Those of us not in the cult often shake our heads in wonderment at how easily the Deceived are manipulated. First, Biden is a doddering old fool, overwhelmed by senility. But then, he gives a great State of the Union address, clearly in command of his faculties in ways the Deceived had been convinced not possible.

So? Oh, he must have been “jacked up” on something. Some performance enhancing drug that put him back to right just long enough to get through that speech. Then, right back to the doddering old fool story. The Deceived just go with the flow. Biden is mentally infirm, sure, but he’s also the mastermind of the greatest criminal frame job in history – but mostly the infirm thing.

So, going into tonight’s debate, MAGA is all set to believe Trump is going to wipe the floor with poor, mentally confused Joe Biden. Except Trump knows that Biden is likely to eat Trump’s lunch in this debate. So, he and his lapdog media start lowering expectations. First, Trump tries to pretend he’ll lose the debate on purpose but even MAGA wasn’t dumb enough to go along with that idea, so it was pretty quickly scrapped.

They moved into “Biden will be jacked up again” mode. They even topped it off with complementary things about Biden’s experience and skill as a debater. Now MAGA media has the Deceived convinced there’s some drug out there that reverses senility just long enough to make a public appearance. This miracle drug nobody has ever heard of anywhere on Earth just… sets a person to right, eliminating all effects of aging.

But, nobody has told the Deceived what that drug might be. So MAGA started guessing. Their best guess to date – at least from MY point of view – is (drum roll, please) Mountain Dew! No, I’m not kidding. That’s one of the guesses. It’s a stunning development. Mountain Dew cures senility, but, apparently, only for a couple of hours. Of course, disgraced and demoted “Dr.” Ronnie Johnson (whose name is ‘Jackson,’ but Trump is always right so I guess he’s legally changing his name) can’t claim Mountain Dew temporarily cures senility so he’s suggesting some drug or elixir out there. No, he has NOT named it.

Quick question for the Deceived: if there’s a drug out there that reverses senility and demented Joe takes it, what’s the problem? It’s like controlling blood pressure with pills. The high blood pressure doesn’t go away, it’s just managed. Why wouldn’t old Joe just take his magic pills all the time, thereby eliminating the effects of his dementia and remaining the effective President he’s been since taking office?

Also, name the drug. Tell me what it is. There are millions of people around the world, struggling with dementia who would LOVE a pill or elixir that “fixed” them – even for a short time. Stop pretending it’s a magic pill and name it. Hydroxychloroquine, anyone?

I’ll tell you this: I honestly can not believe that this once-great nation is going to win a Darwin Award for dying of stupidity…

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Truthfully, I thought he’d drop out by now, citing some b.s. excuse. But then I read that his team is encouraging him to show up and act like an adult. It would be…unexpected. As of this writing, it looks as though Trump has NOT backed out of the debate. I’m planning to watch but in a morbid curiosity kind of way.

I doubt Trump is capable of acting like an adult for a couple of hours so I’m curious what kind of shenanigans he’ll get up to. The rules rather limit the kinds of interruptions and distractions he likes to create, short of leaving his podium and going to Biden’s mic or just standing in his spot shouting like a madman.

Even if he tries to act like a grown-up, Trump is FAR too easily baited into bad behavior. I hope the first question from the moderators is, “Who won the 2020 election?” Simple question with a clear, simple answer. But it would break any pretense Trump had that he might be able to behave. His mind would spin and his mouth would fly and that would be that.

There’s still an entire day for him to slither out of it. We’ll see…

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Well, that was clever. The SKCOTUS is under fire over all of those bribes they keep taking and taking and taking. They REALLY don’t like having to explain their corrupt selves so… they’ve legalized bribery! They handed down a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday (Snyder vs the United States) that says that, so long as the “gift” is given AFTER the preferred act, it’s more of a “thank-you” than a bribe, so it’s okay. That’s called “a distinction without a difference.” It seems to me this entire, corrupt court should have recused themselves, all of them seeming to have accepted various “gifts” at various times…

This ruling, along with their egregious Citizens United opinion, make the United States a pay-to-play system. If you can’t pay, you can’t play. And, unless you can send the Kangaroos to Fiji on an annual basis, you can’t pay. The conservatives are turning (have turned?) this country into a for-the-wealthy paradise that just happens to suck for everyone else. I wonder what their “thank you gift” is going to be?

I’ll tell you this: I wish the cons had paid better attention in history class…