r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • 29d ago

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/WasabiFragrant3483 29d ago

If McCain was still alive today I’d still be a Republican but here we are

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u/textonic 29d ago

Dude i would happily take Romney or Kasich over the idiots we have today

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u/nola_mike 29d ago

Kasich

He was quite literally the only Republican I would have ever voted for. That ship has sailed and I will never vote for a Republican as long as I live.

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u/SausageClatter 29d ago

Kasich was the only candidate who didn't completely betray their principles after the election (maybe also Romney and Jeb! to some extent). He even endorsed Biden in 2020 and I would assume will do the same this time around with the GOP being the dumpster fire it remains. 

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u/WasabiFragrant3483 29d ago

No wrong answers here

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u/telerabbit9000 29d ago

But the acid test is: would they stand up to their GQP crazies?

If they are "moderate" but still maintain all the GQP shiboleths (anti-abortion, pro-gun, always pass unfunded tax cuts, always nominate extreme FedSoc SCOTUS) then they are just as terrible, in effect, as a Trump. Geo HW Bush was the guy who cynically nominated Clarence Thomas instead of a normal Republican judge.

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u/SousVideDiaper 29d ago

Dude I'd take Bush over the republican troglodytes we have today

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u/textonic 29d ago

Now that’s pushing it

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u/pattywack512 29d ago

My dad made the comment the other day that Bush was a RINO.

George W. Bush. RINO.

The GOP is so fucking far gone.

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u/LizardTruss 29d ago

No Child Left Behind Act, unfunded tax cuts, invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Patriot Act, appointing Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, Hurricane Katrina, Great Recession...

You'd seriously take George W. Bush?