Letter from Chip Northrup
‘A Buffoon and a Dotard’
All of America’s major allies are parliamentary democracies. In such a system, the leader of the ruling party, the prime minister, must address parliament and debate issues without a teleprompter. Open debate effectively precludes them from ranting on about the opposition party “killing live babies.” A morning-after fact-check is unnecessary. If the party leader is incapable of being effective in open debate, new elections are held and they are replaced. Under such a system, both Trump and Biden would be replaced. Without teleprompters, they appear for what they are: a buffoon and a dotard.
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