Tale of Two Joes: Why Teleprompter Biden has to go, and take the sundowning version with him

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In Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," we find two men in one character: one, a kindly and sociable man, the other a vice-ridden miscreant, and neither knows much of what the other gets up to.

Democrats are staring into a similar situation regarding the president, for there are two Joe Bidens. There is 10 am to 4 pm, Teleprompter Joe, who still sort of seems capable of being president if you squint, and then, well, then there is the other Joe Biden.

The other Joe Biden, the one who appears after the sun goes down in a phenomenon known to neurologists, is obviously the problem. He is a senile old man, incapable of finishing sentences, staring with vacant eyes lacking any indication of comprehension. He is the Joe Biden of the debate, who no sane person thinks is fit to serve.

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The first question that this curious situation invites is whether these two Joe Bidens are even acquainted with each other?

Let’s recall that when asked about his debate performance by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, just a week that public disaster, the somewhat cogent version of Joe Biden could barely describe it, making up false details about his opponent, former President Trump, yelling. As if