Politics in Ameria

Canada has its own right wing nut in charge, but our right wing nut is a loony left winger compared to the party of "know nothing" (just like their predecessor nut case party) that is on the ascendancy in the US. Here's a bit by Paul Krugman in his blog about the "policies" of the Republicans:

Last week Mike Pence, the third-ranking Republican in the House, was asked what compromise he would agree to on health care. His answer, word for word, was

Well, look, you know, I was, uh, yeah, yeah, look, uh.

Today Tim Pawlenty has an article in Politico, which is a bit more articulate than that — but as Bruce Bartlett says,

he rants about the deficit without proposing any spending cuts and insisting on still more tax cuts.

Well, look, you know, he was, uh, yeah.

The moral here is that right now the GOP literally has no ideas about how the nation should actually be governed.

And the scary thing is that lack of ideas seems to be a winning platform.

That last line is like a stab in the heart.

I feel like I live in the wrong neighborhood. But I can't sell and move out. Canada can't just pick up and move to a better neighborhood.