THE FUTURE’S BULLSHIT

I’m a Political Scientist*. This is How the Democrats Regain the Presidency

If you guys ever have elections again. And if you don’t, you have the Dems to blame for picking the wrong candidate over and over

Matthew Clapham
Doctor Funny
Published in
6 min readNov 6, 2024

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A young man with a slightly gormless expression crouches on the ground, looking nose to snout at a pink pig. It’s a bizarre scene, inevitably calling to mind Orwell’s Animal Farm.
Who’s your pick? I reckon Pinky looks smarter (Photo by Benjamin Wedemeyer on Unsplash)

*I’m not, in fact, a political scientist. But hey, it’s all post-truth now, baby! Say it often enough, and it becomes a FACT.

OK, let’s start with the basics, since both the electors that pick the president and the electors and backroom deal-doers that pick the candidates for the electors to pick from (getting too complicated for ya, ‘Murica?) seem to find this whole business a bit of a mental challenge.

You Democrats (and all sane, non-autocratic, non-genocidal citizens of this globe that we unfortunately have to share with you guys) want to get rid of the stain on the Oval Room carpet at the earliest possibility. Which may be never, but if so, that’s your own fault for screwing up so badly this time. Thanks for that.

As you know, this all comes down to winning back/over a fairly small bunch of voters in those messy old ‘swing states’ of yours. Luckily, your own opponents, the GOB (is that the right term? I’ve always assumed it’s shorthand for ‘GOBSHITES’) did their…

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Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham

Written by Matthew Clapham

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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