This week, gentle reader, I was going to write about the breakage of the plastic handle of my clothes iron, though before I put finger to keys I awoke to the news of the universal breakage, the shattering of several hopes, faiths, futures and credence to Winston Churchill’s contention that democracy is the worst form of government -- except for all the others. Yes, Donald has beaten Kamala and will be the next US President. The states of the United (for now?) States of America, through its constitutional provision gives, as I write, Strumpet 295 electoral college votes to Kamlately’s 226.
Even if the few as-yet-not-assigned votes all go to her, he still wins. One of the world’s supposedly leading democracies has, perfectly constitutionally, voted to the presidency a criminal convicted of fraud, of falsifying documents, of paying hush money to a porn star, a maniac who asserts that immigrants eat innocent citizens’ cats and dogs, an alleged rapist, avowed racist, feral misogynist, a constant and public liar, a failed businessman..
. OK, gentle reader, you and the world know all this, so I’ll stop, though there’s much more. So, what happens in January? He has promised to Make America Gaga Again.
It has been the slogan of his campaign and the iconic abbreviation and dog-whistle for all his supporters. And from the “policies” -- if one can call them that -- or intentions that he has outlined, he certainly will. During the campaign, he openly said: “If you vote fo.