• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • FAQ
  • Meet the Team
  • About The London Economic
  • Advertise
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
NEWSLETTER
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Opinion

An American in London: On The US Election Circus

By Tim Baros I’ve been watching the circus from afar and I’m kind of sorry to see it end. What circus you might ask? The circus that is the race for the presidency of the United States! I’m American and have lived in London for 13 years, and I’m getting asked quite a lot about what […]

Guest Contributor by Guest Contributor
November 8, 2016
in Opinion
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

By Tim Baros

I’ve been watching the circus from afar and I’m kind of sorry to see it end. What circus you might ask? The circus that is the race for the presidency of the United States!

I’m American and have lived in London for 13 years, and I’m getting asked quite a lot about what my thoughts are about the election. And I’m honest when I tell people that’s it’s extremely embarrassing and shocking how this election has played out. There’s been tons of mudslinging on both sides, and both candidates have lost most of the credibility they had going into this process.

I tell people here that it’s a sorry state of affairs when two presidential candidates have behaved the way both Trump and Clinton have behaved. And let’s not even mention that each are not scandal free, and that Trump keeps reminding us time and time again the scandal surrounding Clinton’s emails, and Clinton, shamefully, has called Trump’s supporters deplorables (though she did apologize for it).

But no matter how tired and disgusted we all are of this bitter and hateful political race, you have to admit it’s been very entertaining. And it’s caused lots of suspense and uncertainty, and ups and downs, like a rollercoaster where one week Clinton is up and Trump down, then the next week Trump is up and Clinton is down, determined by the various scandals and inappropriate behaviour each have been involved in and is so unlike we’ve ever seen in American politics.

I voted this year by absentee ballot, mailing my vote back in Mid-October. And I’m not adverse to say who I voted for – I voted for Hillary Clinton. Not only do I think she is the right person for the job, but because she brings experience and an excellent track record that no politician in America can match.

Sure, she’s made mistakes with her emails and at times has not exactly been forthcoming with other aspects of her life, but she’s not a rude, crude, fowl mouth hate mongerer and misogynist like her very unqualified and angry rival. We have to be thankful that there will not be a wall built between U.S. and Mexico, and that a man who has been accused by several woman of sexual assault, a man who has had four of his companies go bankrupt, will not be the next President of the United States.

RelatedPosts

Elevenses: Britain’s Brexit Malaise

Elevenses: Bluff, Bluster and Biden

What the parable of the 6.2cm journalist teaches us about NHS data

Elevenses: Thatcher’s ‘Personal Society’ Persists

Of course, this will not be the last we will hear from Trump, he’s become more famous and more powerful since the race began. But the true fact of the matter we need to put this race behind and us and celebrate the fact that America will finally elect a woman to hold the most powerful position on the planet; Clinton was ready to in 2008, and she’s even more ready now.

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Tags: featured
Support fearless, free, investigative journalism Support fearless, free, investigative journalism Support fearless, free, investigative journalism

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending fromTLE

  • All
  • trending

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

Stress, fear and homelessness: The threat looming over families confronted with eviction

File photo dated 07/11/03 of a prison cell.

The Other Prison Pandemic

Latest from TLE

Euro Millions results Friday 5th March 2021

thunder ball results

Thunder Ball Results, Friday 5th March 2021

Pink Marmalade Gin

Pink Marmalade Gin: a natural, colour changing gin

Mail On Sunday ordered to print front-page statement on Meghan’s copyright win

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: jack@thelondoneconomic.com

Commercial enquiries, please contact: advertise@thelondoneconomic.com

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech & Auto
  • About The London Economic
  • Meet the Team
  • Privacy policy

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.