Yes the cheap fake excuse was an albatross. And everyone knew it when it was proffered. It has been apparent for a long time that he is getting worse. And for his aides to have to say, "that man has so much energy I can hardly keep up with him. And how he runs meetings is amazing, he is really engaged" Well, that is not what we see. When we seen him he walks like an old man, talks like an old man, falls down like an old man, and wanders off like an old man. So to try to tell us he is somehow miraculously different behind closed doors is stretching credulity.
But I believe the CNN pundits actually believed all that drivel because they were stunned right after the debate. STUNNED. They drank the kool aid and it was soooooooooooooooooo apparent. Somehow they thought he was better than he has been showing the last few years. I don't understand. The emperor had no clothes and they all believed it. That is as close an analogy for this I can figure.
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