If ever you needed any more proof the captured MSM is nothing but a mouthpiece for the establishment, you got it yesterday. Hillary Clinton, the hand picked surrogate for the crony capitalists, military industrial complex and Wall Street, was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination because some shadowy super delegates supposedly threw their support to her. What a load of bullshit. Hillary was going to lose the California primary today. That would be a huge black eye for her floundering campaign.
The establishment needed to make the votes in California meaningless and keep people from even voting. So they declared her the winner. The timing was calculated. The AP headline and story was written days ago. They waited until the day before the primary to pull the rug out from Sanders and his supporters. Sanders and his people should turn Philadelphia into a war zone at the convention in July. The ruling oligarchy has rigged the game folks and they are telling you your vote doesn’t matter.
Guest Post by Glenn Greenwald
Last night, Associated Press – on a day when nobody voted – surprised everyone by abruptly declaring the Democratic Party primary over and Hillary Clinton the victor. The decree, issued the night before the California primary in which polls show Clinton and Bernie Sanders in a very close race, was based on the media organization’s survey of “super-delegates”: the Democratic Party’s 720 insiders, corporate donors and officials whose votes for the presidential nominee count the same as the actually elected delegates. AP claims that super-delegates who had not previously announced their intentions privately told AP reporters that they intend to vote for Clinton, bringing her over the threshold. AP is concealing the identify of the decisive super-delegates who said this.
Although the Sanders campaign rejected the validity of AP’s declaration – on the ground that the super-delegates do not vote until the convention and he intends to try to persuade them to vote for him – most major media outlets followed the projection and declared Clinton the winner.
This is the perfect symbolic ending to the Democratic Party primary. The nomination is consecrated by a media organization, on a day when nobody voted, based on secret discussions with anonymous establishment insiders and donors whose identity the media organization – incredibly – conceals. The decisive edifice of super-delegates is itself anti-democratic and inherently corrupt: designed to prevent actual voters from making choices that the party establishment dislikes. But for a party run by insiders and funded by corporate interests, it’s only fitting that their nomination process ends with such an ignominious, awkward and undemocratic sputter.
None of this is to deny that Hillary Clinton – as was always the case from the start – is highly likely to be the legitimately chosen winner of this process. It’s true that the party’s governing rules are deliberately undemocratic; unfair and even corrupt decisions were repeatedly made by party officials to benefit Clinton; and the ostensibly neutral Democratic National Committee (led by the incomparably heinous Debbie Wasserman Schultz) constantly put not just its thumb but its entire body on the scale to ensure she won. But it’s also true that under the long-standing rules of the Party, more people who voted preferred Clinton as their nominee over Sanders. Independent of super-delegates, she just got more votes. There’s no denying that.
And just as was true in 2008 with Obama’s nomination, it should be noted that standing alone – i.e., without regard to the merits of the candidate – Clinton’s nomination is an important and positive milestone. Americans, being Americans, will almost certainly overstate its world significance and wallow in excessive self-congratulations: many countries on the planet have elected women as their leaders, including many whose close family member had not previously served as president. Nonetheless, the U.S. presidency still occupies an extremely influential political and cultural position in the world. Particularly for a country with such an oppressive history on race and gender, the election of the first African-American president and nomination of the first female presidential candidate of a major party is significant in shaping how people all over the world, especially children, view their own and other people’s potential and possibilities. But that’s all the more reason to lament this dreary conclusion.
That the Democratic Party nominating process is declared to be over in such an uninspiring, secretive, and elite-driven manner is perfectly symbolic of what the party, and its likely nominee, actually is. The one positive aspect, though significant, is symbolic, while the actual substance – rallying behind a Wall-Street-funded, status-quo-perpetuating, multi-millionaire militarist – is grim in the extreme. The Democratic Party got exactly the ending it deserved.
Establishment shills all agree
That Clinton’s the Dem nominee
If evil was spurned
And justice returned
The title she’d have: Detainee
Limerick King
Hmmm
The California vote is meaningless in the context of the larger overall nomination process. Not only that, but it has been for weeks. The media’s chosen candidate has never been Hillary. Good god, they have been attacking and vilifying her nonstop for a year now. The same treatment has been dished out by the media attack dogs on Mr. Trump. Only Bernie Sanders has been exempt from this vile, 24/7 all out war that the media has been waging to clear a path for Bernie.
This article is yet another example of the backhanded support the “media” has been providing Bernie since day one of this campaign. Consider that when it became obvious that Trump was had secured the nomination, this very same “media” supported the logical conclusion that for Cruz to continue was foolish. This even though Cruz also continued to win primaries and would have probably won at least one more before it was all done.
Good Grief. Bernie Sanders is a lousy candidate, he is far to old, he is a dedicated socialist and zionist. In short, I would be hard pressed to find a worse candidate at this point to be president than Bernie Sanders………
AP = American Propaganda.
a useless news feed that nobody reads, but is broadcast on all MSM outlets, despite the lame stories and useless information
NYT = National Yankee Trash
another useless bird cage liner, full of fresh news on all things trans (trans fat/gender/etc)
I am sure that the folks in Cali will not read any of this east coast propaganda and vote for Bernie anyways.
and yes, both conventions are going to be national shit storms of epic proportions.
both parties will be sending large scale agitators picked from the FSA to each others conventions.
I am designing a hoody sweatshirt that will be tazer proof and can be used to filter tear gas, they will have shoulder pads made from old tires, and once all the kids start wearing them, our fearless leaders will pass a law that forbids wearing them in public, cause, you know, they need to help us, as we are so stoopid that we keep electing them.
Hillary would make a much worse president than Bernie because the Republicans in Congress would give her what she wants. In fact, they want the same things: American troops in Syria (on the side of the Sunnis), an eventual attack on Iran, America continuing as the unpaid policeman of the world and unpaid defender of the West, open border with Mexico, serial amnesties, continuation of Obamacare (their protestations to the contrary), Muslim “refugees” flooding the West – including America, provoking Russia into war, letting the medical and educational Ponzi scheme continue. About the only difference between Hillary and the GOP wing of the Uniparty is their stance on bathrooms for trannies.
Bernie would say “I want a $15 federal minimum wage and free college” and the GOP would simply refuse him.
The nominating procedures of both parties are put together to insure that only the candidate of the Elite’s choice are placed in nomination. We only get two choices, Dem and Rep – no third party allowed (even though there may be some extra unknowns on the ticket next November).
The nomination process is FIXED… Trump blew the REPs away by not playing the game and they still may try to take it away from him at the Convention (which will be circus of tremendous dimension —outside the convention hall!) or there is always the Lincoln Solution.
At any rate, the Elite would prefer the National Election be FIXED the same way and they may get their wish with electronic voting machines (hacking anyone?) or some other ploy. I’m disgusted with the whole thing of running elections for two years prior to voting and all the other MSM garbage that goes with it..
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Ministry of truth declaring HILLARY president november 1st 2016. Marking calendars for grand celebrating. No need to go to polls to vote. Momentous occasion.
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“the election of the first African-American president and nomination of the first female presidential candidate of a major party is significant”
Actually, the election of the first African-American president and nomination of the first female presidential candidate of a major party is positive proof that votes don’t count in American elections.
There. Fixed.
Glenn’s original run-on sentence was so larded with PC queertalk that I decided to correct him.
Hmmm
With all due respect, have you been paying attention to how Bernie Sanders has actually been voting on the “wars” in the Middle East? In fact, have you been paying attention to what Sanders has been saying on the campaign trail with regard to Syria? His actual voting record supporting war is actually every bit the equal of Hillary’s. Sander’s has a well earned reputation in the Senate as a leading chicken hawk for a reason-he votes that way. Furthermore, despite some watered down meaningless rhetoric regarding Israel he has uttered of late, Israel has no better supporter of their ongoing slaughter and illegal land theft than Bernie Sanders.
And for the record, voting for Mr. Trump is NOT voting for the “Republicans”. Mr. Trump has clearly broken away from the main stream GOP positions you refer to. Attempting to conflate the platform of the traditional main stream GOP and Donald Trump flies falls flat in the face of even a cursory examination of the facts.
Was there ever any doubt ?
If you are looking for a honest election, you are in the wrong country. Hillary will be your next fearless leader, waging war against the American public and foreign countries on a level that will make past male leaders look like sissified wimps.
We learned a lot from the Nazis. Yes, we did…Dr. Goebbels would be proud.
Hillary Clinton….hmmm….people want her to be the “first
USA female president.” She is an unconvicted murderess
and a thief. Will the vaunted FBI or Justice Department do
anything about it or prosecute for the email “crimes?”
We highly doubt it. Will their be all sorts of Soros funded
violence at the conventions? No doubt there will be.
We know elections are fixed, (altered votes) because we have
been told 1K times this is what has occurred. ityNow we have a
very polarized populous (20% illegals and counting) that is
just waiting for the opportunity to wale on the opposition. It
will be a big party! It has been foretold and we have been
hearing about it already happening. So vote if you will, or don’t.
This “super delegate” crap will ensure the outcome of the election,
not our paltry vote.
Suggestion: Let us adopt a version of the late Timothy Leary’s
famous phrase, “turn on-tune in-drop out.” The turn on part
probably should not be the using of lsd, but rather, the focus
of your choice. Same with the tune-in part. The drop-out part
is just a version of disengaging from the system. If it is destined
that the country is going to crumple apart regardless, then it
makes sense to “split the scene.” Just do your own thing, and
try to preserve whatever value you have accumulated.
True, DD. Bernie was never a contender. He was just a placeholder for an emergency substitute for Hillary if that became necessary. Apparently, the Dim leadership decided that she won’t be indicted after all, so the placeholder is no longer needed.
Bernie is a doddering old commie who will probably succumb to dementia in the near future.
ity? BTW, I saw a vid showing stores in the “rich area”
of a big city in Venezuela…and the store was well stocked
with every item you would want. Isn’t that ironic? The
poor get shot in the head over a bag of rice and the rich
don’t skip a beat. There is a lesson in that vid.
Susanna…post the video .
Iska: roger your comment about the Congress rolling over for Hitlery.
I have some questions: why would Soros sponsor violence at the Philly convention when he already has his candidate, Mrs Clinton assured of the Presidency in November? Also
, why violence and protests at the Republican convention which is nominating a candidate who is and will be even more intensively crucified by the media/entertainment complex and will not win five states as a result? Demonstrations at Cleveland .ight actually galvinize support for Trump. As a reformed War Hawk, I ask : 1
. if both parties want war with zSyria and Iran why wasn’t it do e in 20p3 when we had the strong horse and they were fearful? 2. If Hitlery is so hot for War, why has her afministration instituted social policies which damage the fighting qualities of our Armed Forces and make superior outcomes
Iska: roger your comment about the Congress rolling over for Hitlery.
I have some questions: why would Soros sponsor violence at the Philly convention when he already has his candidate, Mrs Clinton assured of the Presidency in November? Also
, why violence and protests at the Republican convention which is nominating a candidate who is and will be even more intensively crucified by the media/entertainment complex and will not win five states as a result? Demonstrations at Cleveland .ight actually galvinize support for Trump. As a reformed War Hawk, I ask : 1
. if both parties want war with zSyria and Iran why wasn’t it do e in 20p3 when we had the strong horse and they were fearful? 2. If Hitlery is so hot for War, why has her afministration instituted social policies which damage the fighting qualities of our Armed Forces and make superior outcomes costly and uncertain?
prusmc, you can say that again. ahaha
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wow, just wow, the timing is incredible. i want to say nothing surprises me anymore but the way this played out actually did.
this tells me she isn’t getting indicted and will never see the inside of a jail cell (barring a violent revolution)
I bet this poll had a lot to do with the decision to call democratic race for Hillary. They’re scared.
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I wonder how many demon attachments Hillary has?
We need every vote hand counted. BTW, When will the FBI,CIA,NSA have the balls to arrest her and see her prosecuted?Next S hummer Frank, Cummings for abusing their position against Tea Party.
AP announcement written on June 4
Underestimate a Clinton and you’ll pay the price for it.
If Hillary can keep outrunning her past and her health problems don’t get her first, there is a very good chance she will be the next President.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-07/was-hillary-caught-colluding-ap-announce-delegate-win-california
When accused of collaborating with the A/P on the delegate win announcement Hillary’s people scream that it is just a right wing conspiracy trying to tarnish the afterglow of her big win.
I despise this evil bitch more and more with each passing day.
“Dewey defeats Truman”