It finally hit me: all the Dem talking heads repeating in unison as though from talking points supplied by the White House, about how “sharp” and “focused” and “on top of things” Joe Biden is should remind us of nothing so much as the brainwashed fashion every character in The Manchurian Candidate responds with when asked about Raymond Shaw: “Raymond Shaw is the kindest, warmest, bravest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”