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tacocat  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The election is already a "dumpster fire"

Open mic night for the unelectable seems more appropriate for the Republicans. There's so many of them no one can speak above the rabble so a reality TV star/unrepentant asshole/pathological narcissist is polling at or near the top. Dumpster fire is good, I like mine though.

The Dems are kinda like the opening theme of Gilligan's Island. Hiliary... and the rest! Here on campaign '16! That works a lot better in my mind than in practicality.

I'm sorry. I'm bored and I don't want to do anything remotely taxing.





user-inactivated  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You may be interested: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-gilligans-island-creator-sherwood-schwartz-was-saying-about-democracy/2011/07/14/gIQAVVrXGI_story.html

    I wrote that “Gilligan’s Island” reflected the political confidence of 1960s America in the midst of the Cold War. A representative group of Americans could be dropped anywhere on the planet and they would rule, creating a small-scale model of U.S. democracy and fending off a sampling of its enemies, from Soviet cosmonauts to a Japanese soldierstill fighting World War II to a Latin American dictator.

    Gilligan is the perfect democratic hero because he has no claims to superiority. The Professor has wisdom; the Millionaire has money and social status; the Skipper has a kind of military authority as captain. Gilligan is the pure common man. And, of course, the only time the castaways hold an election, he is chosen as president. Throughout the series, Gilligan represents the triumph of the ordinary over the extraordinary.