Recently I attended a fundraising carnival at our local elementary
school. At one attraction I watched as some kids placed a pole with a string on
it through one of several holes in a plywood wall painted to look like a fishing
pond. A parent hidden on the other side would then attach a little toy gift to
a clip at the end of the string. After a little tug on the string, the excited
child would reel in their catch. Now the little toy was the same no matter
which hole through which the kid chose to drop his makeshift line and
hook.
This reminds me of Tuesday's voting racket in Virginia. No matter the
choice, you end up with the same person as Governor. The voter goes to the
poll, casts a ballot and finds that someone other than whom they cast a ballot
has been declared the winner. How is this possible? Obviously, you say, the
other candidate received more votes. Well yes and no. There are games being
played that on the surface look proper and on the up and up, but dig a little
deeper and you'll find the hand in the cookie jar.
As newly elected Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe celebrates his
victory at the polls, but it should be pointed out that it was not fairly gained
or should I say, ethically attained. It was not a moral victory. McAuliffe
should be ashamed, but shame isn't a common part of the liberal psyche.
Most of us teach our children from the earliest of ages to play fair. As
adults, we assume adults are playing fair. As voters, we assume our candidates
and political parties are playing fair. As viewers, we assume our media is
playing fair. Now nearly all of us who are even slightly informed know that the
media and the political parties spin almost everything, if not out and out lie
to us. And unfortunately, the game of politics, far too often, has become the
same shell game of lies, character assassination and subversion of the
process.
Politics is a game, like any other. But over the years it has become a
shrewd game. Tactics and strategy are employed, huge amounts of money are
spent. However, there is a hypocrisy involved. Unlike the "loopholes" in the
tax code that liberals scream about as unfair -- there are "loopholes" in
politics that liberals love to exploit. Loopholes that are used to undermine or
rig the voting game in favor of their side, their candidate.
Subversive tactics are nothing new. But subversive tactics, no matter who
is doing it, are unethical and undermine liberty, rather than enhance it. As
the Founding Fathers repeatedly warned us, liberty cannot prevail in the absence
of virtue.
When I was working in Iowa in 1996 for the Pat Buchanan campaign, others
working for another GOP candidate were suspected of subversive actions against
the Buchanan campaign, by doing such unethical things as cancelling reservations
for hotel rooms and chartered buses in order to throw chaos into the entourage
of campaign staff and media. This sent our side scrambling, wasting valuable
time and focus undoing the damage. And this from (while adversaries) other
Republicans, other supposed conservatives. If this seems even a little over the
top, most voters couldn't begin to imagine what happens between campaign staff
when it's a general election (especially a national election), Democrat versus
Republican. Do or die! The gloves come off. It's nasty!
In the Virginia Governor race, the will of the people was thwarted. Not
because of any voting machine irregularities or polling place intimidation or
lost ballots. The election was stolen because the Democrat Party and the
McAuliffe campaign colluded in bringing in third party candidate, Libertarian
Robert C. Sarvis by assisting him with donations ensuring his ability to get on
the ballot. He was specifically helped with donations from liberal software
billionaire bundler Joe Liemandt. This subversive, unethical tactic was to skim
off enough conservative leaning libertarian votes to Sarvis, swaying a close
election into McAuliffe's favor. Their plan worked like a charm!
With 7% of the vote, Robert C. Sarvis effectively took
the election away from Cuccinelli and gave it to McAuliffe. The plan worked
masterfully. McAuliffe has been declared the winner, yet had those 7% (which
the bulk most likely would have) gone to Ken Cuccinelli, he would have easily
been the winner and next Governor of Virginia.
So you see how the people of Virginia (or any other state) collectively can
vote conservative/libertarian and still end up with a liberal Democrat governor
or Senator? It is called divide and conquer. It's called pitting one against
another. It's how those who love and believe deeply in liberty keep their
government in the hands of socialists and never seem to figure out why.
The problem with politics today is that while it is fun and exciting,
invigorating, informative and sometimes frustrating for some of us, it has
become tactically an unethical game of cheaters who prosper. The ultimate victim
is liberty and the Republic herself.
"Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power,"
Benjamin Franklin warned. Yet we seem not to take this truth seriously by
holding those who would subvert liberty to the humility of defeat. Instead we
give them the power for which their addiction is so desirous -- that they will
lie and cheat in order to attain it.
Power in the hands of the unwise and the corrupt will surely be abused. I
predict it won't be long before McAuliffe and his band of lying cheats find
themselves in some hot water for voter related or unrelated crimes.
Jefferson warned us that "The cornerstone of democracy rests on the
foundation of an educated electorate." Once on your hook, don't let these
bottom dwellers get away with putting bait fish on your line and telling you to
be happy with your catch. Read more at http://eaglerising.com/2768/yes-virginia-elections-stolen/#rVmb8wMidmb22V2l.99
It seems like they have this down to a science.
It seems like they have this down to a science.
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