Meanwhile here in The UK, The Guardian newspaper has run an article reminding us that The Simpsons, sixteen years ago, did an episode looking into the future portraying The USA hitting rock bottom. They came up with ludicrous ideas and ran with the one where Trump becomes President.

You know, there a myth over here that Americans don't understand irony. One way of blowing the idea out of the water I suppose.....

Mind you, some over here are somewhat confused over language. Left and right over here would translate as commie and goddam commie, whilst Bernie's left would be comfortable in the cabinet of our rather right wing government. So this is why we seemed confused when Obama didn't close Guantanamo, based his health reforms, however well intentioned on the share price of a few insurance multinationals and carried on bombing the fuck out of the Middle East. We were reliably informed he was left wing...

Still, all a sideshow. I have a degree of faith in the US electorate. Bush got in first time on a dubious technicality and second time by scaring people into wanting strong arm foreign policy. I spend more time reading articles about what President Elect Clinton is going to do than irrelevant sideshow circuses.