The Way Politics Work

Just four short years ago, I was excited by Ron Paul's run for President. I liked his stand on military (protecting Americans on US shores as opposed to policing the world). I applauded his desire for less government regulation and intervention. I supported his mistrust of the Federal Reserve Bank and our unconstitutional monetary system. I appreciated Ron Paul so much I decided to try to help his cause in my state after the Presidential primary. I volunteered as a Ron Paul supporter and I registered as a Republican so I could participate in my county's process to select delegates to the state and national Republican conventions.

The organizing paid off extremely well in my populated Georgia county. The Ron Paul leaders managed to seat Ron Paul representatives in controlling positions in almost every precinct in my county. The majority of the people who showed up were Ron Paul supporters, as evidenced by a show of hands for various candidates. It was obvious to everyone there that the Republican leadership had lost control as their county was taken over by people who didn't support the traditional Republican party line. We the People were rising!

Over the next few months this organization paid off so well that Ron Paul was well-represented throughout the United States at the Republican  convention. It was at this point Republican leadership began scrambling to change rules in order to ensure that Ron Paul would not get the nomination. They replaced Ron Paul delegates with Romney delegates. They confiscated all Ron Paul signage. They refused to let Ron Paul talk live at the convention at all unless he agreed to endorse Mitt Romney. It had absolutely nothing to do with giving We the People a real voice in the process. It was all about making a show of putting their puppet nominee in the position for which he had already been chosen.

I've been pissing a lot of people off on social media lately because I have been talking about my belief that the system is all for show--that the candidates they want us to think we've chosen have already been selected by them. Even if there is a lot of grassroots enthusiasm for a particular candidate (like Bernie Sanders), I'm convinced it won't matter. Our so-called leaders will do what must be done to make sure their puppets are nominated. Just like they did to Ron Paul.

The fact of the matter is, we get spoon-fed a pile of political BS every day. Vast quantities have been served to us for so long that we're now convinced it's chocolate cake. Make no mistake. It's still horse manure. We're just so accustomed to the smell it has become tolerable and even desirable!

I'm calling it for what it is! Elephant (or donkey) shit!!! You can tell me it's a fair vote. You can tell me it's what We the People decided. I'm going to tell you that you've ingested way too much fluoride!

It's time to get your heads out of your butts and wake up to the real world!!! The real world is not pretty! It is corrupt. Parts of it are vastly evil (and I don't use that word lightly). It is a world where they pit us against each other like dogs in a fighting ring, partially for the entertainment value and partially so we want to really kill each other. It will not work for us if we fail to recognize the problems for what they are and correct them.

It takes all of us standing up and BEing responsible. It takes all of us coming together and demanding change. I requires us to work together to create positive new structures that are capable of sustaining us and renewing us all.

Politics today are a show created so people believe they have some control over what happens to them. Understand that true power still resides with We the People. We just need to stand back up and reclaim it. 

I found this link since I first published this post, and it is an extremely good explanation of how the delegate choosing process works and why it is so important to who gets the nomination. I don't agree with their take that Ron Paul supporters were overtaking the will of the people. We may have been working smarter than the general voter population, but in the end it just didn't matter as party leaders manipulated the circumstances (and rules) to get their way.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-exactly-would-a-brokered-convention-work-634792003722

~CSE