tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post5338242126172532372..comments2024-03-27T09:32:51.954-07:00Comments on Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper: John Anderson, Rand Paul, and Bernie SandersDonna Halperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709120386388369898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-20342829152695163672015-06-05T17:49:55.317-07:002015-06-05T17:49:55.317-07:00You made so many great points here, I only wish yo...You made so many great points here, I only wish your voice could resonate louder. Perhaps loud enough to persuade our party-line divided Supreme Court to reverse it's damaging Citizens United decision. As George Washington predicted some 225 years ago, our political party system has become a means by which "cunning and unprincipled men (have) usurped the Power of The People, and taken for themselves the reigns of government". We the People can realistically only choose from the candidates backed by these financially elite decepticons. Mass deception has become the generally accepted norm in American politics. So much so, that one of our Vice-Presedential candidates openly and unashamedly admitted to misrepresenting facts in a pre-election debate prior to the last election. I would love to believe an open-minded candidate, independent of party influence could win a presidential election and actually use the office of the presidency to represent the average American. But the sad irony is that the average American is so influenced by the mass media blitz deception leading up to each election, they would never elect such a person. Bill Gesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14655018414807982780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-41728262481043542082015-06-01T18:46:16.447-07:002015-06-01T18:46:16.447-07:00JMO of course but I don't believe either Sande...JMO of course but I don't believe either Sanders or Paul will try to go the independent route. I believe Bernie is sincere when he says that he will not do that if he loses to Clinton (or, O'Malley or Chafee). As for Rand, I think he's already laid out his hand with his statement that he has to win New Hampshire. If he doesn't, he will be content to devote his energy to keeping his U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky (which I believe he will do easily in a presidential election year) and bide his time for 2020 if a Democrat wins in '16.<br /><br />It's going to take somebody very special and rich to go the independent route. I think Bloomberg's time has passed and I don't see anybody else that can do it this time around. I still believe Ross Perot could have done it if he hadn't temporarily pulled out in the manner that he did and then made such a horrible choice for VP. Still, he certainly affected history as Bush the First would have certainly been reelected had Perot not been in the race.<br /><br />Then again, who knows? Remember this time in 2007 when Hillary and Rudy were stone cold locks? :-DKoHoSohttp://www.kohoso.us/noreply@blogger.com