Naomi Wolf Quotes
If you look at weak democracies, the oligarchies that have taken undue control of them always seek to tamper with the vote. It is important for oligarchs to have elections to give their guy a veneer of legitimacy - and important for the vote always to turn out 'their way.'
Wolf, Naomi. The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007.
Actually the program had been taped earlier and on the day of broadcast, Biti had been arrested in Zimbabwe for ‘treason’ by the vicious dictator, Robert Mugabe, who had been beaten by the opposition in the election for the presidency but refused to relinquish power and in a stunning example of Biti’s point, the Electoral Commission never “officially” released the results showing that Mugabe had been defeated despite his control of all of the media, goon squads, and prohibition, intimidation and murder against opposition. See {619882}.
No one had a majority of the Electoral College and the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. Henry Clay was the Speaker of the House, and had a grudge against Jackson. He convinced several of the State congressional delegations to vote for John Quincy Adams, and when Adams was President, he made Clay the Secretary of State, then the most powerful cabinet position. Hence Jackson’s characterization.
The Irish Republican Army was a terrorist independence movement of Northern Ireland—the part of Ireland that voted to remain attached to Britain rather than independent Ireland.
When he became president himself, he not only served 10 years but changed the constitution so that he could serve forever and was still President over 20 years later. See {620732} for another similar statement.
The Republican Presidential Candidate in the Election of 2016, Donal;d Trump, when with only a few weeks to go before Election Day, and the polls indicated that he was substantially behind, began to give speeches like this one that included many statements that the Election was rigged against him. He presented no evidence at all, and even could not specify who was doing the rigging or how they were doing it. However, many of his followers, who tend to believe many political conspiracy theories, started to make plans for continual action after the election if Trump[ loses. For some unstable followers—all candidates for President have some—they were already planning methods of resisting if Hillary Clinton should win. To make matters worse Trump had encouraged his supporters to take extra legal action to prevent Hillary Clinton from destroying the country as they ave known it. He also announced that he would not necessarily accept the election results if Clinton won. He even threatened to have her jailed when he won the Presidency. Chertoff, a fellow Republican, was very familiar with unstable people and their oft times dangerous behavior to “protect” them, their family and the nation from some conspiracy or another. Chertoff (See Quotation 643701) and many other Republican leaders tried to persuade Clinton to refrain from such demography, but Trump was one of those people who tended not to listen to advisors or colleagues. He continued on his dangerous rhetorical path.
She was at the time the European Commissioner for Competition
This is the major factor in many nations trying to shift to a democracy from a totalitarian form of government. The winners assume that they can now do anything without regard for the minority rights of opinions.
Naomi Rebekah Wolf is an American author and journalist. Since around 2014, she has been considered a conspiracy theorist by multiple media sources. Wolf rejects those claims.
