My Drum piece which went up yesterday is a rather silly-season bit of hypothetical that wonders how the leaders of the US and Australia would have fared under the other’s system of Government.
I’m having a couple weeks off writing for The Drum, which is good because otherwise I’d be forced to write again about asylum seekers and I think I’d prefer to stab myself with a rusty fork than do that.
My latest Drum piece in which I have look at the reshuffle and think, “Geez, a few of you have got a fair bit on your plate…”
My post today on The Drum is about the nuttiness of the Republican Party. Rather annoying for me is that as soon as I sent it off I realised I had forgotten to include mention of Herman Cain’s speech in which he announced his campaign was being suspended. Cain said this:
"I believe these words came from the Pokémon movie…
"I’m not sure who the original author is, so don’t go write an article about the poem. But it says a lot about where I am - where I am with my wife and my family, and where we are as a nation.”
"Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, it's never easy when there is so much on the line. But you and I can make a difference.”
The “poem” was actually the song played during the credits of the movie Pokemon: The Movie 2000.
I think that is just about the most wonderfully crazy thing I have ever heard a politician say.
Also the piece had this line:
“but with the winner revealing him/herself somewhat in the way Obama, Clinton and Reagan did when they defeated an incumbent president.”
Obviously Obama did not beat an incumbent.
You can find links to my other Drum pieces here