Uncle Joe wrestled with the teleprompter like a slacker high school boy blindsided by trigonometry questions on the math SAT test. By the end of the Bidens brief spiel, most judges declared that the teleprompter had won by technical knockout.

A few weeks ago, Biden declared that it would take "the Lord Almighty" to get him to end his re-election campaign. Did the Lord make an unannounced visit to Biden's Delaware vacation home?

When Biden threw in the towel on Wednesday night, everything was sacred - including the Oval Office ("this sacred space"), "the sacred cause of this country," "the "sacred task of perfecting our Union," and the "sacred idea" of America. Biden announced that "I revere this office" - a hint that viewers should revere him, too. Biden has worshiped political power his entire life - and so it was no surprise that religiosity suffused his valedictory address.

Biden asked: "Does character in public life still matter?" That signals that the coverups of his abuses and potential kickbacks will continue at least until January. No wonder Hunter Biden had a big smile as he sat just outside of the video sweep in the Oval Office. But will Biden finally permit his Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the audiotape of Biden's bumbling interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur? Or is official Washington obliged to continue pretending that Biden has not been mentally AWOL for years?

Biden declared Wednesday night: "Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy." This was bad news for voters. So Democratic Party bosses had no choice but to nullify 15 million primary ballots cast for Biden and jam a replacement candidate down the nation's throat. For years, the Democratic Party has equated Trump with saving democracy, justifying any tactic - fair or foul - to thwart Trump. Sending in the FBI to raid and potentially shoot people at Trump's Florida home? Check. Ginning up bogus criminal charges to get Trump locked way from voters? Check. Using the FBI and other federal agencies to target anyone who is too enthusiastic on MAGA? Check.