New KJ, I have some questions

[wiseguy]

One thing is for sure this recent shooting in Florida was thought to play into Trump's hands, and all it has done is renew the call for gun control. Even Mitch McConnell wants to do something to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, with the Democrats acting up in the Senate a bill might pass. The trouble is it would never get out of committee in the House. If the Republicans want to save this election cycle they need to do something about gun control and immigration reform. If they don't, then they will be seen for the do nothing bigots, who are in the the pocket of gun lobby, they really are.

Nothing will play into con man Donald's hands because he can't shut is big stupid mouth. He is a national embarrassment like no other in the history of this country. I think the time has finally arrived that the voters are going to hold elected officials' feet to the fire. Of course there will never be any big changes until there is real campaign finance reform. Until citizens united is overturned and lobbyists are no longer permitted to make campaign donations.

[The Lone Ranger]

Nothing will play into con man Donald's hands because he can't shut is big stupid mouth. He is a national embarrassment like no other in the history of this country. I think the time has finally arrived that the voters are going to hold elected officials' feet to the fire. Of course there will never be any big changes until there is real campaign finance reform. Until citizens united is overturned and lobbyists are no longer permitted to make campaign donations.

It makes you wonder, we go through this long primary circus of ours, spend all of this time and money searching for two candidates and we end up with two nominees whose negatives are over 50% to 70%. I think this is just a reflection of our out of control political process that cries out for reform. The voters are unhappy about their choices and threaten to stay home instead of vote, that is the worse possible thing they could do. If they really want to change the system they have to participate in the process, or not complain about apathy in government, it starts at the ballot box.

[The Lone Ranger]

I can't believe it after everything that has happened the GOP is so desperate, they want Little Marco to run for the Senate seat he hardly showed up for, just to keep a Democrat from getting it. One thing is for sure Little Marco said he was bored with his current job and wanted to be President, I wonder if the voters will forget that? Florida needs a full time Senator not some political opportunist. If he runs and loses then his political career is over.

[The Lone Ranger]

Well little Marco do it, looks like he will run for Senator again. even though he thinks he is wasting his valuable time. Give me a break. This guy is supposed to protect you from government waste. What is a bigger waste than a person that doesn't want to do his job?

[The Lone Ranger]

Well the voting is over in the United Kingdom, and it would seem the older more populist majority have decided to leave the EU. This decision has had devastating results on the value of the pound and a drop in our own market stock average to the tune of a loss of 830 billion dollars in one day. Globally the losses topped 2 Trillion dollars. Over 50 years of trade treaties and other agreements have been overturned. It cannot be over stated how this could have dire repercussions for the entire world economy. The scary part of all of this is Trump is selling the same nationalist populist message, that England has accepted. We can see first hand what voting for Trump would mean.
I think we should ask ourselves if we can afford another recession on top of the one we are still recovering from?

[The Lone Ranger]

The one take away from the Brexit fiasco is all of these treaties that have been signed over the last 50 plus years have tied all the nations of the world into a one world order strait jacket. That nations no longer have the same status they once enjoyed, in fact it is huge multinational corporations that are really calling the shots, and the super elite individuals who control them. If the voters do throw a monkey wrench into the process by trying to reassert their nation's independence, then they are punished by other nations that remain loyal to the various unifying systems such as the EU. Wouldn't it be something to wake up and realize that your vote is meaningless, that the interests of corporations trump of people and the governments that represent them?

[wiseguy]

Now that we have both presumptive nominees the head to head polls begin to take on a little more meaning. Hillary quickly jumped to a 12 point lead over con man Donald, and of course like the whiny little bitch he is, he through a temper tantrum on twitter. This is even before Sanders has officially endorsed Hillary. In the following weeks we're going to see con man Donald's poll numbers dwindle more and more as we also watch one prominent Republican after another refuse to endorse him.

[The Lone Ranger]

Now that we have both presumptive nominees the head to head polls begin to take on a little more meaning. Hillary quickly jumped to a 12 point lead over con man Donald, and of course like the whiny little bitch he is, he through a temper tantrum on twitter. This is even before Sanders has officially endorsed Hillary. In the following weeks we're going to see con man Donald's poll numbers dwindle more and more as we also watch one prominent Republican after another refuse to endorse him.

I'm starting to have grave doubts if any thing the voters do has any meaning really? Everything is so rigged not just on a national scale but also on an international system that it is doubtful any one country or it's voters can make much of a difference. England asserted it's sovereignty and found out the hard way that economically they are bound to the EU, to such a degree that it is going to cost them plenty to leave. Greece has been there for sometime and has lost it's independence, the will of the voter means nothing. We are bound by the same type of treaties, how much of our independence has been lost in the process? Whether the populists want to admit it or not we cannot go back to the good old days they long for. Those days are long gone and we have to deal with the new reality of large corporations calling the shots and the voters and the countries that represent those voters must now dance with the devil. Every bastion of freedom has been eroded by the tyranny of capitalism unchecked. We cannot even save the planet we all live on because profits can be made by destroying our shared environment.

[wiseguy]

American voters still hold all the power but they have been duped into not exercising it. Like Bigdog, way too many have been fooled into blaming their troubles on scapegoats like immigrants and the poor while the rich elite pick their pockets and steal their future. Bernie Sanders has planted the seeds of a much needed revolution. Let's just hope it continues to grow.

[The Lone Ranger]

American voters still hold all the power but they have been duped into not exercising it. Like Bigdog, way too many have been fooled into blaming their troubles on scapegoats like immigrants and the poor while the rich elite pick their pockets and steal their future. Bernie Sanders has planted the seeds of a much needed revolution. Let's just hope it continues to grow.

I still hold out the hope that one person can make a difference. We are told that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, but do they really, when those few have so much wealth and power? Look at how our country is literally falling apart and no one can muster the political will and focus necessary to solve the problem. Social Security will be insolvent in the next 15 or 16 years and nothing is done to shore it up. Right now about 1800 families are in the billionaire class in the U.S. alone. Their combined wealth is over 6.4 trillion dollars. We see daily stories of heat waves and flash floods caused by changes in our Earth's temperature patterns. Right now we have a choice to vote for one long term establishment nominee, and a billionaire member of the ruling class, some choice. Sanders has planted the seeds that is true enough, but it takes money big money to make sure the seeds grow and take root. The powers that be interests are that these new plants don't survive until it is harvest time.

[Bigdog]

Hilary is getting closer to being charged...the dirty AG Obama just put in there screwed up big time by meeting with Bill... Dirty Hilary is and should go down... Sanders is still sticking around because he knows something..... So president Trump still has a chance.... The Briexit is coming to America...true Americans want the old America back.. President Trump will do that...

[wiseguy]

Hilary is getting closer to being charged...the dirty AG Obama just put in there screwed up big time by meeting with Bill... Dirty Hilary is and should go down... Sanders is still sticking around because he knows something..... So president Trump still has a chance.... The Briexit is coming to America...true Americans want the old America back.. President Trump will do that...

I know you live in a bubble filled with conspiracy theories and misinformation but now you're becoming delusional. Hillary will never be indicted... ever. The FBI just recently stated "so far there are no indications that there are any improprieties or irregularities reaching the threshold level to form the basis of an indictment". It's just another witch hunt like Benghazi and will turn out the same way. Sanders has yet to concede because there is no 100% certainty (even though it's close to that) that Hillary will be the nominee. Sanders is also holding out on endorsing Hillary until she agrees to take on some of the issues he is most passionate about. And if you think con man Donald can beat Sanders are you truly delusional.

Con man Donald is going down in flames already. All his illegal, unethical, and immoral acts are being exposed. Hillary has opened a huge lead in head to head polls. The most conservative pundits give con man Donald just a 20% chance. That's far less than both McCain and Romney had at this point in their campaigns (and look how well they did). If he doesn't self implode and quit under the pressure he is going to lose horribly.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hillary has been hit with the kitchen sink for decades now and no indictment, all of these attacks no matter how baseless have hurt her public image as far a honesty is concerned. It is no lie when it is said that these are the two most negative candidates that have ever run for the office of President. Having said that it would seem the voters will have to hold their collective noses and chose one. After seeing what happened in the Brexit vote, national populism and bringing back the good old days is Trumps main message. Were those days really that good? It would seem like a lot of our current problems stem from this concept of globalization, it is good for some countries and bad for others. The only real winners seem to be the giant multinational corporations, and the rich that profit from them. These corporations have ushered in a new era of Robber Barons on and international scale. The idea of a nation being a sovereign unit is a thing of the past, national rights are supplanted by corporate greed. Is this the sort of future we really want to see?

[wiseguy]

Hillary has been hit with the kitchen sink for decades now and no indictment, all of these attacks no matter how baseless have hurt her public image as far a honesty is concerned.

Now it's con man Donald's turn, except that the allegations against him are not baseless. He is a very crooked and dishonest person but up til now his criminal behavior has not been put on public display. He is already so disliked he can't get anyone of any notoriety to speak at his convention. We are going to see a totally dejected and humiliated con man Donald by the time November comes around.

[The Lone Ranger]

Now it's con man Donald's turn, except that the allegations against him are not baseless. He is a very crooked and dishonest person but up til now his criminal behavior has not been put on public display. He is already so disliked he can't get anyone of any notoriety to speak at his convention. We are going to see a totally dejected and humiliated con man Donald by the time November comes around.

He is all the things you have said he is wiseguy and more. What we are dealing with here is perception both candidates are seen as dishonest. It is sort of the like the movie double indemnity when you have to chose between Fred Mac Murray's, Walter and Barbara's Stanwicks dishonest wife character. Barbara says "Were both rotten Walter", Fred says "Yeah, but you are just a little bit more rotten baby".
In that particular movie you couldn't root for either lead star, actually Edward G. Robinson was the morale compass of the picture. I still don't see where two flawed candidates make a winning decision. In this case we are going to have to decide which one is a little more rotten, and voter for the least rotten.