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by
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After
President
Biden’s
announcement
yesterday
that
he
is
withdrawing
from
the
presidential
race,
Democrats
heaved
a
great
sigh
of
relief
at
finally
breaking
out
of
the
three-week-long
news
hellcycle.
More
than
$50
million
poured
into
Vice
President
Harris’s
campaign
coffers.
Senator
Joe
Manchin
spent
seventeen
minutes
pretending
that
there
was
great
outcry
among
the
people
for
him
to
rejoin
the
Democratic
party
and
assume
its
nomination.
And
then
everyone
pinky
swore
to
stab
anyone
who
mentioned
a
Celebrity
Apprentice-style
convention
in
the
kidney.
Even
Aaron
Sorkin
woke
up
from
that
bender
and
disavowed
his
early
morning
decision
to
show
us
his
whole
ass,
including
that
unfortunate
tattoo
of
Mitt
Romney’s
face.
Over
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle,
the
prospect
of
a
political
party
getting
its
house
in
order
seems
to
have
caught
them
flatfooted.
The
former
president
is
tweeting
through
the
Kübler-Ross
grief
cycle.
Republicans
are
spitting
mad,
with
Laura
Ingraham
and
Steven
Miller
discovering
that
usurping
the
will
of
the
voters
is
bad
now,
actually,
and
demanding
to
vindicate
the
rights
of
the
poor,
benighted
Democratic
primary
voter.
They
filled
out
circles!
CIRCLES,
LAURA!
Over
at
the
Heritage
Foundation
they’re
channeling
Eli
Cash,
and
pretending
that
their
spiffy
draft
memo
that
talked
about
potential
court
challenges
to
a
replacement
nominee
after
the
convention
is
still
worth
the
pixels
it
was
written
on.
Sure
that’s
premised
on
the
theory
that
Biden
is
already
the
official
nominee.
But
until
24
hours
ago
he
was
the
presumptive
nominee,
and
what
if
those
things
are
the
same?
Meanwhile
Republican
election
lawyers
are
plotting
to
deprive
the
Vice
President
of
access
to
the
campaign
war
chest
on
the
theory
that
she’s
not
the
rightful
owner
of
funds
with
her
name
on
them
—
a
theory
so
ridiculous
it
just
might
work
in
the
Fifth
Circuit.
And
speaking
of
cope,
Republicans
have
recently
discovered
the
rule
of
“If
you
don’t
run
for
re-election,
your
party
is
constitutionally
required
to
25th
Amendment
you.”
No,
no,
don’t
ask
where
it
is
in
the
Constitution.
Just
take
Jonathan
Turley’s
word
for
it.
In
summary
and
in
conclusion,
the
Vice
President
is
either
a
spinster
cat
lady
or
a
brazen
hussy.
And
probably
not
a
citizen.
Also,
Joe
Manchin
will
not
accept
the
vice
presidential
nomination.
In
case
you
were
wondering.
Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.