Check it out, and, PLEASE....think about my comments about the electoral system.

Here's a little piece worth watching for a couple reasons....

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/noam-chomsky-shocker-sarah-palin-was-right-video/

I pretty much never agree with Chomsky. He's a garden variety Liberal, albeit with a bully pulpit.

However, when he's right, he's right.

And in this video, he's right about two things:

1. Palin, of course, WAS right about the "hopey-changey" thing. (Of course, Conservatives understood this ever since Obama first uttered "hope and change". It has taken, what, 6 years for a few of the Liberals to admit this. Now, that isn't to say we're going to see a change of heart, from Noam OR any other Liberal. Remember: they have a fundamental inability to learn.

2. Chomsky, in his characterization of the "Obama Model", is right; political campaigns are nothing more than marketing schemes. They are designed to prey on the weak (of mind), the deliberately, willfully ignorant....in short, they are fast food commercials.  They depend on the complacency of people.

As for his comments on the electoral system, Chomsky is dead wrong. The Liberal REALLY comes out here.

For many years, there's been a push by Liberals (Socialists, Democrats) to abolish the electoral system and make a move to straight popular vote. One person, one vote.

Sounds fair, right? That way, EVERY vote counts, right?

Wrong. And the Liberals KNOW it.

With a popular-only voting system, population density matters. And Liberals KNOW this.

Think about it: where are the most densely populated areas of our country? New York City (and surrounding areas), California (Los Angeles, San Francisco), Illinois (Chicago), etc.....

In these VERY-densely-populated areas, where welfare payouts are highest, where food stamp handouts are highest, where ALL entitlement handouts are highest, HOW DO YOU THINK THESE POPULATIONS VOTE?

Answer: LIBERAL DEMOCRAT. The harder Left a candidate is, the more votes that candidate gets.

AND THE LIBERALS KNOW THIS...

....WHICH IS WHY THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

Now, what they ABSOLUTELY DON'T want is this:

ELECTORAL REFORM.

Imagine a system, oh...say....in California, with it's 55 electoral votes...where those votes, instead of its current "winner-take-all" structure (which disenfranchises around 40% of the state's population), were split along the percentage of popular vote.

In the 2012 Presidential election, Obama captured 59% of the popular vote. Romney captured 38%; the balance going to other candidates.

Under current California (and most other states) law, Obama took ALL the state's 55 electoral votes.

Now, while this is a wonderful thing to Liberals, it is, in truth, a gross violation of what Liberals CLAIM to stand for: fair representation. 38% of California's population went unrepresented; they were disenfranchised; their votes did not matter. THAT is the law; and it is a law AGGRESSIVELY defended by Democrats, in the state as well as nationwide.

Want TRUE "fairness"? Split the electoral votes along popular vote count.

In 2012, under THIS reform, Obama would have taken 32 electoral votes and Romney would have taken 20 electoral votes (the other 3 votes going to other candidates).

The results: Obama would STILL have taken the national election (with a total of 309 electoral votes), but, in California, Romney-voters would have actually had a voice in the election, giving Romney 20 electoral votes.

Liberals, isn't this what this is SUPPOSED to be about: Fair representation?

Folks: ELECTORAL REFORM in California.

FIGHT FOR IT.

Hirota: out.