With the news this week of Donald Trump being the last GOP candidate standing, we start the obvious and sudden turn to Center. We have, and will continue seeing a significant shift to the Center from Hilary as it gets closer to her being the nominee, unless some miracle happens with Bernie. Or of course if the FBI decides to actually press charges against her. An issue that may hand over the General Election to Donald Trump if it happens after the DNC decides the nominee. That is a fear I hope does not happen. Yes I am upset in my head about the Mainstream media and Hillary supporters screaming she is more electable and what the ramifications might now be if she is charged. It won’t deter her already strong blind following, but the independents and true left progressives like myself, will be VERY upset and many will either switch votes or just not vote at all, which always favors the GOP. But I digress… Assuming nothing crazy like those things happen, it seems the idea of a Trump/Clinton election is at hand. Both have started to pander for those independents and Center people votes.
Trump has already made some comments that will make him more Center. He just said this week he is considering raising the Minimum wage. Hmmm Very interesting Donald, you said in a debate this fall that you agreed with Ben Carson who blamed the economic blunders on the minimum wage, and LOWERING it would create more jobs and high overall wages… Oh that is right, you don’t actually KNOW anything and will say whatever you think the people want you to say. He also dramatically shifted views on Abortion, by say now that there SHOULD be exemptions that allow it to happen, and that you miss spoke about punishing the woman for getting an Abortion. We will start to see more of the, “I never said that…” coming from him. Direct quotes will be denied by him. The worst part of that issue, which he was consistently doing throughout the entire GOP primary, is that the mainstream media/press won’t mention it. They won’t call him out about lying, and just allow him to deny the things he has said and supports. The maintstream media calls this “neutrality”, and to give them credit I guess it is neutral, but they should not be neutral because it allows the people of this country to be GROSSLY misinformed. Instead they SHOULD be “Objective.” They should call any and all people for lying and hiding something. Yes I do mean both sides. Call out Barrack for not closing Guantanamo even though he said it 8 years ago. Call out Bill Clinton for supporting DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), an act to suppress the LGBT communities. I want the truth to be the goal, the problem is corporate media is just that, a corporation that only exists to make money, and fear mongering and crazy statements sell, truth is less enticing.
Hillary has also started her shift. She will start to back off the Environmental concerns as she continues to say Fracking is ok if regulated. Start not even mentioning any idea of reforming Wall Street, with Dodd-Frank or anything else. She will try to push idea of making corporations high priority. The craziest part is she is not done in the primary yet, and she is disenfranchising the progressives behind Bernie. It is obvious she doesn’t want to be very left on anything but some Public Policies. But in the town hall last week she was asked 3 times about what she will do to try to make some real progressives happy if she beats Bernie. These are the people she will Need to vote for her to beat Trump. The people who are questioning just how liberal she is. Instead of answering with a simple response of trying to pander to the left, she got hostile and kept repeating, “I am winning… I am a winner… I am great…” Interesting, Very Trump like if you ask me… She essentially spent all answers to say, “Yes you left liberals tried to defeat me, but me and my name and my older followers are going to win the election with or without you, I don’t need you.” She may not need them to win the Primary but she will need us to win the general election. If she continues this path of dismissing the MILLIONS of people who came out to votes ONLY because of Bernie, and not encourage them to continue involvement and support you, then I am very disappointed.
This shift is a natural occurrence and has happened every election for a long time. This is nothing new and is nothing I hold over either’s head as a hit against them. But I will say this is a hit against the whole system. The people will/are getting sick and tired of the way things are. They will overturn the system that exists now, whether or not the establishment believes them. May not take effect this year, but the day is coming. I hope all the other Progressives that may read my blog will join in the fight. An organization I am supporting is the PCCC (Progressive Change Campaign Committee). It is about supporting campaigns throughout the country of real progressives to win their elections. Beyond just being a Democrat, these are people with a track record and policy ideas that align with progressives. If you wish to check them out they are found at WWW.BOLDPROGRESSIVES.ORG. The GOP race is done, but the Democrats will go all the way to the convention. Whether Hillary likes it or not. Hopefully, if there are charged with the FBI investigation it happens soon to allow Bernie to win the nomination outright. If not, here’s to hoping there are no charges ever.
Hillary has also started her shift. She will start to back off the Environmental concerns as she continues to say Fracking is ok if regulated. Start not even mentioning any idea of reforming Wall Street, with Dodd-Frank or anything else. She will try to push idea of making corporations high priority. The craziest part is she is not done in the primary yet, and she is disenfranchising the progressives behind Bernie. It is obvious she doesn’t want to be very left on anything but some Public Policies. But in the town hall last week she was asked 3 times about what she will do to try to make some real progressives happy if she beats Bernie. These are the people she will Need to vote for her to beat Trump. The people who are questioning just how liberal she is. Instead of answering with a simple response of trying to pander to the left, she got hostile and kept repeating, “I am winning… I am a winner… I am great…” Interesting, Very Trump like if you ask me… She essentially spent all answers to say, “Yes you left liberals tried to defeat me, but me and my name and my older followers are going to win the election with or without you, I don’t need you.” She may not need them to win the Primary but she will need us to win the general election. If she continues this path of dismissing the MILLIONS of people who came out to votes ONLY because of Bernie, and not encourage them to continue involvement and support you, then I am very disappointed.
This shift is a natural occurrence and has happened every election for a long time. This is nothing new and is nothing I hold over either’s head as a hit against them. But I will say this is a hit against the whole system. The people will/are getting sick and tired of the way things are. They will overturn the system that exists now, whether or not the establishment believes them. May not take effect this year, but the day is coming. I hope all the other Progressives that may read my blog will join in the fight. An organization I am supporting is the PCCC (Progressive Change Campaign Committee). It is about supporting campaigns throughout the country of real progressives to win their elections. Beyond just being a Democrat, these are people with a track record and policy ideas that align with progressives. If you wish to check them out they are found at WWW.BOLDPROGRESSIVES.ORG. The GOP race is done, but the Democrats will go all the way to the convention. Whether Hillary likes it or not. Hopefully, if there are charged with the FBI investigation it happens soon to allow Bernie to win the nomination outright. If not, here’s to hoping there are no charges ever.