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Super Delegates have 40,000 times MORE POWER THAN YOU AND ME

The curtain has been pulled back....and Truth is sneaking in.

I know that we are not a true democracy, and we never were, but this election cycle has highlighted (more than ever) that we are getting closer and closer to an oligarchy, where a small group of people run the country, not you and me. Nothing reflects this any better than the Super Delegate system that was adopted in the 1980's by the Democratic Party. It is basically a "we don't trust you to pick the person that we (party insiders) want so we are going to give ourselves a huge insurance policy....It's as bad as the Koch brothers (and other rich billionaires and corporations) trying to "buy" elections.

It is kind of outrageous that the Democrat Party and many in the media establishment who love Hillary (CNN's parent company is the 8th largest contributor to the Hillary campaign ) are not letting the process play out. Hillary CANNOT win the nomination without support of the Super Delegates. She is up 1700 something to 1500 something in actual vote CASTED delegates.

Super Delegates can be polled as to who they plan on voting for (just like you and me) but they don't actually cast their (corrupt and rigged) vote until July. None of our votes are counted until we actually vote...so why do we count Super Delegates before they actually vote?...they can change their mind up until the last second (just like you and me). So, why are we trying to sidestep the process? The Democratic Party fixes it so that 20% of the TOTAL delegates needed to win the party nomination are crony insiders (SD's). That's a heist. Just how can it be that of the 500 or so Super Delegates available in the Democrat primary process, Bernie only has the support of 30 of them. Sanders is getting 46% of the vote nationwide, and he has won 20 of the 44 states that have voted in the primary, and yet he only gets the support of 6% of the SD's?, yet the people of the Party support him 46% of the time. That's called insider politics...SD's are not you and me...they are Party insiders who have something to gain personally (appointments to committees, support by the giant Democratic Party machine in their re-election campaigns, etc.) to control the process. Super Delegates are not plumbers, or school teachers, they are sitting Congressman, former Senators, former Chairman of the DNC, even husbands of candidates (Bill Clinton). That is a clear conflict of interest. And, If you are a Super Delegate and you support Sanders you will not be embraced by the Democrat Establishment...you will quite possibly risk your political future within the Party and you certainly won't be given good treatment by a Hillary Administration. Being a Super Delegate and supporting Bernie is failing to kiss Hillary's "ring". It is not playing by the unspoken rules of the Party. Corruption Abounds!!! After the general election Hillary won't even give Bernie eye contact..she won't need to because the insiders support her (completely) and the people (the ones who actually matter) who support Bernie will have to wait 4 long years before they can challenge her Presidency.

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What if Hillary gets indicted between now and the convention? That's a very real possibility though not a probability so why not see if that shoe falls? What if Bernie wins California, the 7th largest economy in the world and he continues to poll consistently way ahead of Hillary vs. Trump. If any of these possibilities occur you can be sure as heck that many Super Delegates might switch allegiance away from a very negatively viewed, SuperPac exploiting candidate who would also be indicted by the Federal Govt., especially when Sanders does much, much, better in all polling against Trump.

I blame the media and the corrupt Democrat leadership who are trying to cheat Sanders out of what is rightfully his...the opportunity to wait until ALL THE BALLOTS are cast!!! He has earned that. No one calls a baseball game in the 7th inning.

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The Democrat nomination process is a perfect reflection of the very corrupt campaign finance system that allows the rich to grossly and disproportionately influence every election in America, from Local elections to President. In the same way SuperPacs allow the rich and privileged and insiders and corporate America to unfairly affect our political process. The Hillary for President Campaign exploits both Super Delegates and Super Pacs, the two most corrupt and anti-democratic levers in American politics today. Bernie, supports neither. He is against both forms of corruption...


Now can we see why Bernie supporters don't see Hillary as fruit from the same tree? It's like confusing GMO and pesticide laden fruit with organically grown fruit....the person who insists on an organically grown peach is not going to easily accept a pesticide covered peach.

Approximately 160 million people have access to the approximately 4,000 delegates available in the Democrat party process. About 500 "Super" delegates get one delegate vote each. The Super Delegates have approximately 40,000 times more power than you and me.

Corruption abounds. Democracy in name only!

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