I always thought his shin splints were an ultimate act of cowardice

Shin splints or bone spurs? Not that it makes much difference if they’re both a false diagnosis provided by a doctor who needs a favor from your dad.

His excuse: “I didn’t want to panic people.”

The same way he “didn’t want to panic people” over ‘invading migrant caravans’, ‘murders and rapists from Mexico’, antifa, or BLM protesters? Of course, those were all fake things — which leaves me wondering what the moral difference is between someone who shouts ‘fire!’ in a theater when there isn’t one — and someone who actively says “no fire!” when they know there is actually is one.

Waiting to see what happens in the polls once voters understand what he knew — and when.