Don't kid yourselves. The Dempublicans are every bit as high on prohibition, mind control and the rest of the power trip as the Repugnicrats are. When Clinton took office, one of the first things he did was to
federally fund 100k more local cops. Nearly all of them were tasked to drug war detail. A big part of Hillary's health care initiative has been the push for "Treatment not incarceration" (aka Stalinist reeducation) Damned near all of the drug policy reform movement bought into it, which is why Fornits is what it is instead of a sub-topic of Media Awareness Project.
The only candidate with a decent platform is Ron Paul.
Google "Ron Paul. I'm done even looking at the Libertarian party. Their boy, Bob Bar, is a charlatan. For years, he was one of the most militant, underhanded drug warriors on the hill. Then he suddenly turns on a dime and takes their nomination? :bs:
Despite an astounding amount of grass roots support, there's probably little chance that Paul will even take the majority of votes in any district except maybe his own congressional district. I recognize that. Look, we're not trying to pick the winner in a damned football game. Voting is about
influencing the outcome, not about
calling it so you can say you picked the winner. And there's even less chance that the results will be reported. Our elections are at least as corrupt anymore as any post Soviet republic. Besides, as noted above, no matter who wins, those who voted for him will likely be ashamed later. So why even
try to vote for the winner?
Instead, think of the influence we could have by effecting the exit polls. Exit polls are surveys taken at the polling sites by asking people who they just voted for. Some folks don't answer, that's fine. They're usually the most accurate indication of an accurate vote other than counting the votes. Last election, statisticians and political journalists were :bs: :bs: :bs: :bs: because the exit polls were way off of official tallies, especially in precincts with electronic voting machines.
I believe there is NO hope for restoring the Republic through the official electoral process. Rebellion and civil war are virtually inevitable. The only thing up for grabs is how the aftermath will go. And the more people who recognize the need for rebellion and the earlier they realize it the shorter and less violent it will be.
There are so many historic examples of this it's hard to know where to start naming them. It only took the
Molly McGuires a couple of years to win their ward because they had the overwhelming support of the local polulation. When the locals rebelled against President Washington over an excise tax on Rye whisky, the good people of Pittsburgh responded to the siege of their city by laying out tables full of food and drink for the "occupying" forces. The dispute was negotiated w/o any bloodshed, even though Washington had sent a force of 13k soldiers to put down the rebellion. Conversely, the German people didn't have a lot of love for
The White Rose resistance and so, brave and correct as they were, they didn't have a lot of impact and millions suffered and died.
So vote for Ron Paul. If even 10% vote for him and even half of those people and their friends and associates have a pretty good idea that they official results are :bs: then the ensuing rebellion will be so much shorter and less violent.
