Election 2016
So the Election of 2016 is now past, described by the
discredited media as an upset outcome. I
followed the entire presidential election avidly and am not surprised that the
media is sticking with their fallacious polls, still using them to discuss the
election.
In the Primary, the polls were limited to a subset of
voters, those qualified to vote in any given primary, thus raising the likelihood
of accuracy. During the Presidential,
some polls were shown to sample voters most likely to vote for their partisan
candidate, rather than a representative sample of the population. After this bias sample was taken, then their
candidate was declared ahead in the polls and the media chitchat proclaimed the
Democrats the winning candidates. The Los Angeles Times polls were the most
accurate showing Mr. Trump ahead nationally, but were discounted by conflicting
polls.
Online the polls suggested different results. Donald Trump had more followers on social
media and the phone polls online indicated that Mr. Trump would win the
election. I followed the poll
discrepancies during the election and was not surprised to find that an NBC
poll was allegedly stacked against the Republican.
And how about the cheating during the debates? It was proven that the Democrat cheated by
accepting purloined questions from Donna Brazile, employed by CNN. How many other debate questions were provided
by network staffers? Some of the media
creeps were even taking suggestions for them to ask Mr. Trump during future
interviews. Isn’t this cheating also? These morally bankrupt media people were
bought and paid for by the Democrat Machine, which surely will be dismantled as
a threat to Democracy. The media news
networks need to clean house and they need to do it now, before a new
administration gets underway. Any ‘journalist’
who was proven to take orders from the DNC or any other political organization
should be fired immediately in order for the networks to regain journalistic
credibility.
I believe the intensely partisan nature of the Washington DC
atmosphere lately is due to the entrenched power brokers begun by earlier
administrations and continued on through the loss of the White House to the
present. 30 years of this line of thinking
has produced a declining USA economy, a concentration of wealth in the hands of
a few, huge student debt and fewer good jobs, plus an expensive unwieldy
insurance debacle. This is an
unsustainable trend. I view with relief the Republican controlled
presidency, house and senate.
As for Mexico, we have important, beneficial trade to
maintain with Mexico. About 30% of
Hispanics voted for Mr. Trump, so the basis for trust is present. The deep water port in Guaymas can be an
asset for continued commerce through Pima County and maybe the border towns can
have revitalized tourism and trade as banking problems in border communities
are resolved. Governor Doug Ducey has
initiated better trade relations with Mexico and our representative is Juan
Ciscomani, a local Tucsonian. Things are
looking up in our relations with Mexico.
The Supreme Court nominees will be those who would preserve
the integrity of the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches of the
government. Mr. Trump has already
mentioned some candidates who don’t scare people. The Justice Department needs to be cleaned
out and the partisans removed from any position of power or knowledge because
they have proven themselves to be untrustworthy. And for Mr. Podesta, who obviously cultivated
sources within the FBI and the Justice Department, will have his own day of
reckoning as his reputation has plummeted.
Mr. Comey also needs to clean house and continue any investigations
underway. Mr. Comey has escaped blame
for the Democrats’ loss by warning people there were investigations before the
election, then bringing it up again in the Weiner Abedin case, then again on
the eve of the election, announcing the Democrats innocence of a very narrow
range of the investigation, reminding us all of possible, even probable
malfeasance. I’m beginning to believe
Mr. Comey is a cop after all.
Is it possible to pardon anyone before they can be
investigated and charged? The idea of
that makes me view it as a coverup, which the current administration cannot
want on record. Subverting an
investigation using the power of the pardon is not my idea of justice. It’s like a hydrogen sulfide bomb in a high
school hallway.
