# This is how you blow a very winnable election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 26, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094 "2020-08-26T21:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/384 "2020-09-05T05:19:00Z")
Just pleased (he took his sweet time), but it’s not reinventing the wheel. Again, you shouldn’t try to use English language idioms: the nuances are too tricky unless it’s your native tongue. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/385 "2020-09-05T05:20:44Z")
Again, me and others posted the evidence about what was done before, you only have your say so. And again, as idioms go, it is really not convincing to declare that you urged Biden to do that. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/386 "2020-09-05T05:22:21Z")
That first sentence doesn’t make sense no matter how many times I read it. The second sentence shows that you don’t really understand what “urge” means. I don’t have to talk to him directly to urge him to do something. Just saying it in a public place is sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/387 "2020-09-05T05:23:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > There’s no evidence so far that this issue is at risk of “blowing” the election. Over here in Red Arizona the result has been Trump doing worse in polling and McSally going 17 points under the dancing Astronaut for the senate. 🙂 On edit: I noticed that SlackerInc is grasping at straws now, so not interesting on replying to him here. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/388 "2020-09-05T05:26:56Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > SlackerInc is grasping at straws now, so not interesting on replying to him here. Ah yes, the old “declare victory and withdraw” gambit. Probably your wisest move! (But you should say “not interestED IN replying”. HTH) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/389 "2020-09-05T06:30:38Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Rigghhtt, it’s the ‘leftists’ that are the ‘moral relativists’! They’re the ones who are saying “both sides do it, so may as well vote Democrat”. Or maybe I’m mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094/390 "2020-09-05T08:50:18Z")
I would tend to say you are mistaken, but can you be more specific in substantiating your claim? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094.md?page=19)