Jeez, I thought I was watching another lousy Saturday Night Live skit. Both presidential candidates blew it.

Here are two men contending to be the free world’s most important leader and they’re debating whose golf game excels.

I can hit the ball farther. You’ve got to ride in a cart. I’ll play you if you’ll carry your bag. My handicap is better than yours.

I can settle that argument: Both of your handicaps are glaring. And frightening. Funny thing, the golf argument would have been too stupid for even Saturday Night Live to use in a skit as parody.

The debate has got to have world leaders—friends and foes—wondering what the hell is going on in America. Are these two the best America has to offer? You could make a reasonable argument that they are the two worst.

First, Biden. I find it astonishing that so many Democrats this morning are expressing shock and surprise that Biden looked so bad. Where have they been for the past three years? Or the past six months, as Biden has deteriorated before our very eyes. Actually, I’m shocked that NBC News’ Chuck Todd said, “At the end of the day, Joe Biden looks like the caricature that the conservative media has been painting.” You dope, conservatives weren’t creating that caricature. Biden was.

So, while mostly unnamed Democratic leaders were finally discussing replacing Biden as the party’s nominee (that is, if Dr. Jill approves), Biden diehards aren’t giving up. About 45 minutes into the debate when Biden’s dementia could no longer be denied, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released an idiotic conspiratorial theory:

“Trump’s Project 2025 Plans to Dismantle Democracy.”  Among the wild accusations is the charge that Trump “is drafting plans that allow Trump to deploy the military against American citizens.”

Which brings us to Trump: Why the hell does he always feel compelled to talk in terms of superlatives? He’s the best this and that. His opponents, like Biden, are the worst ever. He seemed to restrain himself early in the debate, but as Biden got weaker and weaker, Trump became more and more obnoxious.

He could have polished off Biden, but instead he drifted back into his superlative BS. Like in a boxing match, while the defending champ was wandering around the ring in a daze, Trump pranced around proclaiming, “I am the greatest!”

While Biden clearly was the loser, Trump was not the winner. I’m sticking with my argument that for Trump to win, he’s got to attract enough independents and disaffected Republicans to win. His braggadocio is not the way to do it. For many voters still on the fence, The Braggart is dangerously unpredictable and mentally ill. The longer the campaign goes on, the more likely he’ll revert to his own form.

Will Democrats replace Biden? If they’re smart, they will. (A good sign that it’s the best thing they can do is that fact that some Republicans now want the president—a sure loser—to remain on the ticket.)

Biden could release his delegates before the convention, letting them pick a viable replacement. That would solve the Kamala Harris problem; the new nominee has to be allowed his/her own vp choice. Like FDR did when he bounced his VP Henry Wallace—a Soviet fan—off the ticket in favor of Harry Truman.

While all this is interesting, the danger of all this instability is more than concerning. It’s damn scary.

A final thought: Who is the threat to democracy? They both are. Trump’s failed effort to cancel the 2020 election makes him so. Biden’s people’s attempts to throw Trump off the ballot and more makes them so.

So yes, it’s damn scary.