Thus, his Gish gallop of negativity for faking out his opponent, getting under his skin, and making outrageous demands. This is all found in Chapter 1 of the Dictator’s Playbook. They want their opponent at a disadvantage; most debaters have a moral code and wouldn’t dare play dirty. Trump has no such scruples and regularly steps out of bounds.

That’s exactly the script that the convicted felon, rapist and treasonous Putin prodigy followed at the debate and afterwards.

The editorial board of the New York Times, insurrectionists, Leonard Leo and the Heritage Foundation joined in that plan. After Trump spewed hate for 90 minutes, they had the audacity to demand that the honest, hard-working, compassionate and vastly experienced Joe Biden quit! This caused widespread panic and outrage in Democratic voters, which the right and some on the left rejoiced over.

Most people just want to be free to live their lives and raise their families the best way they know how. They have no idea the “mindmeld” the former president and his minions are performing. Unfortunately, seeing an election like a bloodsport could cause good people to withdraw from politics altogether, out of disgust or confusion.

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But, in their haste to save their candidate from prison, the Supreme Court has made a monumental miscalculation in handing down this presidential immunity ruling prematurely, so that it applies to our present leader, too.

If the justices can say that our leader is a king, it’s executive action time, Joe. Add four new pro-Democracy judges to the Extreme Court and turn it back into the Supreme Court. Their approval ratings will explode! Immune. Immune. Immune. Immune.

I will do all I can to back our statesman, Biden, and fight tooth and nail against bullies and cheaters who want to take us back to pre-civil rights days.

We don't give in. We fight. All we have to do is stand firm and have one more “NO!” in our bag of tricks than they have.

Caryl Brt

Haywood County