{"id":52901,"date":"2016-10-20T12:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=52901"},"modified":"2016-10-20T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:26:21","slug":"introducing-madame-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=52901","title":{"rendered":"The Third and Final Debate: Did Trump squander an opportunity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introducing Madame President!<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nOctober 20, 2016<br \/>\nPalo Alto, CA<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>As a practical matter, the election is now over!<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump failed to put his opponent away last night in<br \/>\nthe Big Debate in Vegas. Because of that&#8212;and so much<br \/>\nelse&#8212;Hillary Clinton is almost definitely going to be the<br \/>\nfirst female President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Coddled by the media; backed by Wall Street and the entire<br \/>\npolitical establishment of both major parties; and insufficiently<br \/>\nchallenged by her opponents in the primary (Sanders) and<br \/>\nin the general election (Trump), the former First Lady is<br \/>\npoised to be Commanderess-in-Chief!<\/p>\n<p>Trump squandered his chances during the debates due to<br \/>\nlack of preparation on key issues and a wing-it style that<br \/>\nworked well for him in dispatching his 16 primary rivals<br \/>\nbut fell far short versus a highly scripted and well prepared<br \/>\nMrs. Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, Hillary has earned what she is about to achieve:<br \/>\nas The Donald said at the end of the second debate, she hangs<br \/>\nin there&#8212;she is a fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Had Trump continued his process of educating the public by<br \/>\ngoing rogue and speaking truth to power on key issues like<br \/>\nSyria and ISIS, where the US is guilty of having created it; or<br \/>\n9\/11, which is one of many false flags used by the Shadow<br \/>\nGovernment as a pretext for more wars and tyranny; or<br \/>\ndescribed the full extent of the Clinton Foundation pay to play<br \/>\nmethodology&#8230;&#8230;.had he said those things with clarity and<br \/>\nconviction, he would have finally triggered in the American<br \/>\nconsciousness just how much the District of Criminals is in<br \/>\nneed of having the swamp drained.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, he held back, constrained by advisors like Rudy<br \/>\nGiuliani and Newt Gingrich rather than listening to the more<br \/>\nlibertarian pleadings of someone like Roger Stone who not<br \/>\nonly shares Trump&#8217;s outrage at the corruption in Washington<br \/>\nbut who is willing to challenge the Deep State aggressively in<br \/>\na bi-partisan manner that could attract millions of voters.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Trump yielded to the more cautious approach, only<br \/>\nsuccumbing to his true instincts pertaining to the final question<br \/>\nby Chris Wallace of whether to accept the election results.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=52867\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=52867<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That served his base very well but I think was too little, too late<br \/>\nto save him after his earlier failures to go for the jugular and<br \/>\npaint a clearer picture of the depth of Clinton&#8217;s corruption.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51423\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51423<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So Madame President Hillary Clinton is poised on the threshold<br \/>\nof history faced with a vast array of problems and formidable<br \/>\nchallenges that should make any sane person quake or at least<br \/>\nbe down on their knees every morning asking for spiritual guidance.<\/p>\n<p>But be careful what you ask for in life, Mrs. C. As both Trump<br \/>\nand Sanders have said: she has poor judgment in so many areas<br \/>\nthat her presidency is likely to fail&#8230;.and fail dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Not only are the problems confronting her immense; she and Bill<br \/>\nhave countless questions to answer regarding their corrupt ways.<br \/>\nThose are likely to increase once they return to the Oval Office<br \/>\ndespite any attempts to censor the internet, squash the whistle-<br \/>\nblowers or intimate their victims and adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is likely to play a key role after his defeat, especially if it is<br \/>\nmarred by allegations of fraud. Had Sanders been willing to do<br \/>\nthat, he might have had a better shot at winning the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The Donald is not as timid and will surely continue to upset the<br \/>\napple cart as the aggrieved outsider that has been so useful in<br \/>\nmobilizing countless disaffected voters the last 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>All of which is to say that the foundation for a new political party<br \/>\nhas been laid by the 2016 election. As the perpetual imperial<br \/>\nwars go on and on in the years ahead, draining our budget ever<br \/>\nmore and transforming our Republic into a dying Empire, the ability<br \/>\nof the masses to tolerate endless conflicts abroad and incursions on<br \/>\ntheir liberties will inevitably lead to a collapse of the body politic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When that happens, someone as bold as Trump but far less<br \/>\ntarnished by personality flaws will emerge to pick up the shield<br \/>\nof leadership and do their best to restore a balance to our once<br \/>\ngreat society. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24757\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24757<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We desperately need the revolution in higher consciousness so<br \/>\nmany concerned observers have called for in recent years to deal<br \/>\nwith the profound crisis we are currently facing:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartcom.org\/RealityReport.htm\">http:\/\/www.heartcom.org\/RealityReport.htm<\/a><br \/>\nIt would be wonderful if Mrs. Clinton somehow can transform<br \/>\nherself in office and show a higher level of enlightenment that<br \/>\nher words often reflect but rarely her hawkish deeds.<\/p>\n<p>That is something we must work and pray for as the best hope<br \/>\nof creating a better future for our children.<\/p>\n<p>Other references:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/clinton-emails-reveal-direct-us-sabotage-of-venezuela\/5551877\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/clinton-emails-reveal-direct-us-sabotage-of-venezuela\/5551877<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rumormillnews.com\/cgi-bin\/forum.cgi?read=59878\">http:\/\/www.rumormillnews.com\/cgi-bin\/forum.cgi?read=59878<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index2145.htm\">http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index2145.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/libya-five-years-after-gaddafis-brutal-murder\/5551950\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/libya-five-years-after-gaddafis-brutal-murder\/5551950<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing Madame President!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}