That line graph you linked me to shows him higher today than he was at the beginning of the graph, which is Feb 14th, at which point he was at 27%. He announced around April 24th I think, at which point he was at 29.3% on that graph. The last data point is August 15th, which shows him at 30.5%. You keep cherry-picking to start in May at the apex of a spike that appears to be an outlier and potentially a statistical anomaly. I said he’s higher NOW than WHEN HE STARTED. That’s 100% true according to that chart. Making yourself feel better by picking the very highest he’s reach in what appears to be a statistical or inexplicable public opinion hiccup, so you can claim he’s falling rather than look at the overall trend line, is just dishonest cherry-picking.
He’s not my favorite candidate right now. Warren is, but nice try. What I’m “ranting and raving” about is the ridiculous, petulant, self-deluding blinders people are putting on when it comes to Biden maintaining a very respectable lead DESPITE all their frantic attempts to bring him low by relentlessly attacking him and trying to paint him as sexist, racist, too old and, when all else fails, “no white men need apply.” People need to be realistic and WAY more honest about this shit or they’re going to convince themselves and others that they can’t vote for Biden under any circumstances, which is fucking piss poor judgment and a disaster for this country. Stop thinking in terms of “must destroy all who stand in my favored candidate’s way at all costs.” Just. Stop. It.
Bullshit. I was reading preparatory, pre-emptory arguments and op-eds from the usual gaggle of MSM bobbleheads and from “former campaign employees” for people like Bernie and what-not WELL before Biden made it official, and they are the ones who were dredging up anything they could come up with from 40+ years ago if necessary, all while deliberately and glaringly ignoring his record on the respective issues for the 30-40 intervening years. It was another massive attempt at cherry-picking and trying to redefine his identity to make him unpalatable and paint him as deplorable and unelectable, and it came across as such to a LOT of people, which is why it didn’t work. Has he had a couple gaffes? Yep. But again, the strained and twisted attempts to turn them into something they’re not AREN’T WORKING because they smell like the bullshit they are. Biden the Beloved isn’t going to become Biden the Despised just because you have a longwinded argument about how to interpret a silp of the tongue. Get used to it. But hey, you’ve certainly got the media and TPM on your side, because they’ll do anything they can to focus in on whatever gaffes occur instead of what’s important, so you’ve got that in your favor…and maybe it’ll hand us another Trump presidency, because won’t that be sweet when at least we don’t have the sexist, racist, too-old white man Joe Biden as POTUS?
There’s nothing whiny about it. Pointing out that the attacks aren’t working is a call for the people so deeply invested in that strategy to maybe wake the fuck up and cut the crap, because at some point, you’re not helping anyone other than the GOP by continuing to try to tear him down and tear him apart.