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Dear Democrats: Don’t Pussy Up Now
We’ve all turned into Krisi Noem. One bad night and we’re ready to take President Biden out to the gravel pit.
All of my fears about the debate tonight came true. I am not going to lie. President Joe Biden looked old, weak, confused, and not presidential. As cringe-worthy as last night was, Joe Biden is a great president
Felon Donald J. Trump lied his ass off but proved the George W. Bush theory of life, “‘It’s better to be wrong and strong’ than ‘weak and right,’” to be true. Nothing Trump said was even close to true — does anyone think he had “the biggest heart of anyone here”? Or that he is in great shape? Better than 20 or 30 years ago? I’d like to not remember him that long ago but he has been part of my public consciousness since I was a child.
There was a time when Trump was sane. And he was never good-looking, he didn’t always look like this.
But I digress. Democrats like to panic. If we have a collective hobby, it’s hand-wringing. Take former Senator Claire McCaskill who said she “never wanted to be a surrogate for a presidential candidate more” and then went…