British Magazine Just Summed Up The U.S. Election Perfectly “The debasing of American politics.”

[kpete]

“Healthy democracies depend on unwritten rules,” the magazine’s lead article stated. “The Republican nominee has trampled all over them.”
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Just in case it wasn’t obvious what they were getting at, the magazine posted an animated version on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/786676359879942144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21708723-healthy-democracies-depend-unwritten-rules-republican-nominee-has-trampled-all-over?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/thedebasingofamericanpolitics
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-economist-cover_us_580073a2e4b06e04759420c4?

[Vogon_Glory]

1. For the benefit of right-wing lurkers, the Economist is

Oh, my, the Economist does not approve.

For the benefit of right-wingers visiting this site, the Economist is NOT a leftist publication. Their economics and politics tend to be fairly right-wing, at least right-wing as it was in the days of Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush's presidency. They liked Ronnie, they liked Margaret Thatcher, they liked George Bush the Elder, and they even liked Dubya.

That the Economist deplores the Donald speaks VOLUMES of what they think of the Republican Party's presidential candidate and his political agenda.

[Nye Bevan]

4. They endorsed Kerry in 2004, Obama in 2008, and Obama in 2012.

Last week they published an excellent multi-page article on the American economy by guest author Barack Obama.

Many DUers will not agree with their pro-free trade stance, but it's a good magazine.

[alarimer]

5. I agree with this assessment.

It's more balanced than, say, The Wall Street Journal. They also present news of events in every part of the world. Stuff our news media doesn't tell us because they think we don't care.

[MicaelS]

2. Oh my god.

The thing I saw is it looks like the elephant is taking a dump out of Trump's face.

[GWC58]

6. I like how the Orange Menace is

THE BIG ASS of the elephant (repukliCon party).🤔

[treestar]

3. good article though I don't like

what they say about Hillary - we need to take at least the Senate too.