Angels and Demons

[izmeina]

The party is nearly over. Either the Donald will soon fade away into oblivion after endless hissy fits or reality will become uncannily like a Stephen King novel. The Dead Zone comes to mind but with the alternative ending.



Or maybe an earlier infernal vision - this one tweaked from Hieronymous Bosch





On first appearances, the Trumpet has offended just about everyone in the country and the number are most definitely not in his favour. But the Donald's minions are so much more motivated than Hillary's and since they don't have compulsory voting in the USA, demography isn't destiny and it is hard to know which way the wind will blow.


If Mr Porkie loses Izzie will be sort of sad to see the end to the veritable feast of cartoon goodness.

Donald Trump is extremely inspiring but for all the wrong reasons.



It's going to be a fascinating day watching the numbers roll in over here on the other side of the planet.
We should know by 6pm local time tomorrow.

PS Such a pity that both candidates are such a pair of devils. It has been most entertaining for the impartial martians on the other side of the world but it's not like it's just some neverending reality television show or Game of Thrones.

Bernie Saunders or the present Pope Francis running as candidates would have made the race much more fun and maybe even more civilized. Who knows - policies might even have got a mention.

Comments

Re: Sick and Twisted

[catness]

Woohoo well done! You're officially qualified for writing political thrillers, and political predictions. So very very fitting for the Wheel of Fortune. (I still want to read a detailed scientific analysis why all the polls and predictions failed so miserably, and how exactly Trump managed to overturn the odds. May be useful in the future, for that world dictatorship ;)

I guess your Nano novel will be going even better now... RL horror is always so inspiring.

Re: Sick and Twisted

[izmeina]

Yesterday was a feast of evilness. Clocked up 3,333 words in one day which is a record for the serpent this year.
As Michael Arntzen never tires of telling us

"Only TROUBLE is interesting"

By far the most logical and coherent explanation for the odds being in the Game maker's favour that I have seen so far is an article written in March this year
I found it from listening to the The Religion and Ethics report on the radio this morning and was hoping they would put up a transcript by now.

Left parties the world over were founded to advance the fortunes of working people. But our left party in America – one of our two monopoly parties – chose long ago to turn its back on these people’s concerns, making itself instead into the tribune of the enlightened professional class, a “creative class” that makes innovative things like derivative securities and smartphone apps. The working people that the party used to care about, Democrats figured, had nowhere else to go, in the famous Clinton-era expression. The party just didn’t need to listen to them any longer.

And along came some one who did listen (for his own nefarious motives of course) and offered them an alternative place to go and the rest is history)
Feeding on genuine grievances for one's own evil purposes is an excellent tactic for all aspiring despots. It has a tried and proven track record ;)