Just when I admired SPWS's apparent abstention from national politics, I see this. Perhaps, if one must indulge in such matters, we should have our own steampunk presidential candidate—Mr Von Slatt!

I do, however, think it would be cooler if gear shaped. Hahaha.

Those two irons appear to pose a really unfortunate coincidence, though. I won't divulge the nature of the image, it is really too damned dastardly. Hey, instead, one could imagine what happens to protesters if having been arrested. That's as far as I'm going to go in trying to illustrate the image, it would've been too rotten if intentional.

Not to rain on the parade, but gee it is an unfortunate coincidence of imagery -- so much so, I have thought, I was unwilling to avoid responding about it. I know it is certainly unintentional, awkward though it may appear.

Hey, but for all of the hot air in politics there sure should be plenty of steam to go around, right? Heck, a candidate may even be able to drive his own train on it! D.C could power all of greater Virginia ... what a world.