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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrankie Boyle on Donald Trump and the election.
One feature of this election is the way that the elite of the Republican party seem to have become completely estranged from their own electorate. Of course, they always worked against the interests of their voters, but they used to at least understand who they were and what they wanted. With almost infinite resources, the closest theyve got to producing a popular candidate is Ted Cruz: a cross between a permanently disappointed sitcom vampire and the high school yearbook photo of every serial killer of the modern era.
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Hillary Clinton hasnt really had any idea how to deal with Sanders. To continue to calmly explain why someone ahead of you in general election polling is unelectable (and Clinton hates to see a leader being unelectable, unless theyre a dictator in some vassal state) suggests that some of her personal stiffness has seeped into what seems increasingly a detached and inflexible campaign. On the campaign trail, shes a cynical power player projecting the weary joy of a shopping mall Santa while inside her burns the fury of Michael Corleone having to do a meet and greet at a farmers market in Idaho. She seems to shake hands with each member of the public as if musing on all the things she could do to them if only they were Libyan.
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/04/donald-trump-arrogant-televangelist-clinton-sanders-frankie-boyle
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Frankie Boyle on Donald Trump and the election. (Original Post)
Kentonio
Apr 2016
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Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)1. I read that a while ago.
Just to give a bit of context.
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I love Frankie Boyle.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)2. My favourite comedian.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)3. Unfortunately he doesn't perform much any more.
Not since Rebecca Adlington got him kicked off Mock The Week.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)5. Yeah, and Mock the Week has been pretty poor since he left.
I loved the standup parts of Tramadol Nights, but the sketches were weak IMHO.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)6. Which is probably why he didn't get another series.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)4. Although he did have a brief stint with Tramadol Nights.
This is my favourite.