Thy Plague Doctor

@Unseen wrote:
And yet, we are the ones who are so frequently criticized for being ignorant or naive regarding the inner workings of other countries.

I hadn’t realized I’d raised the bar too high 🙂

@Unseen, sorry I was unclear. I meant to see it from the perspective of someone either overseas, or with less awareness of the system of your election process.

@Simonm I can totally relate to your thinking it was a joke. I would have thought that too, before I moved here. I wasn’t aware of his position as an anti-vaccine proponent. Thanks, I think…

It’s a little unnerving discovering you live in a country where Mitt Romney (and his magic undies) is nowhere near the bottom of the barrel.

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Unseen wrote:I don’t know whether to call it THE REPUBLICAN CLOWN SHOW, THE REPUBLICAN CLOWN CAR, or THE REPUBLICAN DEATH MARCH.

Whatever we call it, I love it. It more or less guarantees a GOP loss in 2016, even if he doesn’t carry out his threat of a third party run if the GOP doesn’t nominate him.

Davis, come on. Trump is Trump, not The Unite…

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I read the info. I hope it’s right and he doesn’t have a shot. The point I was making was simply that his candidacy, with all its publicity, is a representation of America to those who don’t live here. And it’s a very alarming representation.

@Unseen. You can be as dismissive as you like, but for the rest of the world, Trump appears to be a serious contender for the Republican nomination. He’s out there in your shop window, garnering support. I thought we had reached the land of insanity when Mitt and his magic underwear were in the news. Now I see that was only a mild taster.

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Just when one thought American politics couldn’t get more insane and creepy…here comes the utterly grotesque. It cannot last forever. The United States has shocked the hell out of everyone many times before for their utter refusal to join the rest of the world in their social progress to suddenly adopting it, taking it, owning it, being the very…[Read more]