No, I'm sure I'm subject to a certain degree of media bias, too. But nowhere near the extent of your average American voter. Being consciously aware of the way the scam is perpetrated is the most effective weapon against it just like any other scam. Older Americans being affected the most;
Clinton was who the establishment picked preceding the 2008 election, then Obama received widespread support from the base, then the superdelegates and establishment switched to Obama, he promised Clinton a high cabinet position to vacate the race and endorse with the knowledge that she would be running in 2016 and he would endorse her. This has been in the works since AT LEAST 2008.
I'm not holding a dismissive view. It is bullshit what happened. You are right in that without consequences and accountability those rules aren't worth shit. Guess what? The rules aren't worth shit. Why are you staying on as Democrats? This is how the party has operated for a really, really long time. I think it can change but it's going to take time. You seem to have expected it to change last year and only just now caught on to the idea that the rules were not written to protect the outsider from cronyism.
There it is. You just said you are have superior powers of observation. This is the real problem with you guys. You talk as though you can see through the BS better than everybody else. What I'm saying is that you are wrong. People chose Hillary for their own reasons and not yours.
We are outliers because we understood the implications of the vote. Most Americans by stark contrast did not. We are the politically interested 1%.
WE WANT A LEVEL, IMPARTIAL PLAYING FIELD BECAUSE THAT WHAT DEMOCRACY DEMANDS.
As I said to Paddy, you are now claiming to have superior powers of observation. Do you really think that? This is where you and I differ in that I believe that most people are able make choices that are in their own best interest.
Well, now that we know you think you have superior powers, I think you can just go off and mutter to yourself. Because I don't think you are that smart. The idea that you are the top 1% in intellect is pretty much laughable.
I claim no such thing and you'll refrain from sticking words in my mouth.
Bernie never had a level playing field. He started late and didn't have enough money or organization to beat Hillary. Hillary gamed the system through and through.
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No, man, you just said you have superior powers of observation. And I'm not letting that go. This is exactly what's wrong with the Bernie baby movement.
Of course politics is a dirty game; which is why it needs rules. Rules that are enforced, or we have chaos.
You're playing straw man games again;
What you said: "Speaking for myself, I can easily see where a lack of similar due diligence would certainly set me apart from the average American voter; but we aren't special, just perhaps less distracted and more interested in the outcome."
I said no such thing. Quote it or stop lying about my words.
I listen to others, and the vast, VAST majority tell me the above. They don't have time, they don't care, they don't see it as relevant to their lives. That leaves those of us who do care, and we are definitely in the minority.
Man, I hope we can change the subject. Thanks for this.