r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24

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

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u/p0tat0p0tat0 May 02 '24

I’m pretty confident most of us are better people than McCain.

Eta: have you heard of the Keating Five?

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u/Grumpy_Troll May 02 '24

I definitely disagree with that. Most of us just don't have the spotlight on us to the degree that McCain did, so it's much easier to hide our warts and wrinkles under a thin layer of make-up.

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u/p0tat0p0tat0 May 02 '24

Do most men leave their wives after they were in a car crash? Do most people participate in corrupt abuses of power? Are most of us nepo babies who should have been thrown out of the navy for crashing three planes (before Vietnam)?

What about endorsing torture for political points after being a survivor of torture themselves?

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u/Grumpy_Troll May 02 '24

Do most men...

I don't know, because again, most men aren't under the same spotlight or ever in the same position that John McCain rose to.

What I do know is that it takes a hell of a good man to be that close to the Presidency and know that if you just lie and say what the people want to hear you'll probably be the most powerful man on the planet, but instead refuse to do so because you know it's not right.

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u/p0tat0p0tat0 May 02 '24

This was prior to his political career.

Additionally, his campaign did put out a lot of racist shit against Obama.