I'm with America

Stephen Colbert nailed it last night, "Hillary Clinton is currently beating Bernie Sanders in every measurable category, except how many people 'woo!' when you say her name." His audience participation/demonstration of Bernie vs. Hillary (+superdelegates) is a beautiful illustration of a growing American awareness of political manipulation, and the importance of reclaiming our democratic responsibility as citizen servants. 

Colbert's illustration crystallizes the feeling we have about this bizarre political primary season--"something smells fishy." Whether the paid punditry, news media, established oligarchs and career politicians like it or not, Americans are more and more aware of an organized, intentional, shenanigan-ridden, power-grab effort to "cook" the election process, and Americans are speaking-out clearly on both sides of the isle. On the Republican side, vote stealing, delegate buying, media circus-ing, facebook censoring and never-ending-failed-predictions could not keep the silent majority of Republican voters from validating their candidate Donald Trump. And now, on the Democratic side, superdelegate Chicanery, FBI e-mail investigatory, CNN Bernie censoring, Bill Clinton debauchery and scripted-major-media Hillarity, is close-to-convincing a silent majority of Democratic voters that it's time to tip over the Clinton-cart.

And though we are being told our country is divided, let me see if I can convince you of the contrary viewpoint. You see, inherent in Colbert's illustration is a comedian who "gets it," and doesn't want to alienate his audience by pushing propaganda no one is buying. It doesn't matter how many million votes Hillary has... we just don't believe she is for us. And so, Colbert is accessing a metric that doesn't care about numbers... he is registering emotions. The result is obvious, Bernie is winning the hearts of Americans. And yes, any score-keeping, stick-in-the-mud-politician can say "it's the numbers that matter" but they would be wrong because we don't believe the numbers--at all. The emotions tell us Bernie Sanders is winning and we're discovering that democracy means--no matter how many pundits tell us other wise--we, the American people, are the government. And Americans will choose our country's leadership, especially when it means replacing career bureaucrats who have ignored our voices and fattened their pocketbooks at our expense.

You see, whether you're a Democrat, Libertarian, Republican or you watch CNN, MSNBC or FOX... we are unified as Americans--that things in Washington DC are broken. As Americans, we're tired of being called "divided" by News Media that has tried to sell us Bushes and Clintons for 25 years. Think about it? If the News Media had gotten their way in this election, we'd be choosing between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. Yuck! As Americans, we've "been there and done that" and frankly, I hope Democrats will give 'ole Bernie a chance--even if he is a socialist.

At least then we'd have a true democratic debate about the merits of Capitalism vs. Socialism, which is at the core of our current popular psyche. But first, we want justice for those who have purchased inflated numbers and rigged our republic. Our message is clear... we remember the Constitution, and it begins with us. "We the people of the United States of America in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice..."

I understand Trump, and I understand Bernie. Yes, their ideologies are sharply different, but "we the people" have chosen these two because we feel they are for us. I don't know how things will shake out at the democratic convention, but I hope delegates and superdelegates alike, will listen to the people and recognize we're done with "her"--where "her" is the corrupt siren call of slimy conniving media-endorsed Bush/Clinton operatives who bow at the altar of self. America wants justice on the right AND on the left... who am I with?

I'm with America.