{"id":68524,"date":"2017-03-13T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T21:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=68524"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:12:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T21:12:52","slug":"the-perfect-candidates-and-platform-for-the-american-populist-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=68524","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Candidates and Platform for the American Populist Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Carlsbad, CA<br \/>\nMarch 13, 2017<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Following his surprise victory in last year&#8217;s election, I characterized Donald<br \/>\nTrump&#8217;s win as the fulfillment of my dream: the creation of a new political<br \/>\nparty bridging the phony left\/right divide&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.what I called the American<br \/>\nPopulist Party (APP). <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=57250\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=57250<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To the extent that his success represented the rejection of the two-party<br \/>\nduopoly in electoral politics, I was correct. To the extent that Trump<br \/>\nhas quickly demonstrated that he relied on populist rhetoric to win but<br \/>\nwas merely an extension of the Deep State in a new form, I was way<br \/>\ntoo optimistic. <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailycoin.org\/2017\/03\/13\/exposing-real-deep-state\/\">http:\/\/thedailycoin.org\/2017\/03\/13\/exposing-real-deep-state\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump is showing his true colors, especially in foreign policy, where<br \/>\nhe is proving to be an advocate of Pax Americana rather than the non-<br \/>\ninterventionist many had hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Trump&#8217;s America First approach is a nationalist version of<br \/>\nthe New World Order instead of the Globalist one we saw under Bush<br \/>\nand Obama and which Hillary promised to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comfort level bombing the heck out of any group or country that<br \/>\nopposes his views reflects the failed policies of intervention and regime<br \/>\nchange that constitute the Washington Consensus.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165323\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165323<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that a few in Congress have shown the courage to speak<br \/>\nout against this approach. Tulsi Gabbard set the bar last year when she opposed<br \/>\nthe DNC&#8217;s position on the war in Syria and boldly challenged her fellow Democrats<br \/>\nin a manner even Bernie Sanders would not do. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59698\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59698<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then she proposed a bill calling for &#8220;the US to stop funding terrorists!&#8221; This<br \/>\namazing piece of legislation spoke truth to power regarding the true nature of<br \/>\nour foreign policy and the Deep State that runs it&#8230;&#8230;..no matter who is in<br \/>\nthe White House.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Rand Paul, has joined this significant conversation by introducing a<br \/>\nsimilar bill in the Senate that matches the Hawaiian Congresswoman&#8217;s call<br \/>\nfor &#8220;the US to cease funding terrorists!&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165278\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165278<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul, a Tea Party\/Libertarian member of the Republican Party and Gabbard,<br \/>\nan Occupy Wall Street\/Sanders supporter from the Democratic Party, are<br \/>\nthe type of populists who would make ideal candidates to lead my suggested<br \/>\nAPP in 2020. <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165344\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165344<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul made an unsuccessful run for president last year. One of the highlights<br \/>\nof his campaign was his speech in &#8220;liberal&#8221; Berkeley on the transpartisan issue<br \/>\nof curtailing NSA wiretapping. With the Vault 7 revelations from Wikileaks<br \/>\nvalidating his concern for government excess on an issue that affects every<br \/>\ncitizen, he has strengthened his claim to leadership on that sensitive topic as<br \/>\nwell as others that form part of my limited APP platform.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of opposing illegal wars based on lies, curtailing the excesses<br \/>\nof the national security state, and dramatically reforming our dubious monetary<br \/>\nsystem by auditing and\/or eliminating the Fed would readily serve as the bedrock<br \/>\nfoundation for a successful APP platform in 2020. <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165311\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=165311<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would build on the success of Trump but be free of his personal baggage that<br \/>\nincludes his past business transactions, narcissistic personality, overly aggressive<br \/>\nforeign policy and high-comfort level with members of the swamp he was elected to<br \/>\neliminate but who somehow inhabit his Administration in droves.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, a Gabbard\/Paul APP ticket in the next presidential election based on<br \/>\na limited agenda focused on peace, prosperity and a restoration of civil liberties as<br \/>\npromised by the Constitution is entirely doable. We know the votes are there because<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s how Trump won. We know the issues resonate with the polity because they were<br \/>\nthe ones he relied on to rally his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Now all we need are leaders who truly embody what is a proven formula for victory and<br \/>\nwhose courage and independence from the political establishment are beyond question.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard and Paul represent that and provide the inspiration for those bold enough to<br \/>\nmake it happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-68524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68524","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=68524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}