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truedelphi

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57. I am going to be making an OP as a response to this -
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 08:40 PM
Dec 2015

The overall Media Collusion with the top leadership of a dominant party ends democracy.

But although democracy may be ended, the MIC and Surveillance State doesn't care about democracy - they care that they have their puppet in office.


This is a two pronged approach.

Examine how it is that George W got his re-election to become the law of the land in Nov 2004:

Andrew Card, Chief of Staff to President George W Bush, may well live to regret his announcements at 5 AM on Nov. 3rd. But at the time he was exultant at what the voting machines had wrought. His voice rang out resonant and a tad bit festive, happily victorious, "I'm Andy Card. I am President Bush's chief of staff. We are convinced that President Bush has won re-election with at least 286 electoral college votes. And he also had a margin of more than three and a half million votes. President Bush's decisive margin of victory makes this the first Presidential election since 1988 in which the winner received a majority of the popular vote. And that in this election, President Bush received more votes than any other presidential candidate in the history of our country. In Ohio, the President has a lead of at least 136,000 votes. The Secretary of State's office has informed us that this margin is statistically insurmountable. So President Bush has won the state of Ohio."

What did Andrew Card know that John Kerry did not? Card knew who Kerry's real opponent was. Kerry thought his opponent in this election was George W. Bush. His real opponent was the rigged voting machines. If we the people of the United States possessed an election system with the integrity of Canada's paper ballot and pencil system, Kerry would be President. He was defeated by a modern technology so tamper friendly that major alterations to any district's vote tally could be made within 90 seconds and without leaving a trace.


It is not only that there was rampant vote tampering during the 2004 election process. Rather what needs to be carefully held to the light is how Bush's Chief of Staff, Andy Card, did something no other chief of staff had ever done - he announced to the major media the result of the nation's election before the votes were counted.

Did the Major Media outlets all say in response to his announcement: "Wait a minute. There are over 200,000 uncounted votes in Ohio alone. And those votes are mostly in Democratic strongholds, and they number enough to throw the election to John Kerry." ??

No of course not! Not a single Talking Head spoke out like that. If the George W White House itself wanted to announce that they had won, well, why bother debating it!. Kerry was slated to lose, and it was important to make sure he lost before anyone realized maybe the election stunk to high heaven.

And then the Republicans utilized the same tactics in 2012. In that year, Ron Paul, an extremely popular GOP contender for the WH, when he started to make heavy inroads against Mitt Romney in the primaries that year, once again the victories were handed out via announcement. "We leaders of the Party announce the winner!"

Once again the Primary tallies in Iowa and New Hampshire and then all across the country were simply announced! Mitt won handily in all those many primaries, and the fact remains -

the winner of a Presidential contest and the winner of the Primary contests is always going to be the person who is announced as being the winner!


If you want Bernie to win, you and I and everyone who cares has to figure out a way around this!


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Makes me wonder SmittynMo Dec 2015 #1
The simply do not want anyone but HRC in the office, or some dim bulb Republican. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #2
Clinton Foundation donors include dozens of media organizations, individuals tecelote Dec 2015 #16
Very interesting. BeanMusical Dec 2015 #21
Thanks for the link!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2015 #79
Huge +1! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #31
I would wager surprisingly little Scootaloo Dec 2015 #13
I don't think it is laziness I think it is compliance zeemike Dec 2015 #20
It also keeps their costs down, so IMO they also go with it to help fatten the bottom line. RKP5637 Dec 2015 #77
They are owned and controlled by the same entitites that own the GOP. The are go lose unless Vincardog Dec 2015 #14
If you're going to rig an election result, it helps if you can get people to think Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 #18
This................... HeartoftheMidwest Dec 2015 #50
yep it is called manufactured consent n/t questionseverything Dec 2015 #53
Excellent description!!! "manufactured consent" Definitely it is!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2015 #80
You know how hard it is for the news media when something happens out of the ordinary. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #55
The media is ALL IN to the manipulation of our elections. That used to be against the law. nt ladjf Dec 2015 #32
Damn I sure hope all that is correct. pangaia Dec 2015 #40
K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2015 #81
of course they aren't. Or should I say: they are Karma13612 Dec 2015 #46
CNN Beauty Contest billhicks76 Dec 2015 #91
Well, I am over 50 HoneychildMooseMoss Dec 2015 #3
Huge +1! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #30
I'm over 50 - agree 840high Dec 2015 #33
Same here. Over 50 and ANTI-HILLARY. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #48
My sister's like that HoneychildMooseMoss Dec 2015 #67
He will pull it off in Iowa... CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #70
Over 50 and female Bjornsdotter Dec 2015 #62
I'm over 70, a woman, and a Bernie supporter. Paka Dec 2015 #92
I like Bernie very much. He reminds me of the old democratic party and what it was RKP5637 Dec 2015 #78
I've been saying this for months, seeing it in poll after poll: Jarqui Dec 2015 #4
+1 JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #37
I've been saying exactly this... CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #5
The sad thing is... JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #38
That is why it is important to win IA and NH. It will make jwirr Dec 2015 #60
62 year old female. SamKnause Dec 2015 #6
Great article. And very informative. I also contend that these polls showing Hillary ahead by n8dogg83 Dec 2015 #7
Bingo! peacebird Dec 2015 #34
Interesting. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #65
Make it so .... Scuba Dec 2015 #72
K&R leftcoastmountains Dec 2015 #8
It creates a narrative though. And we use computerized voting machines still. stillwaiting Dec 2015 #9
"...computerized voting machines .." pangaia Dec 2015 #41
It is harder to steal the primary than it is the general. In jwirr Dec 2015 #61
I take some comfort in the fact that IA is a caucus state. It would seem very difficult to rig a n8dogg83 Dec 2015 #82
I'm pretty excited SmittynMo Dec 2015 #10
Me too! sonofspy777 Dec 2015 #12
Jury results mnhtnbb Dec 2015 #11
The stunning hypocrisy and laughable reasoning behind this alert amuses. [n/t] Maedhros Dec 2015 #15
An alert in a Bernie forum, no less Ned_Devine Dec 2015 #26
It should be obvious to even the most casual observer that the Hillary Clinton camp Maedhros Dec 2015 #59
What a moronic and whinny alert. BeanMusical Dec 2015 #24
I do believe that is the single most ridiculous alert I have ever seen. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #29
"not a valid source" LiberalElite Dec 2015 #54
The HIDE IT votes were equally ridiculous. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #74
Juror 2 has no clue. 840high Dec 2015 #36
Especially since the source originally is from facebook!!! **facepalm** n/t JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #39
The OP was... alerted on?? pangaia Dec 2015 #44
Oh, there's no doubt alert stalking is real. Check this out: QC Dec 2015 #47
...+1 840high Dec 2015 #52
Sheesh, what a dump that place is. Nasty, little trolls. nt nc4bo Dec 2015 #69
There's much worse stuff over there--anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, QC Dec 2015 #71
I think this site should be renamed The Sanders DU katmondoo Dec 2015 #17
Fine by me :) Ned_Devine Dec 2015 #19
Me too. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #27
Actually.. cannabis_flower Dec 2015 #22
We're clearly the majority CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #23
I am going to be making an OP as a response to this - truedelphi Dec 2015 #57
You really should examine why you are supporting Hillary Android3.14 Dec 2015 #43
Kicked and recommended! Let's win in Iowa! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #25
K & R AzDar Dec 2015 #28
K&R Duval Dec 2015 #35
I'm not sure how "specialized" that is though whatthehey Dec 2015 #42
Because it's the NEXT primary that matters, not the last one. Scuba Dec 2015 #73
I think a few Hillary supporters are going to be very surprised by the end of April. Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #45
Hey everyone in Indiana we need to get INdemo Dec 2015 #58
"a few" NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #86
this is so funny! Karma13612 Dec 2015 #49
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #51
This is great to hear but then again isnt INdemo Dec 2015 #56
I think Obama tried to in 2008, but the Sanders lawsuit talks about some candidates data LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #63
By "leaked", do they mean the data was emailed to the Clinton campaign? Nitram Dec 2015 #84
Who knows really. This whole thing came about when HRC data would randomly appear in LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #85
I am 65, female LiberalElite Dec 2015 #64
On Sunday mornings Pastiche423 Dec 2015 #66
K to the R. nt retrowire Dec 2015 #68
Older POC hard to convince belty Dec 2015 #75
I hope he's right! merrily Dec 2015 #76
I wondered what happened to ABC's Millennial focus group too. 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #83
I like the one comment.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #87
I think the US needs nyabingi Dec 2015 #88
Basically, in the Democrat most likely to have voted for Reagan category, Clinton wins. Nice. whereisjustice Dec 2015 #89
As a woman, zentrum Dec 2015 #90
Good Point. Paka Dec 2015 #93
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