Celebrating The 2016 American Elections.

Mictlantecuhtli · August 12, 2016, 11:36pm

Either way it’s just corrupt American politics of empire as usual. Although it does seem the political structure is becoming more radicalized but given the radical environment of the nation and indeed the world it is inevitable given impending multiple future scenarios unfolding.

Ultimate_Philosophy · August 13, 2016, 1:05am

Doesn’t seem like anyone is too radical about Hillary though. Or even Trump.

Mictlantecuhtli · August 15, 2016, 3:10am

Rumors and suspicion abound…

Brent Budowsky: Is Trump a Clinton plant?

Tongues are wagging throughout the world of political insiders with news that former president and potential future first gentleman Bill Clinton had a great chat with Donald Trump shortly before the real estate magnate announced his candidacy for president. Could it be possible that Trump is a plant for Bill and Hillary Clinton in the presidential campaign, encouraged to run in the GOP primary in order to wreak havoc on the Republicans?

Trump has a history. He has donated substantial money, to his credit, to the Clinton Foundation. He was an important supporter of Hillary Clinton for president in 2008, and was a notable donor to her campaign that year. In the past Trump has offered very high praise for the former secretary of State — especially when he was supporting and helping to fund her presidential campaign in 2008.

To his great credit, Trump has long been a supporter of single-payer healthcare, and at various times has raved about the excellent healthcare provided by single-payer plans in two nations at the forefront of this cause. He has offered high praise for the Canadian system, and earlier this year offered similarly high praise for the single-payer system in Scotland.
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story naming a number of Democrats in Congress to whom Trump has donated campaign money in support, most notably the next Senate Democratic leader, New York Sen. Charles Schumer. Democrats were also delighted when Trump made campaign donations in support of Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, the current Senate Democratic leader, and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), a stalwart in the House of Representatives.

I would be remiss in not including two other names on The Wall Street Journal list of Democrats who were beneficiaries of campaign donations from Trump: The late and great Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), and former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.).

This is the context for the widely discussed conversation between Bill Clinton and Donald Trump shortly before Trump announced his candidacy. What could Trump do in the campaign that would help the Clintons the most? First, he would personally attack leading GOP candidates in 2016, using derisive language that would almost surely find its way into Hillary Clinton campaign ads if she were to become the Democratic nominee. Check that box, right? Next, Trump could deeply offend Hispanic voters who widely respect Hillary Clinton already. Check that box, too!

Similarly, if Trump tied the GOP in knots by prolonging the Republican nominating process, and prolonged the process of Republicans attacking Republicans, that would be a huge benefit for Hillary Clinton. Check that box. And to the degree that newer faces in the Republican Party who could become the strongest challengers to the Democratic nominee in November, such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), found their message drowned out by Trump, the big winner would be Hillary Clinton! Check that box, too.

Of course the grand slam for Hillary Clinton would be if Donald Trump were to run as a third-party candidate in 2016. Remember how H. Ross Perot running in 1992 was vital to the election of Bill Clinton and set the stage for his highly successful and fondly remembered two-term presidency? It would be highly unlikely that this box will ultimately be checked by Team Clinton, but stranger things have happened.

Does this suggest that Donald Trump is a Clinton plant in the current campaign? Of course not, but my tongue is only halfway planted in my cheek by raising this thought, which is delightful for Democrats and deep down must be scary for Republicans.

Whatever Trump’s motivations for entering the 2016 campaign, had Bill Clinton been planting sweet thoughts in his ear before he decided to run, they would have been thoughts about what Trump should do that would help Hillary Clinton the most — the exact things that Trump has indeed been doing!

As for Trump’s long-term praise of single-payer healthcare and his words of praise and donations of support to the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton in 2008, Schumer, Reid, Kennedy, Rangel and Weiner, among others, I would respectfully suggest this: The most interesting presidential debates are not between Trump and the other GOP candidates, but between what Trump says today and what this candidate who claims to “tell it like it is” has said and done over the last three decades!

thehill.com/opinion/brent-budows … nton-plant

Mictlantecuhtli · August 15, 2016, 3:27am

Mictlantecuhtli · August 15, 2016, 4:22am

Ultimate_Philosophy · August 15, 2016, 4:53am

Hillary…the Final Evolution of the OverMan.

Mictlantecuhtli · August 15, 2016, 5:13am

I think you mean over-woman…

Ultimate_Philosophy · August 15, 2016, 5:24am

Hillary is a woman? I guess by today’s standards, women who have no nurturing, compassionate, or romantic capacity at all are considered women, so I guess yes.

Mictlantecuhtli · August 16, 2016, 1:23am

Fighting for us?

Ever notice that all United States presidents are attorneys, actors, and corporate whores? …The greatness of American rigged democratic oligarchy…

Mictlantecuhtli · August 31, 2016, 3:49pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says about 30 emails that may be related to the 2012 attack on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, are among the thousands of Hillary Clinton emails recovered during the FBI’s recently closed investigation into her use of a private server.

Government lawyers told U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta Tuesday that an undetermined number of the emails among the 30 were not included in the 55,000 pages previously provided by Clinton. The State Department’s lawyer said it would need until the end of September to review the emails and redact potentially classified information before they are released.

Mehta questioned why it would take so long to release so few documents, and urged that the process be sped up. He ordered the department to report to him in a week with more details about why the review process would take a full month.

bigstory.ap.org/article/e9d432f9 … mail-probe

Mictlantecuhtli · August 31, 2016, 3:51pm

Mictlantecuhtli · August 31, 2016, 4:16pm

reuters.com/article/us-usa-e … SKCN1141L4

Mictlantecuhtli · August 31, 2016, 4:42pm

Meanwhile just outside the oval office of the White House…

Ultimate_Philosophy · September 1, 2016, 6:05pm

This is a game of Mafia, and Town lost.

They lost because they did not even know they were even in the game.

Mictlantecuhtli · September 26, 2016, 5:18pm

Tonight the first national debate between heavyweight contenders Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton takes place.

It is assumed that the discussion will be humorous, entertaining, and completely absurd much as all American politics really are. The debate will focus on who can fuck up the United States and the whole world even more so than it already is.

I’m looking forward to the utter hilarity that follows and ensues…

Don’t miss it live on YouTube tonight!

Peter_Kropotkin · September 26, 2016, 5:36pm

All I see is the usual already disproved attacks on Clinton AND
absolutely no defense of Trump…Instead of attacking Clinton,
let us try something new… Try to defend Herr Trumpf because
if you attack Clinton, you are trying to defeat her and thus want
Herr Trumpf to win, so go ahead defend Herr Trumpf…

I know why you can’t defend Herr Trumpf. because he is a wanna be Hitler,
who has the same narcissistic psychopathic personality as Hitler…
and there is no defense of Hitler anymore than there is a defense of Herr Trumpf…
so go on, try to defend Herr Trumpf/Hitler… You can’t and you know it…

Kropotkin

Mictlantecuhtli · September 26, 2016, 5:46pm

As an anarchist I support neither candidate Peter. Wise up.

Peter_Kropotkin · September 26, 2016, 6:29pm

and yet you spend a great deal of time attacking Clinton which
suggest you actually favor Herr Trumpf…
so defend Herr Trumpf…

Kropotkin

Kriswest · September 26, 2016, 10:43pm

Peter, Clinton is a bitch, Trump is a bastard. Do you realize that since she was a senator, she gets a lifetime retirement and had a ridiculous salary and other percs on top of her existing wealth, now she will get a possible retirement for life for being president on top of a ridiculous salary. Dude she knows the system and works the hell out of it. Trump is no better . But, that bitch deserves less respect.

MagsJ · September 26, 2016, 11:20pm

Don’t you just love it when all the pre-election dirt comes out

It’s almost getting like neither candidate deserves to win.