The Establishment Game

"Guess who is not establishment this year? Yup - Donald Trump. And the Republican establishment hates him."

Most of us oldies remember from our youth sayings such as "Don't trust anyone over 30", or "Beware of the establishment". The "establishment". It had bad connotations back then. It has bad connotations today. Only today the establishment is something quite different. It is establishment politics. That fun group who gives us Republicans and Democrats who are indistinguishable from each other.

Outsiders can recognize the new establishment from miles away. Insiders, not so much. Our former Governor Jessie could call it. He referred to our two parties as the "Crips and the Bloods". Same type of gangs, just a slightly different uniforms. Garry Johnson who is running as the Libertarian Candidate, also can see it. On his campaign commercials, he tells us it does not matter which of the two major parties you vote for, you will get the same outcome.

Guess who is not establishment this year? Yup - Donald Trump. And the Republican establishment hates him. So much so, that many of the establishment Republicans are going to cross over and vote for the establishment Democrat (that be Hillary). In fact, the press this morning reported that George Bush (41) was thinking about voting for Hillary. Huh?

For those in the power structure, a President Hillary Clinton would be just fine, thank you. The beat would go on. Yes, there would be the usual wrangling in the well of the House and Senate, but at the end of the day, everyone would still be fixed up ginger peachy. Money would be spent, earmarks would be recognized, and crony capitalism would continue to flourish. No tables would be kicked over, no changes made. Thanks to the out of control Fed, our Wall Street casino would be allowed to roll on, unimpeded.

I have seen the establishment in action at a local level in this state. It was simply amazing. What did I learn? Change agents need not apply for any seat. Don't rock the boat. Go along, come along. Well guess what? We have now seen this with the ascendancy of Donald Trump. There are a whole lot of us who do want the tables kicked over. Who do want change. We want the corruption excoriated out of the system!

We are down to about a month and a half now before the election. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I have said this before - now more than ever, we need to focus on the down tickets. Vote for people who eschew the principles of the establishment. Vote for those who know and love our Constitution. That is our hope - our only hope.