... Was that your father? Nice! I really liked all this through, that (sub?)genre isn't heard much nowadays. And the truth is, people both love and hate politics, cause we must have an opinion at least, and just cause that's how modern society came to existence in all its horror/glory, I believe.
You really got to make links work next time. Many people skip them due to the annoyance of dealing with them on NG or by not reading the description at all, unfortunately.