• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    4 months ago

    I stick up for Biden on a lot of things because I think he did a great job domestically, and because his opponent is clearly so horrifying that he’ll make it impossible even to maintain Biden’s improvements, let alone go beyond him to the places that the country actually needs to go. But I’m actually fine with replacing him - just, according to some kind of coherent plan for what the Democrats should do instead, and a convincing case that it’ll be an improvement. In that case, then sure, let’s rock and roll.

    I do react negatively to just a shrieking tide of misleadingly negative news about him - like, say, reacting to the news that he’s now up by 3 points in a national poll by pivoting to some other thing to talk about, using a framing that creates a narrative that he’s steadily losing support week by week and it’s insane that he’s even considering staying in the race, because it’s a lost cause. That I would fight against, yeah - not because I necessarily think it’s proven that him staying in is the right answer, but because that narrative is a bunch of transparent horseshit unsupported by the facts.

    Hope this helps clear up the confusion.

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      4 months ago

      You, as well as I do, know national polls are not a good indicator. Swing states, electoral college are what wins it.

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        4 months ago

        I bet I will not need to look further than one week back in your postings to find some histronics about how Biden is behind by however many single-digit points in a national poll and that’s a big deal

        Edit: Found it! It was an inference from a single percentage point of difference between him and Trump in a national poll.

        Poll finds Biden damaged by debate; with Harris and Clinton best positioned to win

        The national poll, conducted and commissioned by the firm Bendixen & Amandi after Biden’s politically disastrous debate and shared exclusively with POLITICO, found Biden trailing Trump, 42 percent to 43 percent.

        Vice President Kamala Harris is now running ahead of Trump, 42 percent to 41 percent, the survey found.

        Pretty cool that we found out now that he’s no longer damaged by the debate, since his national poll numbers are the metric – right?

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          4 months ago

          Keep pushing for Biden Mozz. You’re fighting the good fight buddy. He’s doing great against a convicted felon and the worst POTUS we’ve ever had. Right? Biden is running away with the landslide. /s

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          4 months ago

          If you watched the debate and can still imagine a scenario where Biden wins Michigan (and the rest of the electoral college), I have some investments I’d like to show you…