It's weird to me that the FBI essentially said "She royally fucked up, but we're not going to recommend charges because there's no guarantee of successful conviction." That strikes me as incredibly political from a body that should be politically agnostic. The decision to bring forth charges shouldn't be impacted by the probability of conviction. At the very least, the judiciary should decide whether or not to throw it out, not the investigative body.
The optics of it are, of course, terrible. It simply reinforces the notion that the rule of law is meant only for us peasants, not the ruling class. That, ultimately, Hilary was determined to be too big to fail. And it also reinforces the rather obvious fact that the DNC simply wanted to hand her the nomination on a silver platter (note the lack of any real competition outside of Bernie, who took the DNC establishment by surprise and the various ways the establishment tried to undermine him (shenanigans at various caucuses and voting centers being the most egregious)). At least Drumpf had an actual, legitimate fight on his hands from the outset.
Ultimately, our representative form of democracy is so fucked that the oligarchs don't even care about maintaining an air of honesty about it any more. And Drumpf isn't the answer because:
1. He's a gibbering idiot
2. He's at least as shady as Hilary, IMO moreso
3. He'd have to deal with this little thing called Congress, which hates him
4. Oh, yeah, he's a fascist
We're basically fucked. On one side, we have a legit fascist who would think nothing of going to war simply because he was irked. A just-short-of-Nazi. On the other side, we have a less bloodthirsty (but still bloodthirsty), obviously corrupt option with die hard supporters entrenched in other positions of power. She's smart enough to not do anything to threaten her own power base, but she's certainly not someone who cares about the people.
And part of me, regardless of who wins, wants to see it all burn. Because it's not working. It's getting worse. And I can't, in good conscience, vote for either candidate. I simply can't. Even if it means Drumpf wins. So, I'm voting 3rd party.
The optics of it are, of course, terrible. It simply reinforces the notion that the rule of law is meant only for us peasants, not the ruling class. That, ultimately, Hilary was determined to be too big to fail. And it also reinforces the rather obvious fact that the DNC simply wanted to hand her the nomination on a silver platter (note the lack of any real competition outside of Bernie, who took the DNC establishment by surprise and the various ways the establishment tried to undermine him (shenanigans at various caucuses and voting centers being the most egregious)). At least Drumpf had an actual, legitimate fight on his hands from the outset.
Ultimately, our representative form of democracy is so fucked that the oligarchs don't even care about maintaining an air of honesty about it any more. And Drumpf isn't the answer because:
1. He's a gibbering idiot
2. He's at least as shady as Hilary, IMO moreso
3. He'd have to deal with this little thing called Congress, which hates him
4. Oh, yeah, he's a fascist
We're basically fucked. On one side, we have a legit fascist who would think nothing of going to war simply because he was irked. A just-short-of-Nazi. On the other side, we have a less bloodthirsty (but still bloodthirsty), obviously corrupt option with die hard supporters entrenched in other positions of power. She's smart enough to not do anything to threaten her own power base, but she's certainly not someone who cares about the people.
And part of me, regardless of who wins, wants to see it all burn. Because it's not working. It's getting worse. And I can't, in good conscience, vote for either candidate. I simply can't. Even if it means Drumpf wins. So, I'm voting 3rd party.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
