I’m afraid of clowns

[Cyrano]

One clown scares me. Ten clowns might put me into a coma.

Many in government, and many pundits, tell us to be afraid of Muslims, terrorists, and a bunch of other “thems.” I haven’t spent much time being afraid of Muslims, terrorists and “thems.”

But clowns scare me.

I’ve hear that 10 of them are going to be on some kind of “show” tonight. I can’t watch it.

Clowns scare me.

Do clowns scare you?

[olddots]

1. I'm scared of clown paintings

the turd maggots in tonights circus are really just paintings of clowns .

[etherealtruth]

2. Coulrophobia

mine has intensified!

[SummerSnow]

5. I have clown phobia too. :(

and balloons

[etherealtruth]

17. I am OK with balloons ... but clowns push me over the edge :-( n/t

[Cleita]

3. These clowns do.

The thought that anyone of them could eventually have the power to start a nuclear war is terrifying.

[backscatter712]

4. We very well could end up with President Pennywise...

[SummerSnow]

18. Looks alot like Scott Walker, the teeth are Jeb's

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Relax, dear. They're fake. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

7. Then we probably shouldn't tell you about the early show

Don't even ask.

[randome]

8. Just imagine them naked.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[pinboy3niner]

9. Naked clowns is an IMPROVEMENT?

In what universe?

[randome]

11. Well, Google Image 'naked clown' and see some examples. NSFW, though.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[question everything]

10. One. We should not underestimate the voters tendency to select a "celebrity"

Reagan and Arnold come to mind.

[Cyrano]

13. You're scaring me

[hatrack]

12. Well, not that much I can say except . . .

[Orsino]

14. The sheer number of dumbasses eager to vote for these clowns frightens and saddens me.

The clowns themselves are less than nothing, as they prove daily.

[Cyrano]

15. But what if one of these "less than nothing" clowns

makes it to the White House? And with the Supreme Court having wrecked the Voting Rights Act, it can happen.

I find it hard to imagine anything more terrifying.

[Orsino]

16. That clown will still be less than nothing, beholden to billionaires.

Really, I'm not afraid of them; I'm afraid of what their masters will make them do.

Of course, anyone who says this is a moot distinction is probably right. I just like to deflate at every opportunity the myth of GOP leadership. Their candidates are talentless toadies with the charisma of damp cardboard.