United States – I want to be President

June 12, 2023

United States

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I want to be President

Padmini Arhant

Presidency and Prime Ministership synonymously is a magic spell intoxicating those addicted to it. Never mind the position that of a puppet to incognito forces pulling strings from behind.

The United States Presidential election in November 2024 has the usual buzz on who is in and who should not be in the Presidential contest.

While the Republican representation is sheer number only i.e. they are merely the number to make the fake contest somewhat real with chosen candidate in the final outcome on November 4, decided ahead of time by those running the world gamut.

On the democrat side, the incumbent President Joe Biden having publicly stated re-election bid brings the former President Barack Obama to continue endless term in office brimming with hopelessness as hope and more of the same and worse in the name of change.

Then there are similar contenders with Presidential quest lasting lifetime. The prominent one being none other than two time Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton dropping more than subtle hints to be a once more contestant.

The democrat former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsing democrat voters’ concern over incumbent President Joe Biden’ age as an issue in the re-election bid in 2024 is not limited to sharing a view.

The public statement from democratic contender Hillary Clinton invite speculations from all quarters on the endorser’s desire to take a shot at the Presidency for the third time in the hope of lucky charm playing a role.

In 2016 democratic primary, the democrat party was exposed big time promoting the former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over the Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who was popular among millennials in that race.

The internal warfare and aggressive politics within democrat political party came to light and proved in the blunt murder of Seth Rich, the 24-year-old who was shot dead in broad daylight in Washington D.C. during that election season.

The young supporter and democrat party worker Seth Rich favoring Bernie Sanders at that time experiencing disappointment and betrayal upon stumbling over secret email within democrat party was literally shot down silencing the young party worker to maintain democrat party decision on Hillary Clinton as the democrat Presidential nominee.

Like in all political crimes such as murder, rape and corruption scandals, the victims’ families are barred from seeking truth and investigations into killing of their young family members in the hands of politics for exclusive political motive.

Yet another example in this context is the elimination of entire NAVY SEAL deployed in the so-called assassination of long dead al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad mission in Pakistan in preparation for then incumbent President Barack Obama re-election in 2012.

The former President Barack Obama’s prospects were abysmal considering consecutive electoral shellacking in 2010 mid-term Congressional election and gubernatorial race as well as local polls nationwide under the leadership.

Again the NAVY SEAL families plea to then government in 2012 and thereafter for independent probe was declined and the matter laid to rest.

The NAVY SEAL recruited in Abbottabad mission on May 2, 2011 became the casualties barely three months later on August 6, 2011 aboard Vietnam era chinook helicopter brought down in Afghanistan apparently by Taliban in the height of United States and NATO occupation and militarization of the country in 2011.

The political crimes involving killing of innocent civilians like Seth Rich, a democratic political party aide in 2016 or members of defense forces such as NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX in the Abbottabad mission hoax in 2011 are all a fair game for politics exercising carte blanche authority violating lives with political impunity.

Fast forward 2023, the democrat party boom gate restricting California governor Gavin Newsom (perhaps nuanced in adherence with moronic trend on innuendo and insinuations against real target) from participation in massive propaganda waged by media controlled and conducted survey stating overwhelming democrat base in the blue state California are against their Governor joining the contest.

Interestingly, the recent so-called poll numbers released in the backdrop of the California Governor Gavin Newsom smoothly skating through French Laundry COVID 19 stigma and comfortably prevailing over Republican opponent and conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder in the right to recall vote in September 2021 with Californian voters 61.9% refusing to oust the governor from office.

Subsequently the California governor Gavin Newsom re-elected with 59.2% vote for another five year term in office in 2022 until 2027.

The bulwark clearly indicative of the democrat political party trepidation on Presidential reserves being challenged within upon the Californian governor real intentions to swipe at the Presidential chance.

Already the black caucus and influential names in democrat party in open public calling of the California Governor Gavin Newsom have strongly advised the aspiring contender against throwing the hat in the ring so to speak long before the current pandemonium from political media on all sides and affiliation.

The black caucus represented by South Carolina’s democrat representative and former whip in the House of Congress James Clyburn and California’s democrat party former Mayor of San Francisco Willie Brown whose name has been linked with the current Vice President Kamala Emhoff Harris in the extra marital affairs column.

The incumbent VP Kamala Emhoff Harris publicly confirmed with images in social media on her relationships with African American prominent names such as Montel Williams, the tabloid talk show  host besides long term relationship with the former Mayor of San Francisco Willie Brown during her Presidential bid in 2020.

The two members from African American race Congressman James Clyburn and former Mayor Willie Brown have voiced their strong opinion in public record backing re-election of the current administration i.e. continue status quo emphasizing on the VP Kamala Emhoff Harris’ elevation opportunity not to be upset by any candidacy like the California Governor Gavin Newsom or others within democrat party or from outside.

The true colors shining through in Presidential nominee and Vice Presidency albeit not qualified in any stretch of imagination with dismal performance nonetheless locked and sealed in the name of those pre-selected and approved by the party obeisance to behind the scenes operatives is a done deal in politics.

The democrat polity in this century is nothing new although the extremism and political tactics adopted ramming over anybody however, throwing anyone under the bus or bullet train etc. is revved up in the twenty first century model.

The 2008 Presidential campaign of then Senator from Illinois Barack Obama opted to pay over $100 million in barely 1-2 mins commercial to mainstream media only to lose in the highly contentious democrat primary.

Juxtaposed, then Senator Barack Obama campaign rejected the African American foot soldiers’ request to pay $10 for gas in the door to door deployment of campaign workers for free with no payment.

The workers were to beg residents for votes on the candidate’s behalf against the fierce democratic contender Hillary Clinton in the state of Pennsylvania as it was nationwide.

The outcome resulted positive for the democratic opponent Hillary Clinton winning Pennsylvania in the 2008 Primary with no lesson learned from those who exploit people for personal political gains.

A similar movie has featured earlier from the democrat party in the 1976 Presidential election.

The plot thickened with tantrums flying around from then controversial democratic nominee belonging to famous political family in the country late Edward (Ted) Kennedy, the senator from Massachusetts insisting on self-nomination against then challenger – the former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter.

The democrat party is not unique in political reservations for the Presidential post.

The Republican Party have their internal party politics with selective members from the Bush dynasty exhausting turns over few generations on entitlements to highest public office and governorships in the red states.

The dogged fight in the Presidential nomination beginning with primary to finish line in the national election is sequential with the movie casting different performers in the theme only too familiar to the audience viz. the electorate.

The message from – I want to be President is;

An individual’s ambition amongst political contenders often dismiss ethics, norm, principles, fairness, loyalty, gratitude to party workers in the least and instead prioritize own ruthless pursuit submitting to self-centeredness and surrendered to pre-disposed agenda of those reining ultimate authority.

That being the reality, the youth and citizens of any age pledging their valuable life, time, money and resources to such tradition whether in politics or any celebrityhood as free workers and fans alike are better off divesting in own life and family becoming the exemplar achiever and a role model for the next generation in line.

After all, those who use others’ free service in their rise to the helm in political career or stardom in any other field such as entertainment seldom remember the names that contributed to their success let alone the members in the political party, organization or the fan club.

To the contrary, the reverse custom claiming the one whom they don’t want to know conveniently imposing anonymity and brazenly seizing their achievements and profile in identity theft and illegal appropriation as beneficial to selves and their league is prevalent more than ever.

Accordingly, ordinary citizens working towards personal accomplishments paving way for pervasive progress of humanity at large is in essence altruistic neutralizing the contemporary worsening narcissistic culture.

At the end of the day,

Who cares about – Who wants to be the President?

When the puppeteers directing the stage enforce pre-determined choice in the gimmick known as election.

Padmini Arhant

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Politics- Political and Electoral Reform

October 12, 2019

Politics – Political and Electoral Reform 

Padmini Arhant

Those who sell their SOUL would have no problem selling anything whether it be nation they lead rather mislead into economic ditch or destiny of the population electing them as the head of the state and representatives of every constituency.

Politics is nothing more than theatrics and accordingly the strong relation between entertainment world and politics instrumental in distracting public from reality evading transparency and accountability using scapegoat on their indefensible economic debacles.

Today’s regimes in control of affairs need to acknowledge own follies, shortcomings and acutely deficient skills to deal with challenges created by them.

There is one thing about hogging undeserving glory through event management at ordinary lives expense. There is yet entirely another dimension demanding glory hogging and publicity starved personalities to live up to the grandiose image marketing miserably falling short in credibility and integrity.

Election anywhere is meaningful and purposeful unless the electoral process meet the following criteria.

1. Eliminate electronic voting machine or EVM and substitute with manual voting accompanied by verifiable voter paper audit trail VVPAT providing every voter casting vote receipt with confirmation of candidate, political party and any legislation propositions they voted through ballots for individual and national tally on election result day.

EVM is irrefutably proved to be managed with preconfigured software designed to generate election results in major political parties favor.

2. Eradicate black money, slush funds, electoral bonds and campaign financing from personal money laundering and corporations buying candidates and political parties forming corporate run government.

Instead, every voter must demand public financing with a cap in election spending barring negative smear nonsensical campaign advertisements premised on divisive, polarization politics.

Every citizen granting approval through vote insist candidates regardless of political positions from local legislators to the highest as Prime Minister or President only address issues that matter to citizens such as economy, crime in society in national security and measures to improve infrastructure.

3. Boycott rally of any candidacy indulging in delusional politics sowing the seeds of hatred, prejudice, communal and religion…making their way into Parliament or Congress deploying divide and conquer strategy.

4. Abandon celebrity worship and reject political parties as well as candidates fielded on glamor and glitz while miserably lacking in substance and ingenuity.

5. Similarly every voter should remind political members of their constitutional duty and responsibility to fulfill their pledge to serve people of the entire nation not just the rich, famous and powerful in society.

Again  political figures on public funded payroll and benefits are citizens’ employees not rock stars or messiahs as the political trend transformed in the past decade against democratic norm.

6. Every candidate running for public office to submit complete profile and made public with cross verification. Anyone with criminal and corruption record or charges pending trial should be declined by voter seeking clean and honest representation of them in Parliament and Congress. Likewise, deter candidates and legislators proven on corporate and special interests bandwagon and those determined to deter development among underprivileged and disenfranchised demography. 

7. A candidate of any political party including independent candidacy should not be allowed to run in more than one constituency. In facilitating candidate to contest election in two or more constituencies denies others a fair chance enabling the wealthy and any organizations institutions backed candidate and members of political dynasties to retain political power despite their ineligibility evident in other regions of the country. 

8. All candidates and political parties formal and informal funding to be revealed to public prior to election and cross checked by public. The data missing in this context would be a strong indication of sources behind political parties and candidates sponsoring them entirely in their interests not for ordinary citizens or national progress.

9. Shun media and press false propaganda and hyperbolic publicity of candidates and political parties ignoring their legacy and track record to sway public opinion to their preferred candidate’s advantage.

10. Every citizen – the electorate in emerging economies and developing nations in particular should not welcome foreign entities and powerful external forces influence, direct and indirect involvement maintained as tradition thus far to install puppet regimes and proxies to exploit population and extract natural resources in those countries at will.

11. Don’t be misled and misguided by foreign powers pseudo recognition of political leaderships of your nation with coveted honors and awards nearing national election as a blatant intrusion nominating their proxies exclusively for economic and vested interests.

12. Last but not the least, don’t accept bribes in cash or kind from political parties, candidates and their affiliates in disguise luring you to vote for them and in return seize your basic fundamental rights to everything as citizens importantly the economic opportunity and freedom of speech to discuss and debate government failures, actions and inaction concerning people across the spectrum and nation at large.

Every voter need to compare and realize their economic, social and political situation and general environment around them to evaluate government and leaderships performance rather than any other distraction via foreign or domestic solicitation. 

Unless every voter is mindful of the power in their hands to approve or disapprove governance and leaderships beginning at City Council, Municipal, District, State and National level, the status quo would remain leaving the poor the poorest, the selective segments isolated and marginalized as well as average ordinary lives struggling for generations with no end in sight.

Act now and SAY NO to negative, corrupt and counterproductive politics.

Thank you.

Padmini Arhant

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