Hard to believe that one week from right now, I'll be in San Diego wrapping up the second of my fourteen panels. I'm going to start packing for the trip right after I get through unpacking from last year.
Let me amend my hunch about what's going on with Joe Biden. I don't think he's decided to step down yet. My hunch is that everything's been worked out so that if and when he does decide to step aside — as I expect he will — it will be as smooth and secure a process as it could be. That does not mean it will be wholly free of problems. I just think they have to have a plan ready and Biden has to know the important dates. He might still feel he can carry on but he can't be sure that won't change tomorrow. He would not want his legacy to be that he doomed the Democratic effort to keep the White House because he was too stubborn to face reality.
I was a little disappointed with Jon Stewart the other night for, first of all, having Bill O'Reilly on as a guest. I know the two of them have an entertaining rapport and a certain amount of mutual respect. But Stewart has always struck me as a guy who says what he believes and O'Reilly has always struck me as a guy who says what he believes will get him ratings. And Stewart allowed him to rattle off an inaccurate list of damages to this country caused, O'Reilly said, by the Biden administration. A guy like Stewart who faults reporters for not challenging those they interview should have pushed back harder.
I have no comments about this year's Emmy Nominations except that it looks like they've rearranged the categories so John Oliver can only win one this year instead of his usual two.
Please do not write me with your views on the Kennedy Assassination. Haven't I made it clear that I don't want to go there again except to learn from the mistake of those who followed it deep into Fantasyland?
I may not be back here until much later when I post Today's Video Link. It's a number from a famous musical and you'll never guess what it is. Bye now.