It's enough to make you weep

Scary times. Tomorrow the United States elects its next President and, while I'm always fascinated by the American political process (quick synopsis: it's madness), I am also anxious about the probable outcome. It'll be close but I think King George II will snatch it away again. This time, though, I suspect it will be more legitimate than in 2000.

It's all highly depressing. We all know the arguments: Bush pissed away the biggest ever budget surplus and created the biggest ever budget deficit by reducing the tax bills of his rich chums; his campaign was bankrolled by big oil interests and other assorted scum; he has alienated most of the world by tearing up the Kyoto treaty; he was a draft dodging, drink driving rich brat, etc, etc, etc. But for me, the most distressing thing of all is his belief in creationism. The leader of the most powerful nation in the world and, therefore, the most powerful man in the world, does not believe in evolution. That is actually beyond depressing: it is downright terrifying. How can a man of such obviously low intelligence, astonishing inarticulacy and unashamed pig ignorance become the President of the United States?

But he'll win, you just watch. Brace yourself for another four years of this fuckwit and his sinister entourage of neo-cons and Christian maniacs.