zerohedge | people that care about civil liberties will vote for Romney saying
that he will at least be better on economic policy, yet that is the
exact same thing people did with Obama in reverse. They ended up being disappointed with him and Romney will disappoint as well. These guys are both big government, crony capitalist puppets and that’s the bottom line.
Another thing that must be considered is basic math about the U.S. political landscape.
According to the latest Gallup poll, 32% of Americans identify
themselves as Democrats, 28% as Republican and 38% as Independents. Now
of course, amongst the Independents a majority lean more toward one
party or the other, but this is much less the case today than it was in
2008 or in any election prior. Furthermore, the mere fact that so many
choose to identify in this manner makes it clear that they are unhappy
with either of these political gangs. These Independents want
legitimate third, fourth or fifth party options but instead end up
herded into the mainstream parties by a sophisticated corporate scam,
part of which centers around the Commission on Presidential Debates,
the gatekeeper of these circuses which ensures no alternative
candidates can debate and excludes any difficult or uncomfortable
questions.
There was a fantastic article written in the Huffington Post
yesterday that examines the rampant frustration within the Republican
Party titled: Frightened Republicans Try to Close Down Election Competitors, Such as Gary Johnson. I thought the most powerful quote was:
Both the Republican and the Democratic presidential candidates talk about liberty, freedom, fiscal responsibility, free enterprise, choice and the Constitution. But neither candidate believes in those principles. Elect either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, and government will be bigger, spending will be higher, regulation will be more intrusive, the military will be fighting more wars, more service personnel will be dying, more money will be wasted abroad, civil liberties of more people will be violated, and more privacy of more citizens will be invaded. Overall, the free society will continue to retreat.
The above is invariably true and brings me to the key point of this article.
Should Romney win, the 28% of Americans that identify as Republican
will be thrilled, and the remaining 72% will be largely upset and on
edge. Should Obama win, similarly, the 32% registered Democrat with be
thrilled and the remaining 68% will be upset and on edge. Hence, the
70% referred to in the title of this article. This is a recipe ripe for
social unrest and it will be coming to our shores as I outlined
recently in The Global Spring.
Personally, I am done with the two part system and will be voting for Jill Stein.
I am not playing their games any longer and I will not fall for any
more of their scams. In my brief voting years I have pulled the lever
for both Republicans and Democrats, but I do not think I will vote for
any one of them ever again. I implore everyone to do the same, no
matter who you vote for, vote third party. The only wasted vote I see is one for either Mitt Romney or Barrack Obama.
