Let the games begin, I guess.
I've always envied other countries where campaigns are, like, two months long instead of here, where they seem to start immediately after the previous one ends and run in varying forms for four years. Perpetual campaigning, way too much money: the prefect storm for politics as entertainment, following the ups and downs like you would sports teams throughout the season.
This time is probably the first where the new (2024) election thread has been created while the most recent (2020) election thread is still kicking, and occasionally active.
And I love it cos it's US politics which, although it does affect me in a sense, provides enough distance for me to enjoy it. It's like in the world cup where the games involving teams that I don't care about I truly enjoy, and then the England game starts and I'm biting at my nails and screaming at the screen, agonising about the dangerous throw-in near the half-way line that we've conceded.
It's beginning to feel a bit like that over here too, at least since the Brexit vote. The Tories don't seem to do much beyond say whatever they think will allow them to cling to power. They're in government yet they behave as though they're the opposition. There's no vision or strategy for actual governance, just an endless stream of statements and PR moves aimed at keeping the plates spinning long enough to win the next election.
This is exactly it. Relating to the first part, of course we know political parties always want to cling to power but I've never seen a party that is so nakedly desperate to stay in power as this lot.
They really have nothing to say or offer and, you're absolutely right, they behave like opposition, they keep blaming all the things which have gone wrong in the UK - which is quite a lot of things at this point - on the previous government, Remoaners, the blob... I mean the fucking blob, really? I feel embarrassed for them every time they come out with this shit, but all they ever do is moan about things which are clearly their responsibility and completely fail to offer solutions. It's crazy that they can get away with it, I remember about five years ago thinking "Well at least they won't be able to keep blaming Labour much longer" - little did I know.
Even today I was reading something that was titled "Brexit hasn't failed, it's been sabotaged by a largely remainer establishment" which is a completely insane piece considering the conservative majority which nodded through the oven ready deal that was created by one of the leaders of the Leave Campaign. So the piece had a crazy premise, and also it was notable that again it offered no remedy or steps to put things right - cos of course there are none - so ultimately it was an impotent and insane moan offering nothing constructive, a perfect example of what you might expect from opposition. I don't know why Eden keeps on with this stuff to be honest...
anyway, sorry to derail, let's get back to the glitzy-and-deadly-serious-for-you-but-lots-of-fun-for-me US campaign.
At the moment, I see nothing in the usual way of things that can stop Trump from getting the nomination, and Trump has no chance of beating Biden, so it looks like a big problem for the GOP. Their best hope of success is if Trump either dies or goes to jail or something happens that prevents him getting the candidacy. I dunno if there is a better candidate but otherwise they are just doomed to repeat the way they lost last time. Probably right down to the accusations of cheating again... I mean Kari Lake is still trying to change her defeat isn't she?
But yeah, that's my view, am I wrong, why?
