Most dust from the fallout of the hacked DNC emails has settled by now (Hillary and friends seem to have problems with that antiquated communications medium–maybe she should have used Twitter, but what’s the hashtag for TOP SECRET). I’m still writing this post, though, because I’m still pissed. Not surprised, mind you—I never was—but still pissed. (OK, maybe I was surprised that we saw a wee bit of the tip of that iceberg made from the toxic waters of dirty politics.) I can now refine last Tuesday’s post that spoke about general corruption in the democratic process in both parties by analyzing how the DNC committed election fraud in their rush to get Hillary nominated and Bernie thwarted, probably all under the auspices of Clinton Inc.

Every Bernie supporter knows the Dem establishment rigged the game. (Warren spoke of a “rigged system” at the Convention, but that was a poor choice of words and flew in the faces of Bernie supporters—the email leaks only added to the narrower meaning.) The more he surged, the more desperate they got, and the more they strived to thwart his efforts. While you can bet Clinton Inc was behind all this, although her cohorts ensured deniability, the DNC, led by Wasserman Schultz, represent the gang of hitmen the Clinton mafia used. Clinton is the capo; Wasserman Schultz the stooge-assassin. Yeah, it’s character assassination of Bernie, but it was still an assassination.

Forget for the moment the super delegates and arcane primary events like flipping a coin in caucuses (although both are still open wounds for me). Forget for the moment scurrilous Bill standing outside polls, cajoling voters to vote for his wife (he also courted those super delegates—promises of rewards and special favors if she wins?). Forget for the moment all the evidence indicating that the Clintons are kissing the butts of one-percenters so their entire family can join that crowd (Chelsea’s already married to one, of course, so we know where her loyalty lies). The emails are an indictment: Released by Wikileaks, they show a concerted effort to attack Bernie and tilt the scales in Hillary’s favor by the DNC. The Russian connection (even if it’s true, it’s a distraction engineered by the Clinton camp to diminish outrage at the real problem) doesn’t change the damning content of those emails—Wasserman Schultz and her cohorts in the DNC were out to get Bernie. That’s election fraud.

I wouldn’t have allowed her to resign. I’d have first fired her and every one of those staffers who helped her plot against Bernie. I’d have also brought charges against them. Also against the Clinton Foundation (that non-profit org run by Clinton Inc, the for-profit family-run business) and Billy boy and his witch-wife if they’re implicated. Those charges probably wouldn’t stick—especially considering that Hillary will probably be able to pardon them all (including herself?)—but they all belong in jail. All this just proves one overriding characteristic of an oligarchy—it ain’t democratic, folks! The one-percenters will do anything to preserve it! Our existing oligarchy never was a future target for Sanders’s supporters—it was an already existing clear and present danger and is still alive and well with our two national parties’ fielding these subservient candidates.

Democracy is dead in America. Our electoral process is controlled by the oligarchs. The two parties have become their vise, squeezing blood out of the middle class and poor. They’ve banded together so no one can be singled out—strength in numbers of uncaring people holding hands and controlling both political parties via lobbyists, special interest groups, and yes, those infamous senators and representatives who kiss their butts to get a small slice of the pie. They have banded together so any particular oligarch has deniability, but they’re all culpable. Their numbers are small—they’re the one-percenters, after all—but they wield immense power because they control most of the wealth; that wealth buys a lot of favors from a lot of people. It’s all about greed: Clinton Inc is just as bad as Trump Inc in their subservience to the American oligarchy.

I have come to this point in my life trusting no politician. Every one of them has betrayed my trust, even Bernie, who endorsed Brunhilda (Hillary channels that Visigoth queen). Yeah, I know why he did it—he doesn’t want Trump to be president—but he’s naïve if the thinks Clinton Inc in the White House will be any different than Trump Inc. And he might be backing the losing side. Although both Clinton and Trump are flawed candidates, Trump is the only populist left standing after Bernie’s surrender to Clinton Inc (the two populist movements are very different, of course—Trump’s is fascist-oriented; Clinton’s is shrouded in a thick cloak of feigned concern but still subservient to the oligarchs). Trump might win and move his hate and bigotry right into the White House as a result. You can bet Hillary supporters will blame Bernie supporters for that, but all the blame rests on Clinton Inc and its quintessential establishment candidate. Moreover, at the time I write this, polls show people trust Hillary less than the Donald. Both are flawed. When there are no choices, who do you vote for?

McGovern was the only Dem candidate who didn’t betray me—and he was betrayed by the Dem establishment too, just like Bernie. In every election, I’m told I’m supposed to vote for the lesser of two evils (basically Bernie’s convention speech summarized by Silverman’s scurrilous admonition), but what choice do I have in this election? Hillary is the known devil; Trump the unknown one—and neither one deserves my vote! I won’t taint that precious vote by casting it for a dirty politician of any stripe when the stripes belong to skunks. While I lost my political virginity long ago, I don’t need to continue my prostitution. The pimps at the DNC and RNC only want me to work the streets so they can continue to steal the proceeds as they have been doing all my life. I’ve had it with all of them.

Jill Stein and the Green Party will receive my vote. If you examine the Green Party platform, it’s what the Dem’s should be, and would have been if Bernie Sanders were the candidate (OK, there’s some lip service given to Bernie’s issues in the Dems platform as I noted in that previous post, but they’re meaningless because Hillary will never implement them—Clinton Inc will be in payback mode against Bernie). Vote for sanity and true progressive values—vote Green! Give the finger to both flawed candidates—from both hands!

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And so it goes….

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