The American presidential election
Oct. 17th, 2004 10:42 amI loathe both candidates. It is not merely that they are personally unattractive, although they certainly are; Bush with his fake Texas good ole boy manners learnt at Harvard, and Kerry with a hypocrisy so profound and elaborate that people do not even notice it, as you do not pay attention to the existence of the earth beneath your feet and the air above you. Yes, both are people whom anyone would cross the road to avoid. But that is not why I feel that this election is an outrage against decency. It is that both have major features of political agenda that I regard as revolting.
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