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Pandemic + Election = Troompa Loompa Implosion?

There’s a school of thought Stateside that all Joe Biden need do to win in 2020, is light Donald Trump’s fuse and step well back. Some political observers think Joe might not even need to do that. That master of ‘cool’, the 44 th  President Barack Obama has given some advice to his former Vice-President. Keep speeches, interviews and tweets short and sweet. Calmness will win the day. Due to his 77-years, Joe is libel to a few verbal slips and some mind wandering moments that send his advisers into a tale-spin. Recently he gaffed that 125 million Americans had died from COVID19, when he meant to say 125,000. Compare that to the everyday carnage of Trump’s Presidency, with screws visibly loosening and daily temper tantrums indicating implosion is always imminent. So, the word on Pennsylvania Avenue is for Joe to keep his cool, drink plenty of water and avoid any more mistakes, that make him look decrepit. The fact that the Coronavirus has claimed 125,000 American lives is really hurt...

Donald Trump: The Eminem of Politics?

In the song ‘Without Me’ , Marshall Mathers (Eminem) talks about the public needing his alter ego Slim Shady, 'Cause we need a little controversy, Cause it feels so empty without me.’ The same could be said of Mr Orange in The Whitehouse. What will we have to write about if we don’t have the 45 th  President? The meme makers will be redundant. The outraged will have little to be outraged about. Politics will be handed back to the politicians. Boo! Disapproval Rating? Donald’s approval rating is more than 20% down on George ‘Double-Yew’ Bush. Really? Never was there a greyer President, except of course, his Dad. Dangerous Donald survived impeachment which is more than Tricky Dicky did, who quit before the heat really got turned up. The other two were forgettable professional politicians, Andrew Johnson (Lincoln’s Vice President) and Bill Clinton (husband to crooked Hilary). The thing about Donald is that he’s so deliciously amateur, a car crash waiting to happen. W...