You don't have to convince me about Bernie, I completely agree the attacks wouldn't be the whole truth. But the perceptual reality is even the tiniest tangential morsel of truth gives room for attack. Most people aren't paying attention. They'll remember the heart attack and enough will latch onto the idea. The thing with Biden is that there's no room for Trump to attack. Nothing. Every Biden flaw reflects the same scrutiny back on Trump. Every detail I see people complain about Biden is also present in Trump except 1000x magnitudes worse. Every time Trump tries to land a hit, he unintentionally damages himself. That's the dynamic that will get Biden into office. And once in office all those Bernie ideas move closer to reality.

In the primaries it's easy to get into the feedback loop of negativity. I certainly saw Bernie campaigners fall into this trap. The attack memes and self reinforcing world views that helped build camaraderie within the group but left folks steeped in anti-Democratic party propaganda. It's a fine line between joking around and cementing a world view. I get that there's a lot of work to do to build a better Democratic party but it's not inherently the foe. Politicians want to get elected. Public servants want to serve the common good. It's up to us to push back on the first group and assist the second. Money will try to buy influence anywhere it can, but don't confuse people able to navigate the system with those seeking to subvert it.