William H. Webster supports American Elect, according to this story. Webster was a judge on the 8th circuit between 1973 and 1978. Between 1978 and 1987, he was director of the FBI. From 1987 to 1991, he was director of the CIA. He is the only person who held both of those latter two jobs.
The story also reveals that Americans Elect will submit its Missouri ballot access petition early in 2012.
A former FBI and CIA director supporting American Elect. That should speak volumes!
More and more curious all the time….
Back in July, a document leaked out that placed William Webster and his wife (along with another representative of the Webster Group) in the Americans Elect board of advisors.
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Jim, the linked article is pretty clear that Webster is part of and allied with AE. No secrecy here.
Pun intended.
AE reminds me of the “Occupy Wall Street” protests:
http://tulsachange.com/occupy-wall-street-tax-proposal-is-backed-by-wall-street-itself
There’s no better way of deciding an outcome than owning both sides of the debate. That’s why the Wall Street-owned Obama administration must be licking its lips at the fact that ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters have been conned into advocating new tax policies backed by billionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates that will do nothing to touch Wall Street, but everything to sink what’s left of the American middle class.
The Occupy Wall Street protesters are campaigning for the Obama administration to “Pass the Buffett Rule on fair taxation, so the rich pay their fair share.” This demand is posted on their own website. The campaigners are demanding that the US Congress pass a bill backed by the Obama administration, which is comprised of Wall Street operatives and is a creature of Wall Street.
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Both parties are unpopular, but AE promises to provide yet more of the same failed policies from the same failed ruling elites.
Yet another poll shows how how the public is fed up:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/polls-voters-confidence-democrats-republicans_n_985524.html
The poll found that 48 percent of those surveyed have an “unfavorable” view of the Democratic Party; only 44 percent gave the party a “favorable” rating. The Republican Party is also underwater — with 54 percent choosing “unfavorable” and only 39 percent choosing “favorable.”
Views on the Tea Party have hit a low since CNN first started asking the question in early 2010. Just 28 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party movement, while 53 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
Voters have no more confidence in congressional leaders of the two parties. Only 40 percent of voters believe the policies being proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would move the country in the right direction. For the Democratic leaders, that number is 43 percent.
Start implementing PR at the state and local level to begin the process of breaking up the duopoly. It should be easier in small states with initiative and referendum.
A poll from a few months ago:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/unfavorable-ratings-for-both-major-parties-near-record-highs/
A new CNN poll finds that 55 percent of voters have a negative view of the Republican Party, tied for their second-highest unfavorable score since CNN began asking this question in 1992. The Republicans also achieved a 55 percent unfavorable rating in a poll conducted in April 2009, although the party’s all-time high, 57 percent, was recorded as the House of Representatives was in the process of impeaching Bill Clinton in December, 1998.
The news for Democrats is not any better. Some 49 percent of voters now hold a negative view of the party, according to the poll. Although this figure is slightly better than for Republicans, it matches the Democrats’ record high unfavorable rating of September 2010 and is part of an upward trajectory that has persisted for the past three years.
The combined unfavorable score for both parties — 104 percent — is also a record, and represents the first time that the figure has been above 100.
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from ipr comments:
Questions Man // Oct 2, 2011 at 1:08 pm
How about a cool new name for Americans Elect to keep abreast of current events?
Maybe “Wall Street Occupied” or “Occupy Main Street”?
Now the big question. Whom will “Americans Elect” name for president? Or will it become a forgotten group like “Elect ’08” last time around. (Or whatever it was called.)
Oh Michael, you are such a meanie with your snide comments.
Just wait my friend.
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