The Twigg Report – Political machinations are the order of the day in USA, Canada, BC and many other jurisdictions
By John Twigg Have you ever seen such machinations by politicians as we've seen in recent weeks? It seems COVID-19 is skewing everything from the U.S. Presidential election campaign (arguably the most important uncertainty now facing the world) to school class sizes here in B.C. (with B.C. teachers and their union again making a renewed bid for fewer students). In the U.S. we just saw Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden applauded merely for making it through a reading of a text obviously written for him without a verbal stumble or mental lapse like the ones that have plagued him in recent weeks. It's not just that Biden is 77 years old, it's that he's obviously verging on senility and yet the Democrat bosses are pushing him forward anyway, perhaps reflecting their belief that anyone would be better than radical populist Republic Donald Trump . Why? Maybe they realize that if Biden was to win and then soon after step aside it would elevate the Democrats' ul...