These times are different because nowadays political lies are often in plain sight.

A healthy majority of Americans could see for years that President Biden was not fit to serve another four years. But that didn’t stop Democratic Party leaders and their media megaphones from insisting repeatedly that he was “sharp as a tack.”

Biden’s fractured debate performance – and his broken attempts to demonstrate command in the weeks that followed – only confirmed that the emperor had no clothes. It was a game changer only because the power brokers who actually control the party realized that their fraud had been exposed; the jig was up. Reality finally overwhelmed their narrative.

In a New York minute they went from proclaiming Biden the savior of our democracy to humiliating him as a stubborn old fool. Never mind the national interest, the diminished president only had to go when he no longer proved useful to party bosses. Given this lightning-bolt 180, one might feel sorry for the president. What the heck happened, man? But he is not just Scranton Joe, he is leader of the free world. His diminished capacity puts America, and the world, at risk.

The fact that Democrats and their allies are trying to shut down discussion of whether he is truly capable of carrying out the duties of his office as two large wars rage and China........

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