VOTE perhaps - and maybe just maybe we need to send some very different kind of people to DC - people get knocked out of a race for seemingly small things - in one way we have become so focused on the little petty things that we have forgotten that this is war, war for the very soul of America -. I know one thing, things MUST change.

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