agreed. it does come off as "creepy uncle joe" and that is going to hurt him regardless of his intentions. his "jokes" the other day and refusal to apologize are not going to help his stance.
the left can post a questionable pic of trump and go BUT HEY LOOK THERE - great. no one denied trump can do some creepy stuff also. but why all the deflections? like you i wish they'd just go "yep that's creepy" and we can baseline there for once. but no - never that simple in a modern world.
Biden's actions are not in any way comparable to Trump. You just need to end that now to have any credibility.
The dems' problem is simply that how Biden has behaved up till now is just the way 60 year old condescending males (white and black)behaved towards younger women 15 years ago. Even then when I was 45 or so I thought I'd never do the same, but chalked it to him being "older." And now, fifteen years plus down the road, Biden still seems unable to catch a clue. Is that REALLY what they want in a leader? It's NEVER been ok to sexually assault people, although Trump, Wienstein and Spacey et all go away with it, and Trump still hasn't paid a price because his base DOESN'T GIVE A ****. Conversely, Biden appears never to have gotten the memo that there's no touching of anyone beyond hand shaking, and he apparently DOESN'T GIVE ****. But it's sexual assault v. an old fart.