Thursday, October 27, 2016

NOW is the Time to Make A Difference in American Politics. Here's How...

With less than two weeks until election day (November 8th, despite what Mr. Trump believes), we can know some things with relative certainty:

There will NOT be an electoral deadlock. Clinton already has 252 of the 270 electoral college votes needed to win.

Trump will not be the "outsider" white knight his supporters believed him to be. There isn't a scenario where he takes the states needed to win. He's going to lose Florida. He's going to lose Pennsylvania. He's going to lose North Carolina. Polls are only still reflecting a "tight race" because the media needs their ratings to stay up through November 8th. Their advertisements depend on it.

Clinton WILL BE the President of the United States for the 2016 - 2020 term. Whether you or I like it or not, it's going to happen. In all likelihood, she will win in a landslide not seen since Obama vs McCain in 2008.

Gary Johnson WILL NOT be President...

Evan McMullin WILL NOT be President...

And that is precisely why you should vote for either of them.

I think we can all agree, American Politics need to change. Those running the show now are unapologetically divisive, unapologetically corrupt, and are unabashedly seeking the power of those offices above all else. This campaign has shone a spotlight on the cesspool that our political parties have become. We have fallen so far from what our country was intended to be. I imagine the founders would take us out behind the tavern and beat us mercilessly. The abolitionists, suffragists, and civil rights icons would weep at what their efforts have yielded.

America needs change, and the only way that happens is for the 220 million eligible voters in the United States to force a change through the ever-debilitating electoral process.

Why should you STILL VOTE for Gary Johnson? (or Jill Stein)

Because this is the most safe election to do so. A vote for Gary Johnson will not swing the election one way or the other.

Because if Gary Johnson gets 5% or more of the popular vote, the two party system will have to deal with a Libertarian party that will have access to the same funding they do, and will not have to waste time registering in all 50 states for ballot access.

Because the verifiably corrupt mainstream media (Thanks Wikileaks) will have to admit publicly that people are dissatisfied with both major parties, disappointed with those candidates, and voted accordingly. That 5% number is everything. It's so important that the MSM has teamed up this morning to inform all of us that Gary Johnson is "tanking" in the polls. Their polls. The polls that they manipulated to keep Gary out of the debates. Those polls. Simply put, if Gary Johnson gets anywhere near the 5%, it will be reported as 4.8% or 4.9%. That's why it's time to make a statement. With 7-8% of the Popular vote, they will be forced to take notice.

Third parties will be emboldened to step up their game over the next 4 years and come back with more money, more supporters, more media presence, because they'll have a shot to break the American political duopoly once and for all. And it will shut up everyone who mindlessly parroted the idea that "A third party vote is a wasted vote", telling them "Go fuck yourself. No it isn't."

Why should you STILL VOTE for Evan McMullin? (if he's on your state ballot)

The rationale is different than voting for Gary Johnson or Jill Stein. McMullin won't get 5% of the Popular Vote, and even if he did, it wouldn't change anything, because he is running as an Independent.

But Evan can win Utah, and frankly, he needs to. The moment ONE STATE goes to someone other than the Red shill or the Blue shill, the moment those electoral college votes go to someone NOT NAMED TRUMP OR CLINTON, the system will be blown wide open. People will once again believe what has been true all along, that a vote of conscience, of reason, of morals, and of ethics has value in America. Those votes turn in to victories, and those victories make a real difference toward the betterment of our great nation.

So get out there. Stump for the underdogs. Vote for the losers that deserved to win. Use your vote to throw a huge middle finger or double palm-pound (ala Ross Gellar) at the Rs and Ds and the news agencies propping them up. This HAS TO BE THE YEAR. They gave us two terrible candidates, and it's up to us to make sure they never make that mistake again. We have a chance to make a real difference, and it is our civic duty to make the most of it.

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