2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders being rendered nonexistent by Iowa media <frustrated> [View all]ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)you hear is a name of any Repub person running for POTUS and the ONLY person they mention Is HILLARY who they will run against. NEVER a peep about Bernie or O'Malley! NEVER in my LIFE could I have imagined a country who calls itself the BEACON OF DEMOCRACY stoop so low and essentially made a decision that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee! If the ONLY name that ever gets any coverage by almost every single media outlet WITHOUT giving any mention of another candidate, it becomes VERY clear what's going on.
Rarely do I hear much mention of the other two, while on the other side Trump and Carson basically get FREE coverage by them. THIS isn't Democracy and I'm appalled and sickened that this country no longer seems to care or even give any thought to "we the people!" There is only ONE way to have our voices heard and it's not by relying on voting because more and more we hear how screwed up and how easy it is to manipulate machine voting.
So many say that taking to the streets will never work, but what else is here? I KNOW I don't feel that my voice will be heard or even given a second thought should I contact members of Congress or they even care. They too have rolled over. So many of the members of Congress who we felt we could rely on have already come out in support of Hillary. I feel so betrayed by them, but even more I feel our voices don't matter. How can this be called a Democracy??
The groups that I'm aware of locally tell me that there is a Bernie Sanders Group, but there's also a group for Democrats that will support all candidates. However, if I choose to join up with our local Democrats I should KNOW that I'm required to vote for Hillary if she's the nominee! How could she NOT be the nominee with statements like that? And how much support does anyone think they will even give to any other candidate? Basically it says to me that "see the handwriting on the wall" or sit down and SHUT UP!
What a mockery of Democracy! Is this really what we want to settle for?? I see no alternative other than outright REVOLUTION, and I seriously DOUBT most people have it within themselves to see or understand why they should get off their butts to do anything.
It's utterly SHAMEFUL how far we've fallen and disgusting that we have let it come to this point where we are EXPECTED to let ourselves be so manipulated. Other than alternative TV, I don't know of ANY MSM channel that's even close to being fair. I think if we saw this happening in any other country, it would be called A BLACKOUT of real news.