It’s hard to decide if tonight’s debate is dueling guest or a debate.

Hillary is bringing Mark Cuban and Meg Whitman.

Trump is countering with Obama’s half-brother and a ghost from Clinton’s past: Patricia Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, who has accused the former secretary of state of “murdering” her son.

I have wondered why Trump felt it was necessary to publicly attack Khizr Khan when Democrats did not say a word about Patricia’s Smith carefully worded and painful speech at the GOP convention, when even the man who wrote her speech is now voting for Hillary.

Look, my heart goes out to Patricia Smith and if believing that Hillary Clinton murdered her son makes his death easier for her, then so be it.  She has the right to grieve in any way that helps her.  Democrats instinctually know that and said nothing negative about Smith.  Trump is incapable of feeling compassion so Khan was a handy target for him.

I am sadly sure that tonight’s debate will not accomplish anything worthwhile.

But, Honey, did you see Barack Obama’s boo last night?

Darlin’, that’s some powerful dress wearing.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is a stoopid sumbitch.

He’s whining about “rampant” voter fraud and election rigging in Texas.

Open your damn eyes, Abbott.  Texas Republicans own all statewide offices, the Governor’s mansion, all the Courts of Appeal, the State House and the State Senate.  So, paint this on the barn in waterproof paint: If there’s fraud going on, you’re the one doing it.

Holy cow.  Come on, man.  How ignorant can you be?

The only election fraud going on in Texas is the wild butt gerrymandering, and, dammit, you built that.

You know, Texas Republicans did not say one word about rigged elections until it began to look like Texas is flipping.

I know you’re all gonna be depressed after this election with nothing to look forward to, so I know you’ll feel blessed by this promise.

Curt Schilling, yes, that Curt Schilling, says he’s gonna run against Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Well, let’s see here.

First there’s his excellent business sense:

Schilling made the comments during an extended interview with WPRO host John DePetro, during which he fielded call-in questions from Rhode Islanders for the first time about the collapse of his video-game company, 38 Studios, which received a $75-million taxpayer-backed loan in 2010. The firm’s bankruptcy two years later left taxpayers on the hook for roughly $90 million.

And his great personality:

In 1996, he made Esquire’s Top Ten Most Hated Athletes, and he hasn’t improve at all since then.

Plus, he’s a big ole giant Donald Trump supporter.

I don’t think there’s a sports fan or a politics fan on God’s green earth who would not thoroughly enjoy watching Elizabeth Warren kick Schilling’s butt across Massachusetts.

Update:  I got punked.  This is from Midland, Michigan, not Midland, Texas.  Damn.  I should have known. Sorry, Guys.

Y’all, the newspaper in Midland Damn Texas, endorsed Hillary Clinton.

It wasn’t easy for them being as how they are located in the deep heart of Ted Cruz, but they grew a pair and endorsed Hillary.  It wasn’t an enthusiastic endorsement …

In choosing Clinton, we recognize the historic nature of her candidacy — an opportunity to break a centuries-old barrier and become the first woman to be president since the founding of our nation. But we also recognize that in terms of governmental philosophy, there is not much that we agree on. So our support for Clinton comes with a caveat: we do so holding fast to Paul Ryan’s goal of ensuring Clinton doesn’t receive a “blank check” once in office because Republicans maintain control of both Houses of Congress.

… but it was an endorsement nonetheless.  We’ll take it.

Midland Damn Texas, y’all.

How long until Trump hits Twitter?

When you are Chris Christie it is hard to disappear but he’s trying.

The election cannot come soon enough for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).

The adviser and surrogate for Donald Trump is already trying to distance himself from the Republican nominee’s flagging bid for the presidency.

Christie did not want to answer the question about whether or not he’s “proud” of the Trump campaign.

The New Jersey governor went on to suggest that he and other campaign surrogates should not be held responsible for the campaign’s performance.

“I’m proud of everything I’ve said, and that’s all I can control. The rest of it I can’t control,” he concluded.

I’m pretty certain that Donald Trump will find a conspiracy in this, but let me assure Mr. Trump that Christie’s only motivation is that Donald Trump is a loser.