Two Words That Should Put Every American On Notice That We're Being Manipulated.......

[global1]

"Presumptive Nominees"

Before this primary season and run-up to the Nov 2016 general election we were told that the "presumptive nominees" were:

Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

Though Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders look like they are throwing a monkey wrench into 'the powers that be' plans - it looks like the media, the talking heads and the pundits are telling us only what they want us to know and they are telling us how to think.

Why do we go through all the motions of primaries and debates if they know that they have a preordained outcome? Probably two reasons: 1. money - the media makes a lot of money off the candidates (I'm surprised that the big donors don't realized that they are being fleeced as well) and 2. to make us 99% feel like we have some say in the process.

I will be very disappointed that after we go through all these motions - that we wind up with a Bush vs Clinton election. If we do - all Americans need to realize that this whole time we were being "MANIPULATED". We were being "PLAYED".

I will do everything I can to change that outcome going forward. We all need to do as much as we can so that we can take our democracy back and not be handled into choosing one of their 'presumptive nominees' for 'president'.

That is my opinion and I'm curious if others feel the way I do.

[99th_Monkey]

1. Presumption

pre·sump·tion
prəˈzəm(p)SH(ə n/
noun
1. an act or instance of taking something to be true or adopting a particular attitude toward something, especially at the start of a chain of argument or action.

2. behavior perceived as arrogant, disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

synonyms: brazenness, audacity, boldness, audaciousness, temerity, arrogance,

I'd go with #2

[bananas]

6. If "assume" makes an "ass" of "u" and "me", does "presume" make a "pres" of "u" and "me"?

where "pres" is short for "president" and "u and me" would be the presumed candidates Bush and Clinton?

[haikugal]

2. YES! I agree completely!

K&R!

[Blus4u]

3. Excellent OP.

I feel the way you do and I think there are lot more of us out there than people realize.

K&R for exposure


Peace

[Fumesucker]

4. Clinton v Bush Part Deux, Terror on Groundhog Day

[hifiguy]

5. The tenth-percenters own the game.

We get to guess which shell the pea is under. And we never win because we don't own the game.

Bernie is the last train out of town.

[moondust]

7. People used to laugh at Pravda.

That was government owned, see.

A few giant media conglomerates all with the same rapacious profit motive is completely different, see.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Nice post,this has been the

subtle message of the 1% er Club for two years. Once they were able to control the voter populace in 2012 and spin the Congress to what we see today,it was on to the next cycle. Divided Government is in the best interest of the Ruling Monied Class by holding onto their gains and preventing any upward movement of the worker class.