They held the Iowa Caucus on Monday. One of those vague and impenetrable American things which happens every few years and no-one over here knows what it means or what it does and then they announce a winner! This year it was different in that no-one over there appeared to know what was going on either as they screwed up the vote counting and the announcements and then decided that the young gay guy was a better option than the woman or either of the two really really old guys in wheelchairs. In the battle to win the Democrat nomination to stand against Trump in this year’s election.

They have no fucking chance. None of them. Which means we’re going to be stuck with another four years of Donald J. Trump. Another. Four. Years. Because without a really ‘stand out’ candidate Donald will breeze in, virtually unchallenged.

Jo Biden was the go-to guy, the man almost responsible for Trump’s impeachment, but he apparently gave an awful speech and fared poorly in the results. Coming in 4th. Which is good in, say, the London marathon, but not so good in a 4-way competition. As this was. He’s 78 years old. If he won the election he’d be nearly 83 by the time his first term was over. I’m not making judgments about that, nothing ageist, but its stupid.

Elizabeth Warren came third. She’s a woman. Is America ready for a woman president? We thought so last time when Mrs Clinton stood up to be counted, but just not ‘that woman’. Could it vote for this one? The senator from Massachusetts? Who is about as high profile as my milkman. Who we never see.

In second place was Bernie Sanders. The ‘socialist’ billionaire. Jeremy Corbyn meets Alan Sugar. With just about the charm of both. Also 78, Bernie is as he has always been, unelectable. America doesn’t do socialism.

But can it do ‘gay’? Pete Buttigieg is the current mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Population about 100,000. And seems, unusual in such situations, like a good guy. A nice guy. A clever guy. All of which is commendable and voteable. Which is why he came first in the Caucus. But would the rest of America feel comfortable enough to vote this man as president? I’m not thinking New York and LA here, I’m thinking Kansas and Wyoming (Brokeback?) and Tennessee. I’m thinking… redneck. I’m thinking opposition to gay marriage. I’m thinking the religious south. A gay president? I would love to think that the Unaaarted States of Ameeeeerica was so enlightened and liberal. But it ain’t.

So to choose the only candidate that would appear worthy would be to condemn the Democrat party to a sure loss.

Hence, more Trump.

Happy Wednesday

A xxxx