[JaguarXKE]

This is fascinating to watch for me, because it is as if we are getting a full view of the slimy, reptilian, underbelly of the republican machine...

Fixed.

[cuban leaf]

—This is fascinating to watch for me, because it is as if we are getting a full view of the slimy, reptilian, underbelly of the republican machine...—

I like your version better. ;-)