“We’re entering a new age,” continued the President during his reelection speech, “the People are getting hip to how far power will go to push us around. It’s nothing new, but the boundaries are getting bigger. Torture, something that was once thought to be un-American, inhumane and immoral, has been embraced by aggressive members of this government and military, in order to match the amoral methods of our enemies (current and past). Capitalism, our tried and true means of livelihood, went from decades of prosperity to being tainted by the repeal of Glass–Steagall in ’97 so the big whigs could once again play with our money as they did before the Great Depression. Transparency, honor and good business have been replaced by secrecy, distortions of facts and the predatory practice of taking over companies instead of profiting alongside them.
“I love my country. I wouldn’t be the president of the United States unless I did, but change is hard. During my first administration, when the banks dropped their financial fallout in my lap, I helped them get back on track and offered to work across party lines by doing as the GOP asked, continuing the Bush-era tax cuts for the top 2%. In return, the banks went back to the same practice of risky investments and derivative folly, while the Republicans decided the only objective worthy of tax payer money (for four years) was to unite against my administration so that no change could happen at all.
“My fellow Americans, I’m asking you now, is that what you want?”
“No!” The crowd’s response was thick and heavy.
“Do you thinks it’s fair for a handful of the wealthy elite to play with the rest of our lives?
“No!” Louder this time.
“Do you want your money, your stock market, and your worth measured by those who would manipulate the system to their advantage leaving you less in return?”
“NO!”
“Are you ready to do something about it?”
“YES!” The crowd was electrified.
“Alright. I am now enacting several executive orders in regards to our government that my staff and I trust are appropriate and good for America based on public opinion and letters sent to us from concerned citizens:
1. All members of US government are now required to be transparent about their funding, their associations and their business transactions. If you are to be held accountable by the tax payers, you must be able to show your work. No longer will US policy be bastardized by back room deals. The best leaders will be judged by their ability to work together and not against each other.
2. Lobbyists are no longer welcome in Washington. For too long, the interests of the People have been substituted by the whims of the rich with no regard to the average American. Politicians must now work for the People and not for special interests.
3. Any member of the US government: House, Senate, White House, etc, will now receive minimum wage, and I am abolishing all government pensions. Leaders of this country should be here to make America a better place instead of building up their own power for ulterior motives. We will now vote for those who wish to work with us instead of against us.
“I trust America and I trust the American people. We are great and we will continue to be great thru honor, empathy and team-work. There will be severe challenges to these changes in the forms of aggressive propaganda by media that has been bought and sold, big business owners who are happy with the way things are and politicians who don’t want to relinquish the power they have acquired. You will hear conspiracy theories explaining why I would attempt this change, defamations of my character and wild talk of revolution, but in the words of the great rap group Public Enemy, 'Don’t believe the hype'…” (massive applause)
“Can the United States be bought?”
“NO!”
“Can the United States be sold?”
“NO!”
“Will you help me ‘fight the power’?”
“YES!” As the crowds cheers reach a frenzy, gunshots ring out from the president’s left and he falls while the crowd begins to scream.
Assange awoke in a pool of sweat. “Bloody hell.” He turned over on the floor of the Ecuadorian embassy and went back to sleep.
Thanks GetKeef. I believe Kennedy had the backbone, but unlike Obama, he tried to take down old power by himself, and he was removed.
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