For those of you who anticipate with dread that this is going to be one of the ugliest election campaigns in recent history, (and I count myself as one of these people – I feel sick at the thought of how far away November is and I am considering moving to Monaco or Ibitha or something where I never have to hear about any of this nonsense again – actually, to be totally safe, I should move to somewhere like Myanmar, or Chad) – go and read some tales about Thomas Jefferson’s election campaign. The bloodless “Jeffersonian revolution”.<\/p>\n
I read it last night, as I sat in a stalled train outside New Haven, an electrical wire thrashing up the tracks towards me, and thought: Woah. Woah. This is as ugly as it gets.<\/p>\n
Our recent politicians did not invent vitriol and nasty tactics. We have not invented dirty pool. We don’t play any dirtier than they played back then.<\/p>\n
THAT election campaign was nasty.<\/p>\n
However, it’s only March. And things are already pretty nasty.<\/p>\n
God, I cannot bear the thought of having to go through this campaign. It’s insufferable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For those of you who anticipate with dread that this is going to be one of the ugliest election campaigns in recent history, (and I count myself as one of these people – I feel sick at the thought of … Continue reading