#95: wwf and us presidents

From an outsider's perspective, US presidential campaigns are a repackaged World Wrestling Federation bout.

• They are between two parties/players – one in the red corner and the other in the blue. But in reality they could not be any more alike each other.
• They go at each others' throats with all their pettiness and irrelevant campaigns. They could not care any less about the referee either.
• But then they are both elaborate shams – more hype than substance: a made for television theatrical performance of posturing (and rehearsed sound-bites).
• The pundits, the wonks, the spin-masters, and girls in tight bikinis are just ornamental.
• Everyone knows how it will play out, and yet they go to watch the next episode with religious fervour.
• The one with the deeper pockets always wins.

That is a sad advert for "democracy", or the form the Administration is trying to export beyond its shores. Caveat emptor, all potential buyers.