30 October 2016
(a late election retrospective)
There’s the Anointee in the lead, resplendent astride her Regal Ass. She is followed by the Pompous Pasha perched upon his Pachyderm. Trailing him is the Flower-Child / Iron-Athlete walking his Pet Porcupine. Even farther behind, and Hugging her Tree…
It gets worse if you recast the contest as a race for the Iron Throne.
At the top of the bill, we have corrupt and conniving Cersei Lannister against serial abuser blowhard Ramsey Bolton.
Filling out the supporting cast…
You’d think their agendas wouldn’t converge, but they’re both committed to ethereal orthodoxies, and they’re equally ready to sacrifice humanity to their higher purpose. The Red Woman? The Green Woman? Color means little to the metaphorical corpses heaped at their feet.
And finally, and most depressing of all, we come to my guy. (Yes, full disclosure: I am a libertarian, and I will be voting for the Republican Governors). In this Game of Thrones skit I’m imagining, my guy… *sigh* My guy is Theon Greyjoy. He couldn’t come up with a solid argument or a rigid principle to save his life. And he’s the least bad of the lot!
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