California is now a one party state. \u00a0This has been the big issue of the 2016 election. \u00a0It smacks of communist party rule, and is degenerative to society in so many ways. \u00a0During my campaign, I want to address Democratic Party dominance, how its entrenched their position in the state, and how its damaging society as a whole.<\/p>\n
First is the legal entrenchment. \u00a0In 2010, California adopted the open primary rule, meaning only the top two vote getters in the primaries get to advance to the general election. \u00a0So this year, we didn’t get to vote for any Republicans except the president.<\/p>\n
That Kamala Harris would become our next Senator was a foregone conclusion and a coronation. \u00a0There was no GOP candidate, only a runner up Democrat who ran to her left.<\/p>\n
This scenario has left Republicans folding\u00a0their tents and given the Democrats the keys here, they don\u2019t even run campaigns anymore.\u00a0 This leaves us with a political machine which has no debate.\u00a0 Only one big machine, with ladders and favors to apparatchiks. \u00a0My 37th district has a congresswoman who’s a\u00a04th generation dynasty of appointees.<\/p>\n
One could say that, well, this is because California is a diverse electorate which does not fall for racists.\u00a0 But they would be wrong. \u00a0As I’ve pointed out before,\u00a0Trump made inroads to Blacks and Latinos that have flummoxed the Republican party for decades.\u00a0 He basically cracked the race code. \u00a0Those cracks were evident earlier, when Democrats thought blacks would join them in fighting against Prop 8 (outlawing gay marriage) but they wound up being its most fervent supporters.\u00a0 And I think that all peoples and races share some basic core values which make them natural Republicans.\u00a0 Issues like Family, Law and Order, Work Ethic, Public service.<\/p>\n
So why are so many voting Democrat? \u00a0The answer is social – the other dimension a one-party state entrenches power. \u00a0For this I have mostly anecdotal evidence. \u00a0But it’s assumed around Los Angeles that nobody, and I mean NOBODY, could vote for Donald Trump. \u00a0All the worst lies about him are assumed to be true, people around here are literally suicidal that he’s won.<\/p>\n
You’d say, well who cares, but the fact is that you can’t support Donald Trump, you can’t even give him a fair hearing, without constantly getting into arguments. \u00a0Conversations start with “at least we all hate Trump, right?” or “I can’t believe how anybody could vote for that rapist”. \u00a0And when they see you not nodding in enthusiastic agreement, then the argument starts.<\/p>\n
It’s not just annoying. \u00a0It’s damaging to democratic society. \u00a0Indeed it bares light on the Democrats’ strategy that goes all the way back to the Antebellum days – they treat their base like a plantation, and instead of resorting to reasoned arguments turn to slanders and violence on anyone who doesn’t support them.<\/p>\n
So part of our early strategy in this run is to come out of the closet as Trump supporters and Republicans. \u00a0We need to come out, stand proud, and even if some of us didn’t vote for Trump, at least demand a fair hearing for him. \u00a0I share an opinion with a number of friends and acquaintances that, regardless of who we voted for, we still accept the other candidate and want to give them a fair hearing.<\/p>\n
We can start with that simple premise.<\/p>\n
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