{"id":3009,"date":"2016-11-07T12:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T12:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2016-11-08T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:53:28","slug":"us-presidential-election-diary-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/2016\/11\/us-presidential-election-diary-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"US Presidential Election Diary 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"US\"Where's<\/p>\n

The hardest part about drawing a new illustration on a Post-it note every single day is coming up with the idea. The horrors of the US presidential election campaign, though, provided plenty of low-hanging fruit. Join me as we look back across the past year-or-so in horror – it’s the scariest American invention since Halloween!<\/p>\n

The Primaries<\/h3>\n
\n\"Bernie<\/p>\n

16th November 2015:<\/h4>\n

Panic ensues in Rickmansland over whether Bernie is a Sanders or a Sanders. I remember back to my Year 9 English class, taught by a Mr. Sanders, who stipulated he was Sanders, and not like the KFC mascot. Unfortunately for me, sixteen years later I can\u2019t remember which was which.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Trumpolini\"<\/p>\n

8th December 2015:<\/h4>\n

If it wasn\u2019t already obvious, the New-York-based reality television star has clarified that he will be campaigning for president on the platform of good old-fashioned fascism.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Imaginary\"\/<\/p>\n

12 February 2016:<\/h4>\n

I wonder to myself, if this person is as powerful as he believes himself to be, then why does he have to prefix his twitter handle with the word \u2018real\u2019? Is it to differentiate himself from an imaginary Donald Trump? Who is actually a nice person? And not totally self-absorbed?<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"dump\"<\/p>\n

24 February 2016:<\/h4>\n

It finally dawns on me: This is Biff from Back To The Future running for President of the United States! This man-child behaves like a cartoon high-school bully. Why doesn’t half of America seem to mind!?<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Super<\/p>\n

1st March 2016:<\/h4>\n

Super Tuesday is here, and the field is thinning out. Republicans are left choosing from a rotund vessel of chopped animal organs, a folding ironing board, and a pair of unwashed sports socks. Across the aisle, Democrats are forced to choose between an angry duck and a half-eaten sandwich. The two-party system works!<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Down<\/p>\n

19th April 2016:<\/h4>\n

BBC News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“It’s very close to my heart because I was down there, and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7\/11, down at the World Trade Center right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action,” Mr Trump said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\n\""Again"\"<\/p>\n

10th June 2016:<\/h4>\n

One way to make \u2018again\u2019 make sense<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Grate\"<\/p>\n

18th July 2016:<\/h4>\n

Wannabe-despot seeks running mate to aid in campaign to Make America Grate Again<\/p><\/div>\n

The Campaign Proper<\/h3>\n
\"I'm<\/p>\n

2nd August 2016:<\/h4>\n

The election in one drawing<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Wrong\"\"Wrong\"<\/p>\n

8th October 2016:<\/h4>\n

After the Billy Bush tape is unearthed, the humanoid with expired toothpaste for hair is forced to make an admission.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Locker-room<\/p>\n

10th October 2016:<\/h4>\n

I guess it wasn\u2019t worth apologising for after all, it was just \u2018Locker-room Talk\u2019. I guess if you look at it this way…<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Frump\"<\/p>\n

12th October 2016:<\/h4>\n

The Republican candidate attempts to set things straight in the wake of the Billy Bush tape:
\n“Nobody has more respect for women than I do, nobody”<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Debate<\/p>\n

20th October 2016:<\/h4>\n

As my American voyager and I watch the final debate of the campaign, I wonder to myself what exactly Hillary is marking down behind her lectern?<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Huge<\/p>\n

28th October 2016:<\/h4>\n

Mr Reality-TV has been attributing the creation of America’s enemies to the \u2018huge vacuum\u2019 that Obama and Clinton left behind in the middle east. \u2018I wish someone would come and collect it\u2019, the locals think to themselves.<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank goodness it’s all over tomorrow. Let’s hope we wake up in a peaceful world on Wednesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hardest part about drawing a new illustration on a Post-it note every single day is coming up with the idea. The horrors of the US presidential election campaign, though, provided plenty of low-hanging fruit. Join me as we look back across the past year-or-so in horror – it’s the scariest American invention since Halloween! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5],"tags":[49,562,560,561,556,559,411,557,558,503],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drawings","category-rubbish","tag-america","tag-demagogue","tag-democracy","tag-divisiveness","tag-election","tag-fascism","tag-illustration","tag-politics","tag-redwhiteblue","tag-usa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/her-stupid.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pC5Eo-Mx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3061,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions\/3061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trickartt.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}