{"id":24669,"date":"2020-10-04T23:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T06:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=24669"},"modified":"2020-10-04T23:23:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T06:23:48","slug":"deadly-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2020\/10\/04\/deadly-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one thing you can count on before a presidential election, it\u2019s the dreaded October Surprise.  And, let\u2019s face it, the entire West Wing <\/em>being infected with the coronavirus is one helluva surprise!  I am going to ask you all to do something that you won\u2019t want to do \u2013 please say a prayer for the health of our president.  In truth, I am not completely convinced El Presidente <\/em>actually has the coronavirus.  But dying or being too sick to run is an elegant way to bow out of an election he\u2019d likely lose.  Or perhaps poor Melania <\/strong>will expire, and the president will be too overtaken with grief to go on.  Whatever the scenario is, I suggest that both Mr<\/strong>. and Mrs<\/strong>. Trump <\/strong>sleep with one eye open.  Because who gets the most out of Trump bowing out?  Mike Pence<\/strong>, who becomes the nominee.  And in that scenario, everyone who was going to vote for Trump will vote for Pence.  Every Republican Trump pissed off who was going to sit out the election will vote for Pence.  All those Undecideds will vote for Pence.  Even conservative Democrats will vote for Pence.  And you know what happens during a Pence presidency?  Let me give you a hint \u2013 pack a Speedo <\/em>and copious amounts of sunscreen, because all us gays are gonna be carted off to an island.<\/p>\n

You might be surprised to see Eric Trump <\/strong>on that island.  Yes, the intellectually challenged spawn of our Commander in Chief came out on FOX<\/em><\/strong> & Friends<\/em><\/strong>.  Here is the direct quote: \u201cThe LGBT community, they are incredible.  And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day.  I\u2019m part of that community, and we love the man.\u201d  Shortly thereafter, Eric had to issue a retraction saying that he isn\u2019t technically a member of the community.  \u201cTo clarify, many of our close friends are part of the LGBT community, which was the intent of my statement\u2026As to me personally, as I think you know, I am a happily married man to my wife, Lara<\/strong>.\u201d  And gays everywhere let out a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

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The last person you\u2019d expect to be dragged into all of this is Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>.  My God, can\u2019t they leave that poor old woman alone?  It all started when Prince Harry <\/strong>and Meghan <\/strong>released a video many feel endorses Joe Biden<\/strong>.  Harry said, \u201cAs we approach this November, it\u2019s vital that we reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity\u201d.  Sure sounds like he\u2019s describing Trump, although it should be noted that neither candidate is named.  The problem with this is two-fold: 1) the royal family is supposed to be apolitical and b) Harry and Meghan are no longer technically royals.  The UK tabloids say the Queen should punish Harry and Meghan \u2013 as if throwing them out of the country wasn\u2019t enough.  Don\u2019t be so quick to believe British press.  One rag insists Harry asked QEII to move in with them.  Yeah, Lizzie is leaving Buckingham<\/strong> Palace<\/strong> to stay in Harry\u2019s spare bedroom over the garage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one thing you can count on before a presidential election, it\u2019s the dreaded October Surprise.  And, let\u2019s face it, the entire West Wing being infected with the coronavirus is one helluva surprise!  I am going to ask you all to do something that you won\u2019t want to do \u2013 please say a prayer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24681,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions\/24681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}