After having seen some of the televised debates, am so glad to be this side of 'the pond'.
Plenty of allegations exist about the Clintons joint behaviour and it being less than savoury at times. An example is http://www.publicadvocateusa.org/library/1-22.pdf although the site that holds that .pdf file in its library isnt one i would regularly use for anything myself. the whole premise in the states appears to be who can hide the most or sling the most dirt, and they come out the winner by hoodwinking more people than their opponents can.
Nepotism in politics seems to be the norm Worldwide. To say "Bill Clinton is not up for election so nothing to do with him" is with respect a naive point of view.This pair of muppets have a different crew of muppeteers both driven by power and greed.Ronald Reagan and George W Bush, didn't know what planet they were on at times.Speech writers hardly ever get a mention, Ronnie deserved an oscar for the way he delivered his lines in the American soap called "The President".
Yes indeed they are both unsavoury candidates, but Trump spouts out his bile in public, he does so because he can and he truly believes he has the right, he peddles racism and sexism because he believes in it and it appeals to a proportion of his voters, to coin a phrase from our American cousins "good ol'e boys"
With reference to Near-Ovals post, I think we had a similar situation arise over the death of David Kelly. Having read the book, nothing convinces me that it was due to natural causes and even less a suicide.
Most of the American leaders (and our own, who are better at keeping it quiet) have been into stuff which we'd rather not believe, however the point at the moment is who would be the best in a bad situation.
I can't see that making accusations about Mr Clinton past sex life is really contributing anything to Trumps polls . There again, everyone likes a bit of muck, so it could well be positive for him with a certain section of the USA population.
Hey Casper..are we reading from the same sheet, for once ?
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
What will happen if Donald Trump stands down ? Will Clinton automatically become the President, or will Obama have to stay longer until another election campaign has been run ?
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
IIRC their constitution says if there are not 2 candidates and hence there can't be an election, the country reverts back to being part of the British Empire.
Hiya Spellbinder . long time no see. Hope you are ok. Thanks for the info..
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
IIRC their constitution says if there are not 2 candidates and hence there can't be an election, the country reverts back to being part of the British Empire.
There is never much chance of that, there were 1896 registered candidates in 2016
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Really hotting up , sharpening the knives. Pity Joan Rivers is not alive. She might have dished a bit more gossip following her outing of michelle Obama as a transsexual.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
. long time no see. Hope you are ok. Thanks for the info..
