Colin Sheridan: The truth about cats and demagogues
alley cats should be left out of presidential insults — they have more honour and emotional intelligence in their left paw than the candidates have in their entire campaign teams
The TV debate between President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Donald Trump at a debate watch party in Arizona. Picture: Ross D Franklin/AP
Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” — Old Turkish Proverb.
The following is a brief exchange from Thursday night’s presidential debate between Joe “Mayo for Sam ‘’ Biden, and Donald “Can you put fake tan on my back” Trump.
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