Vale Res Publica

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Vale Res Publica

 

By John Devanny on

 

Mar 24, 2016

 

Once again, it is politicking time in the good ol’ US of A. The Democrats, the party of youth, vision, and vigor, present to the country a senile old socialist who doesn’t believe that poor white people exist, and a former first lady rejected by Netflix central casting for a role in House of Cards (It was the looks, not the lack of corruption.). Meanwhile, the Grand Old Party has in its stable of contenders a no-name from Ohio, a Cuban-Canadian-American with connections to something called Dominion theology, which seems to involve an end times wealth transfer. This may be a wonderful opportunity for a budding entrepreneur to start the “End Times Wealth Transfer Family of Mutual Funds.” Then there is Donald Trump, of which more will be said.

 

My purpose is not to over analyze any of these candidates—the poking of gentle fun will more than do. I am more interested in what this election says about the state of the American republic. Let us take the frontrunners