Both major political parties are now locked in a death struggle.  The irony is that they are attempting not to annihilate each other, but rather to survive the onslaught of the voters.  No longer is the struggle between Democrat and Republican; it is between the landed gentry and the peasants. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are the villains, as far as the ensconced parties are concerned.  Thus, we have the very bizarre spectacle of Republicans saying that, in a general election, they will defect, preferring Clinton to Trump, and Democrats vowing to vote for Trump rather than for Clinton.  No author of political fiction would have proposed so implausible a scenario, and yet it has become real. Despite its surrealistic appearance, this was a long time in coming.  Over the years, both major parties have lied, and lied so thoroughly that we came to tolerate it, even to accept it as normal.  Democrats promised things that they could never deliver. ...(Read Full Post)