My ( final) Thoughts on Elections 2016

English: Apple pie.
English: Apple pie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Thank the American God it’s over. What we have now is One Nation Under God. It says so, right there, see? United States. United. Capital U. How can it be anything but united? Small u.

Four years ago, I wrote an article about the US Elections. I said racism had a major part to play. I also said, that White America was caught napping the first time around. The second time, it figured that lightning wouldn’t strike twice and failed to deal with it. I posted a video from a major Republican strategist to bolster my theory. You can read that here.

Now, you’ll say, how does race come into it, this time around? It’s a woman candidate, an eminently qualified, experienced candidate, with real experience in dealing with world leaders and world problems. My birthday coincides with Women’s Equality Day and a couple of years ago, I’d wished myself Happy Birthday, and ranted a bit sarcastically about the fact that the US could not dream of electing a woman as President. You can read that post here.

So, on the one hand, you have a party that has championed a POC as it’s leader. That leader has served 8 years as President! Eight years!! A non-white leader! A non-white leader who has a Muslim father! A non-white leader whose middle name is “Hussein”! A non-white leader whose name is just one character from the most-feared, most-hated terrorist Americans know. How could Democrats do this to the people? And now, now they want a woman? White America was appalled.

Now, remember what I said about reading conspiracy theories? I’ve read many tales of the Clintons. There is one thread that talks about a trail of dead people behind them. Frankly, Benghazi was a bit of a non-issue. The email thing was a major error of judgement.

Why did she lose? Here is my considered and deeply analytical opinion. Let me tell you a story to illustrate. ( Stop groaning!! )

Once upon a time, I used to play cricket for the local club. We had some good players and me. Unfortunately, the good players were seldom all available all at the same time. Then, one fine day, we found ourselves faced with a very rag-taggy looking team. On that day, by some miracle of the sun, moon and other planetary bodies, ALL of our best stars ( and I ) were available. They had hardly any equipment, were dressed poorly and looked completely out of place on the cricket field. They batted first. Our star bowlers, all available, fit and fast, rolled the rag-tag team over for a total score of 18. Eighteen poor runs. It was all over bar the shouting. We started our innings, with smiles all around. Members low down the order settled down to chew sugar cane, smoke and lie around, secure in the knowledge that their work was over for the day.

Ten minutes later we had lost 5 out for about 8 runs. The mood didn’t change. We were relaxed. I was still in and there were 5 more to come. And 11 runs were not a challenge. We were smiled all the way as we lost all 10 men for 14 runs. I remember this game, it was on the old Behala airfield ground, behind the Calcutta Mint. I remember the barefoot batsman, getting his foot in the way of our fastest bowler. I remember the leather cap with flaps one of the others wore. Yet another played in leather dress shoes. 18 runs. We lost by 4. Our well-dressed, well-oiled style did not help.

There is a word for it. Complacency.

Bottom line as I read it: Ah.. what the hell. Wake me up in 3 years time, when this whole shitty thing starts all over again. Hopefully, the USA will wake up ( soon ) to the realization that

  1. The Two Party system is like shooting yourself in both feet with that automatic weapon you bought with your Second Amendment Rights and your Third World Mentality.
  2. A Major Overhaul may be in order for this Electoral College thing. Like, maybe distributing state electoral voles on a pro-rata basis on percentage of votes instead of winner takes all.
  3. The USA is just like every nation in the world. Racist. Bigoted. Hypocritical. You’re one of us.
  4. Elections in the US are now forever like elections everywhere else.
  5. Politicians are just that.

Welcome to the human race y’all. Watch for the pie in the face.

On the other hand if it’s apple pie, it’ll be alright, right?

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This Post Has 5 Comments

  1. adsunsri

    Brilliant analysis much better than a seasoned psephologist I must admit and nice to know that you were a cricket player:)
    Did your former President do any good for the community which he bears a distinct allegience to or for the black community, yes the two party system is a choice between devil and deep sea and I see a lot of Americans standing in queue (like we Indians for the currency) for the licenced revolver!
    Have to read your connected posts too to get the real past and present picture. Will do that for sure

    1. TheLastWord

      Thanks!! Not my President! We have Prime Minister, handsome? Bhangra dancing PM

      1. Anonymous

        Dimpled, shirtless and ex-boxer Prime Minister. 🙂

  2. spunkybong

    An interesting read, Ajesh. The two party system has actually worked for America up until now. Legislation has been swift, there has been bipartisanship in times of stress. They have managed to get the job done and move on. The judiciary has been more or less evenly centrist, the press has been independent and there have been enough checks and balances to ensure that, in case an asshole becomes President, he’ll not be able to do anything he pleases.

    Maybe not anymore. Maybe America is about to change. Our mutual non-white American friends are all stressed out, fearing the worst. Read their posts and it shows.

    Even you and I, living in Canada, are wondering if the whites of Canada will catch America’s cold. Large scale bigotry is an infectious disease. This might not be a good time to move to parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.

    I have got myself a gun license and am actively shopping for a firearm. I have zeroed in on a Browning .306 breech-loading rifle. It can stop a moose and it can definitely stop a rampaging break-and-enter redneck for sure. The need for being able to defend myself has gotten to be an urgent one. If someone is going to lynch me, by God I’ll make sure he grows a third eye on his forehead.