Monday, April 9, 2018

Protecting our democracy (#3356)

     What we have learned from trump is that our democracy is at risk for overthrow from within. The republican party in collusion with trumps has exposed a weakness within our governmental controls to keep our democracy safe. When the leaders of the other 2 branches of our government are subservient to the executive branch and not an equal branch of government then we the people become vulnerable to an inside hostile takeover. It isn't just that occurring but it is decades of lack of interest by too many of our voting public. When only about half of our eligible voters bother to vote it is easier for the more nefarious within our politics to manipulate conditions to allow for swaying outcomes to their liking.
     It is on we the people to actually exercise our franchise to vote otherwise like what is happening right now laws are being enacted to further restrict voting for eligible voters. We are now doing something about gerrymandering but for the last few decades gerrymandering has taken the power of our vote and dwindled it down to less than equal under republican map drawing strategies. The rise of dark money in our politics by the worst of our wealthy has also taken many of us away from even considering joining in the political process as candidates. When we get to public funding of elections we will have made our way to the candidates having to offer their ideas for leadership instead of their personal attacks and disinformation campaigns protected by the dark money advertising.
     Our democracy is ours and if anyone is going to protect it it is us. So getting registered and then actually voting every time the vote is available then that is exactly how we protect our democracy. We vote in those who are honest about helping our nation grow for all of us and throw out those who are only there to protect the best interests of the worst of our wealthy. The time is now for us to come together as a democratic party and all of us participate when the voting time comes. It will be then when we see how democracy works and the need to protect it will lessen with each republican defeat. There is only one party that is working against the best interests of democracy and that is the republican party so join with us democrats and be a democracy defending patriot by casting your precious vote for all democrats on the ballot!

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