After a long hiatus, the chosen one hath returned! Yes, I know, I know, it has been a while. But I am glad to be back to write about my busy life for those of you bored enough to read about it. =)
Now, lately, there has been non-stop news about the upcoming election year. Nice seg-way right? After watching the news about the upcoming presidential campaigns, I couldn't help feeling a bit disgusted at what I have been seeing;especially on the republican side. As you may or may not have known, I am a full blue liberal democrat and will always see myself as such. Today, my very political beliefs have been hardened due to the negative rhetoric that is blasted from the far right of the political spectrum. I can't imagine how annoyed and frustrated it must be to even be a republican. I actually kind of feel sorry for them, but at the same time know that this is something that the republican party deserve because of their known behavior, fear and hate mongering, and just overall disenfranchisement against minority groups. (Example, see Flint, Michigan, voter I.D. and abortion laws in red states.) I've come to call it, "passive racism/sexism." This is a problem that has unveiled itself among the Republican party and it is something that they will now have to handle; which will eventually end badly for the Republican party. I can tell you this with great confidence only because I only see two end results after this year's election cycle. First,the Republican party will lose confidence from their own supporters (through maintaining the status quo and a brokered convention to remove their party nomination of Donald Trump) and second, there will be a major shift in political power in congress that will benefit the Democrats. I firmly believe that the rift within the Republican party could cause its own movement in empowering a third party to develop on its own and someday become a force that can very well change the dynamics of the current two-party system. Thus creating either a stronger Independent Party or a movement towards another, more extreme right-wing party. I know that these concepts could appear far fetched and may not occur at all. But the possibility of it even happening grows as we look deeper into the fissures that are within the republican party. Mainly with the current polls showing Trump winning by a landslide in many of the state's recently held caucuses. Because of Trump's rise, many within the party establishment are fighting against him and attacking him. The Republican party will NOT support Trump, this fact is clear as day. However, there is a silver lining to this which I will say with great hesitation, without Trump, there wouldn't have been a split within the Republican party, which I think will eventually lead to greater democratic victories in the southern red states and eventually victory for the democrats in this coming election year. With all of this in mind, the democratic candidates are well on their way and it would be very apparent that Hilary is driving towards the nomination, however I still wouldn't take Bernie Sanders out. If you noticed that most if not much of the states accounted for, many of the bigger states have resulted in an extremely close race. Take for example in Missouri, where Bernie and Hillary both ended in a virtual tie. ( Although Hillary ended up with a win, it was still a very, very, close race.) Perhaps I am sounding a little biased, but I still believe that Bernie could come out with a win. Looking forward to the conclusion of this year's crazy campaign cycle so that we can all move on with our busy lives. Until next time...
