U.S. political circus. A gift that keeps on giving.....

A comedian once claimed that President George W. Bush was a "gift that kept on giving".  Comedians during the Bush presidency had so much great material to work with it just hardly seemed fair.  Well, welcome to the 2016 Republican party Presidential race.  In the immortal words of that great American linguist, Yogi Berra, "it's deja-vu all over again".

Holy-moly, these are the halcyon days of satirical political commentary.  Really, most of this stuff you just can't make up.  Take the Iowa Caucuses.  To Canadians the entire process of Primaries and Caucuses is a complete mystery.  Sadly, to many Americans it is also a complete mystery.  I have followed many of the comments submitted by readers in articles in the National Public Radio (NPR) website and it is astounding how many people do not have a clue as to what a Caucus is, how it works and what the results mean.  I have always assumed that NPR readers were a bit more sophisticated and knowledgeable.  Leaves me breathless to think about those who get their news from anything "FOX".  But I digress....

So, the Iowa caucuses were held on Monday evening.  The big news of the evening being not that Ted, I am not Canadian, Cruz won, but that "The Donald" Trump lost.  Excuse me, I have to wash my hands.  Cruz and Trump in the same sentence... Eeoww...  After the results were in, Trump made what some called a low key acknowledgement that Cruz had actually won.  Well, I was shocked that he didn't come out, guns a' blazing.  Tuesday morning I got up and checked the web for the Trumpster's tirade.  Nothing.  Disappointing.....  Well, here it is Wednesday evening and finally he did it.  He coughed up some more great material.  Cruz called it a "Trumpertantrum".  Best line from Cruz this year.  Seems the Donald is accusing Cruz of "cheating" and "stealing Iowa".  He said that Cruz committed "fraud"and should be disqualified.  Atta-boy.  That's more like the Donald were have seen this entire "race to the nomination" as the Republican Presidential nominee.  Yep, you just can't make this stuff up.  What's next?  Sky is the limit.  I know I will be keeping up with the "race to the White House".

Of course, the Democrats had their own drama on Caucus night.  The vote went right down to the wire.  Hillary and Bernie were neck and neck right up to the last count of the votes.  Hillary won by .3%.  Boring.......  These two need to spice it up a bit.  No good material there.

What's next?  Well, The Donald will continue to make news over the next few days, weeks and likely months.  Me, I can't wait for the next "Trumpertantrum".

To bring us all back down to earth I'm gonna leave you with a couple of bird photos.  It has been a slow start to the week, bird wise.  I went out to Electric Park yesterday morning for an hour.  I picked up a new species for 2016, White-winged Dove.  When I came home and told Dana her eyes kinda glazed over.  She doesn't much care for Doves.  For me, it is another species for the year.  Plus, they were kind of pretty.  Too bad I did not get a good photo.  I did get a photo of a Gambel's Quail and Eurasian-collared Dove.  We are planning another trip to the Thrasher Spot this Saturday.  Hope for good success on that trip.

Take care all.

Gambel's Quail on a Cholla Cactus skelton

Eurasian-collared Dove