The Reverse Razor-In-The-Apple Trick

The NY Times is notorious for their bullshit horse-race both-sides approach to political coverage and commentary.

You have to have that wishy-washy above-it-all attitude to get any of the prime slots from the Sulzberger family, and Peter Baker is a Poodle Among Poodles. He can hide a razor blade in an apple with the best of 'em.

But what happens when you look at polling and find:

1. Could be big trouble for Biden
2. But polling is just a snapshot in time
3. And that poll looks kinda bogus

???

You've got the perfect opportunity to make yourself look like an ace reporter while saying practically nothing. So you lead with the razor blade, then surround it with apple, and then make it go poof - nothing here at all really. Just 1500 words of public masturbation material that might get Mr Baker on MSNBC a coupla more times. 

Biden Casts Himself as the Trump Beater. Polls Suggest That’s No Sure Thing.

While the president argues that he is the one best positioned to stop his predecessor from returning to the White House, surveys indicate that he starts the 2024 race facing enormous challenges.

WASHINGTON — Boiled down, President Biden’s argument for running for a second term rather than ceding the ground to the next generation is that he is the Democrat most assured of beating former President Donald J. Trump next year.

But a striking new poll challenged that case in a way that had much of the capital buzzing the last couple of days. Taken at face value, the poll showed Mr. Biden trailing Mr. Trump by six percentage points in a theoretical rematch, raising the question of whether the president is as well positioned as he maintains.

No single poll means all that much, especially so early in an election cycle, and the president’s strategists as well as some independent analysts questioned its methodology. But even if it is an outlier, other recent surveys have indicated that the race is effectively tied, with either Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump holding narrow leads within the margin of error. Taken together, they suggest that the president opens the 2024 campaign facing enormous challenges with no guarantee of victory over Mr. Trump.

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Sick of you constantly pimping the drama, Press Poodles.

Trump, and his MAGA gang, and the plutocrats backing them, are a major threat to American democracy. Maybe you could just come out and fucking say that.

And somebody - please, somebody - tell Donna Brazile to fuck off already.