printGranted, Hillary Clinton hasn’t won the Democratic nomination soley because of the superdelegate swindle. As NBC reported, “She’s way ahead in votes and pledged delegates—that is, those picked by voters—too.”
Still, this does not mean the superdelegate set-up is not ripe with conflict of interest and corruption. Every second Democratic pundit pontificating on TV admits to doubling up as a superdelegate for the Democratic Party. How many Dems in Congress and the Senate are super-swindlers?
This is excerpted from my book, “The Trump Revolution: The Donald’s Creative Destruction Deconstructed,” due out by June’s end:
Like Trump, Bernie Sanders has appealed to his restive base over the heads of the DNC. Alas, the populist Left’s favorite son has been sidelined by similar forces, not least the superdelegate subterfuge, where Party Bosses such as President Obama, Vice President Biden, former President Bill Clinton and his vice president, Al Gore—superdelegates all—get to tip the scales of justice.
We are still quite civilized in our electoral wheeling-and-dealing, but this is a thin cultural veneer. The American electoral process is cleverly corrupt, as I pointed out in “Banana Republicans.”
UPDATE I (6/9): “HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes”:
Hillary Clinton pulled out the win with more delegates than socialist Sanders. However, nearly a quarter of her delegates came from controversial ‘super delegates’. Her road to the Democratic nomination was far less impressive and may also go down in history because she may be under indictment before the November election.
UPDATE II (6/10):: ‘Define irony’ say folks on Facebook:
#Trump's response to #HillaryClinton's tweet, taunting him to delete his Twitter account. Deleting is her bag. https://t.co/0HeqO9Td0z
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) June 10, 2016