 A hit piece. It's a hit piece to describe Joe Biden as declining. You got to be kidding me. Back to George Will. That the sheep are still on the air, dispensing undiminished certitudes is evidence of two things. That outside of a few bastions of meritocracy and accountability, such as professional sports, there is no penalty for failure in contemporary America. And that many prominent people have the scary strength that comes from being incapable of embarrassment.