Operation Mind Crime: How Media and Big Government Brainwashed the American Voter

Hello everyone! I am back with another one of my thoughts to ponder over (and get really pissed off at!) Today's rant is over the 2 party system and how I believe that "we the people" are getting cheated out of an honest and truly fair voting process. My example will be the current political debate system and how the powers that be have rigged it so that they always win and we always loose. Oh yea, and lets not forget how dirty the so called "Electoral College" has become! Does our vote REALLY count? If it does, is the information that we are receiving via the news media and commercials rewiring our (free) thought process? With Bernie Sanders now endorsing Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz now giving the "thumbs up" to Trump, I am totally and unequivocally convinced that the whole thing is rigged and that they're all really working together for power over us! Oh sure, they spin a great yarn against each other every election year to give us that excitement and entertainment we all so crave. In reality, its all just a rouse. Just another part of their plan to control our lives. And not only do we let this happen to us, but we also give up our power to reason and think clearly as well. Selling our souls to a particular political party, regardless of how much we actually agree with them or not. The United States presidential election of 1788–89 was the first presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Saturday, January 10, 1789. It was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which was ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president, and John Adams became the first vice president. No political parties existed at the time of the 1788–89 presidential election. Candidates were either Federalists, meaning they supported the ratification of the Constitution, or Anti-Federalists, meaning they opposed ratification. 13 candidates were allowed to run for the office of President of the United States. Since our country's first Presidential election in 1788, the strategies of those campaigning have changed dramatically. Although the tactics that presidential hopefuls used in the early days of our country's history are still relevant, those who seek to be the Commander in Chief today must embrace a vast array of strategies that invite constant exposure and accountability. In 1796, after eight years of Washington, America saw its first exposure to a true campaign during the second Presidential election. Vice President John Adams ran against Thomas Jefferson, who had been nominated by the country's first political opposition party, the Democratic-Republicans. Four years later, the same two candidates raised the stakes during the 1800 election. Jefferson, who had lost in 1796, paid the editor of the Richmond Examiner to print anti-Federalist articles and to praise the efforts of Jefferson's Party. His supporters accused the incumbent president Adams of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman." In response, a leaflet by Adams' team called Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father." This sowed the seeds for our current "smear" campaigns and, begat our love affair with the 2 Party System. The first 3rd Party Candidate to successfully debate and win the election was Abraham Lincoln. So yes folks, it IS possible a Third Party to win an election. I truly believe that a vote for a 3rd Party Candidate is just that, a vote. Not a wasted one either! I am so sick and tired of hearing that if I don't vote for Trump, I'm getting Clinton elected and if I don't vote for Clinton, I'm getting Trump elected. I'll tell you all right now that I am NOT voting for either of these candidates. If that means you think I am wasting my vote, well that's your opinion. I refuse to allow the media and the government to make me think a certain way. Enough is enough! Thank you for your time.