Does the Biden Cover-Up Have Two Layers?

Greetings and welcome to this edition of the Carnival of Fools, with a slightly smaller cast of beasts. After going out there and giving it their all, week after week, several of our bigger animals deserve a rest so they can avoid visiting the doctor. Soon we’ll bring on the dancing horses once again.

Joe Biden, long known to be unwell by nearly everyone in America except the mainstream media and professional Democrats, has now been revealed to be far more unwell than we even suspected: His communications team announced on Sunday night that Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone. It is a terrible situation for the former president, and my first thought upon hearing the news was to pray for him and his family.

My second thought was less charitable, however, and it had that old Howard Baker ring to it: “What did the president know and when did he know it?” (This was also my third, fourth, and fifth thought.) My answer: far more than they are admitting with this “modified limited hangout” strategy. Biden and his people are likely hoping that America will react to the news of his cancer diagnosis with pity and generosity and drop all those awkward questions about whether his entire presidency was a giant fraud executed by a cabal of presidential aides. Democratic operative David Axelrod accidentally read the stage directions out loud Sunday night when he went on CNN: “Those conversations will happen, but they should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.” (Points for subtlety there, Dave.)