All of my life I have heard that Independent party candidates represent the middle-of-the-road American. With no real party affiliation they can do more for the "little guy" while remaining immune to the corruption of power. That independent voters are free thinkers who carry the burden of deciding during national elections who is ultimately the best candidate for the job.
I have never believed this bunk, even though multiple media outlets from print to network TV to Cable News to the World Wide Web have all espoused this to be true.
What I have always believed is that Independent is just another name for Democrat, and I have the proof!
The proof is rather straight forward. Common sense, really. Here it is.
Today we hear constantly from ALL media types that with the win by Al Franken the Democrat Party now has a super-majority of 60 senators. This is not just deceitful it is an outright lie! There are in fact only 58 Democrats in the Senate, 40 Republicans, and 2 Independents.
It is the assumption that the two Independents caucus with Democrats which leads to the filibuster proof majority. Proof enough for me that Independents are just another name for Democrats. The former only slightly more confused than the latter.
When was the last time you heard of an Independent who caucused with the Republicans? I cannot recall a single incident in my lifetime. I have not taken the time to research if and when this may have occurred. Personally this is part of my argument. The fact that I can name the two Independents (Bernie Sanders and Joseph Lieberman), but cannot name a single Independent who caucused Republican tells me either it has not happened or the media have never talked about it enough to make it stick.
More proof? Lieberman was a Democrat and Sanders has always sided with the Democrats (calls himself a democratic-socialist) only he never officially registered with the party.
Legally and technically I say the Democrats do not have a super-majority of seats in the Senate and I know I am right. If others want to perpetuate the lies that they indeed have 60 seats let those know this blogger has not fallen for it.
