The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Corrupt Demented Imbecile Joe Biden is scheduled for Thursday June 27.  These thoughts are written earlier in the week, so I concentrated on the setting, the moderators and the participants, and have posted a day early.  So I present – FRANK ON THURSDAY

First of all, although they call it a debate, it’s not really a debate, at least not the type of presidential debate to which we have become accustomed.

No audience.  No questions from members of the public.  No opening statements from the candidates.   The two moderators will ask the questions, and the candidate’s mics will be shut off when the moderators decide that “time’s up.”  And most importantly, in a debate, the candidates normally oppose only one another. Not so in this charade, uh, “debate.”

The way this farce was designed, it wasn’t just Trump versus Biden, it was Trump versus Biden, and the two moderators, CNN’s Jake (as in Fake) Tapper and Dana Bash.  What we have here is a good old-fashioned Steel Cage Tag Team Death Match.

To continue the Biden Administration’s Deep Fake/Cheap Fake meme from last week, the “debate” features, in one corner, the Unfake candidate, former President Donald J. Trump, well rested from six weeks confinement in a freezing cold courtroom; and newly tanned, by training on massive rallies in Blue States.

In the other corner, we have Sleepy Joe Biden, a/k/a Creep Fake, the aide groping, child sniffer; who’s running on a ticket with Kamala Harris, a/k/a the VEEP Fake; well rested from having spent 40% of his presidency on vacation; and tirelessly training on dextroamphetamine to allow him to focus, along with physical therapy to keep him on his feet for 90 minutes.

Then, up on the podium, are Creep Fake’s tag team partners, CNN’s Jake the Fake Tapper, and Heep Big Fake Dana Bash.  These two are the costumed villains of the wrestling world, who masquerade as impartial journalists, but who really are itching hit Trump with a chair, and bounce his head off the turnbuckle.  What did you expect when Trump challenged Biden to debate “anytime, anywhere, with any rules?”  Be careful what you ask for.

Think I’m defaming the CNN hit squad?  Think again.  Fake Jake is an unabashed Trump hater.  Here are just a few of his greatest hits.  When Biden won in 2020 he said, “For tens of millions of our fellow Americans, their long national nightmare is over.”  He claimed Trump “continues to lie to the American people” about coronavirus testing.  He retweeted a post that called Trump “100% insane.”  He mocked Trump for being hospitalized for the Wuhan virus.  He has called Trump’s presidency a “disaster.”  Fake Jake denied the 2016 election by perpetrating the Russia collusion hoax.  He has claimed that Trump tried to kill democracy, and he ordered CNN’s control room not to cover Trump live, because “he lies so much” and is potentially dangerous.  Recently, Fake Jake criticized Trump for daring to complain about the legal colonoscopy he was getting in the Manhattan court.  And oh, I almost forgot, Fake Jake Tapper has compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.  Like I said, an impartial journalist.

Heep Big Fake Dana Bash is no slouch either.  She has denounced Trump, who has Jewish grandchildren, as “anti-Semitic and incredibly dangerous.” She’s on record arguing that, “unfortunately for America,” the US Supreme Court decided to keep Trump on the Colorado ballot.  She also suggested that Trump incited “war” domestically during his first term.

Heep Big Fake Bash was the perfect choice for debate moderator.  She called the 2020 Trump/Biden debate a “shit show,” a “bad reality TV show” and said that Trump “took it too far” with his aggression.  She also attacked Trump’s complaint about being stuck in the Manhattan courtroom by yelling,“Fact Check,” and then claiming that Trump “doesn’t have to be there, there is no requirement, he’s not compelled legally to be there.”  Well, “Fact Check” back at you!  There was no requirement but for the crooked judge’s threat to throw Trump’s ass in jail if he didn’t attend every day.

And not to be outdone by Fake Jake, Heep Big Fake has compared Trump’s rhetoric to that of Nazi Germany.  Don’t you just love a fair “debate?”

I’m nearly 700 words into this piece, and all I really had to say was “This is CNN.”  As this is written, the “debate” hasn’t happened yet, and already this past weekend, a CNN host named Hunt made it clear that the “debate” will be more about the CNN hosts than about the candidates.  The host shut off the microphone of Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, who dared to suggest that Trump won’t get a fair shake in the “debate.”  When Leavitt tried to recount the history of anti-Trump statements of the moderators, CNN hustled her off the air, and the outraged CNN host chided, “You come on my show, you respect my colleagues.  Period.  I don’t care what side of the aisle you stand on, as my track record clearly shows.”

There was no need for Hunt to come to the aid of Tapper and Bash.  They had already announced that the fix was in.  Bash and Tapper have promised they “will use all tools at their disposal to enforce timing and ensure a civilized discussion, according to the network’s rules and guidelines released last week.”  Translation – “We’ll muzzle Trump every chance we get.  We’ll make sure we protect Biden by feeding him softball questions (it’s Monday, and I’m sure he’s already seen them), and by killing time correcting, arguing with and reprimanding Trump, and then shutting off his mic so he can’t reply.

Trump would do well to keep cool, ignore Biden and the CNN hit squad, and use his time to simply talk to the American people about the issues important to them.  All Trump needs to do is to dispel the false claims that he’s a rabid Nazi.  He’s ahead, and his base is solid.

Biden, on the other hand has a lot to prove.  I’ve heard suggestions that the “debate” was scheduled so early so the Dems can replace Biden if he fails to prove he can stay on his feet and handle the heat.  He’ll get plenty of help from his tag teammates.  But what the Hell?  3 against 1 is fair odds.  It’ll take more than three liars to cover up the Biden debacle.