There is still time for Democrats to choose someone else to face Trump

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In case you missed the American presidential debate on Thursday, here’s an analogy to help you understand how it went.

Picture yourself seated in a gaudy circus tent. The headline act is a Roman-style gladiator fight with a lion. An aged but straight-backed legionnaire saunters into the ring. Then, out comes the animal. You wince. It’s an old thing that needs to be tugged along by the chain of a beastmaster. His eyes are greyed over. His fur is patchy and his arthritic limp hints at why: he’s too stiff to groom himself properly. His bones stick out like those of your elderly cat’s did in the final years of its life.

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There was a time when he could clear fiery hoops with ease, but it’s long passed. This circus “fight” is undignifying to everyone involved, and the gladiator knows it. He mimes a lunge at the beast anyway, who doesn’t seem to see or hear. The show must go on. The beastmaster prods his charge to extract a confused, un-ferocious growl. This continues........

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