Fear and loathing in US politics

U.S. voters are experiencing severe electoral trauma these days, particularly those of the Republican bent.

There was not a single candidate, in the starting lists of either major U.S. party, whom I did not devoutly wish not to see in power. Mr. Giuliani of New York was my first Republican choice, by a process of default. Mr. McCain of Arizona is now my first choice, by further default. (I supported George W. Bush in 2000, because the alternative was John McCain.) Mrs. Clinton of Mars is my preference for the Democrat party, given the alternative is Mr. Obama of Venus. My faithful readers will grasp that when I, along with Ann Coulter, begin speaking favourably about Mrs. Clinton, the end is near. Ms. Coulter has finally gone over the top, however, and in a McCain-Clinton final, I’ll hold my nose for McCain.

Coulter can be pretty bizarre at the best of times, but when you hear conservative commentators talking about voting for Clinton as a way to punish the Republican party for real and imagined transgressions against the faith, you might wonder if the end IS nigh.