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There's Life In The Old Dog(s) Yet

There's Life In The Old Dog(s) Yet - Holy Smoke, what a run so far with regard to the 2016 pre- election race! Never in a million years would I have envisioned myself glued to the TV, press and other (social) media platforms just for the pure joy of politics! And quite frankly, I would never have anticipated to end up so utterly indecisive and split either. Alright, so we are only a few more weeks away from either party's convention, but to be honest, neither group looks fit, ready, or God forbid, happily united, let alone project content consent. I truly wonder if anything like this has ever occurred before in the history of US elections? I can't really see this as an ever given fact but would much rather call the entire process spectacularly unique and completely off the charts at best. Not only are both parties represented by two complete outsiders, excluding Clinton for a second who is known to have mathematically speaking clinched the nomination for the Democrats already, but their newly forged ideologies are apparently clearly favored over the commonly applied and longtime executed ones by millions of young, and first- time voters respectively. However, what has turned out even more strikingly differently this time around, despite standing at the absolute opposite ends of the political spectrum both Trump and Sanders openly reject the overall predominant Establishment BS which has been setting the tone and pace forever. - Here is a summary of what has happened so far, and where the three remaining candidates are standing as of now. Donald J. Trump battled and conquered 16 opponents among his own party which was in itself a bombastic first- timer, too, I guess! Rather interestingly though, not until the combatants kept dropping out one by one, did the Republicans' attention actually start zooming in on the billionaire from NYC who quite evidently had not been taken seriously at all in the beginning. How strange, the party's internal attacks suddenly took on a pretty menacing and destructive viciousness which utterly failed to stop that "joke of a presidential runner" as he was generally derogatorily referred to, but rather contrarily backfired and lastly exploded in their own two- faced visages. All the ghastly talk about Trump never ever going to reach the 1237- delegate mark successively turned to ashes, the further on their nemesis gathered strength and momentum in his personal mission to just incinerate everything in his way. The famous business tycoon may indeed be anything but a neatly moldable and presentable puppet- on- a string statesman with polished manners and good rhetorics, but one thing for sure, he has got my respect for staying on in the race and withstanding his own party's maliciousness! So now that he has not only earned the required count of delegate votes but considerably exceeded that magic number, mind you without anybody's help and despite all those hurdles thrown in front of his feet, the RNC is still not on the same page with their top candidate. Go figure! Just unfathomable, but those arrogant snots are in fact unwaveringly putting effort into changing the outcome even at that late point in the race! Alone the statistically proven fact that Trump has been mobilizing a significantly increased crowd certainly not by several thousands but clearly by millions should definitely shut them all up and put them into the humble and thankful mode for a change! - Okay, now let's take a glance at the Democrats' side which appears to be just as much in uproar even though much more superficially subdued. Clinton is the clear presumptive nominee as far as delegates. No big deal, though considering she has not yet regained the degree of trustworthiness and likability required to run for president. This, of course, is just once more the consequence of some of her past actions such as her latest e- mail scandal or her questionable conduct as Secretary of State concerning Benghazi, just to name two examples. Besides, there's this (dynamite) book publishing looming rather peskily and other matters that are expected to surface during the next few months. Sanders, on the other hand, deserves my utter respect and admiration for he has been fighting an incomparable uphill battle against Clinton's countless financial supporters representing nothing but the Establishment per se. Just like David, he has been campaigning Goliath with the heart of a lion and the mind of a saint.
I just cannot believe that he was recently ordered into the White House where he was explicitly "asked" to finally drop out of the race so Clinton could finally and solely focus on her true opponent Trump. My hat is off to Mr. Sanders for saying NO and basically politely indicating, "Stick it, Mr. President". I truly love this old man for his courage and perseverance! Just keep it rolling, Bernie Sanders! Your supporters are still counting on you! Miracles do happen, you just have got to believe in them!        

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