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Ah, a single. Thanks. Back to a long one this time. Here is, i think, a useful look back. Maybe even a look back to some future

The story is: I forwarded .. There is a wall in St. Augustine, Florida the Execution Wall of Castillo de
San Marcos that has seen little use for centuries. It hungers for nourishment.
.. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=159205072 ..
of Dale C's to an old friend, sideeki.

A couple of hours ago i saw he had returned this of mine to me

How long before "the president is ill-tempered, dishonest, unqualified, and already doing a bad job — and he has no
media magic that can help him cover that up." .. is fully understood and accepted by a huge majority of voters.
Donald Trump is remarkably unpopular
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=127854346

That time surely must have arrived.

This article sideeki gave us November 2016 - The Vox.com article is excellent and very scary
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/13532178/donald-trump-american-democracy-weakness .. is TOPS.

This in particular from it goes directly to my reference as to why a Trump (at least in times as these) could never become the leader of Australia. In it Ezra Klein posits ..

Here is the problem, in short: Parties, and particularly the Republican Party, can no longer control whom they nominate. But once they nominate someone — once they nominate anyone — that person is guaranteed the support of both the party’s elites and its voters. Unlike in McGovern’s day, when ticket splitting was common, any candidate able to win his party’s presidential primaries can now count on his party’s support, and so has a damn good chance of winning the presidency.

Political parties, and political party primaries, were traditionally bulwarks against demagogues rising in American politics — they were controlled by gatekeepers who acted as checks against charismatic demagogues. Donald Trump would never have made it through the convention horse-trading that used to drive nominations; he would never have survived a process that required support from party officials.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/13532178/donald-trump-american-democracy-weakness

That has given me just a little more insight into one basic difference between our two political systems.

A difference i have alluded to before in saying something like, 'a Trump could never become a leader in Australia.'

Good luck tomorrow, America.