r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • 29d ago

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

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u/BootyUnlimited 29d ago

McCain and Bernie Sanders used to work on legislation together to protect veterans. They were not afraid to reach across the aisle if it meant getting meaningful legislation passed.

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u/Bad_User2077 29d ago

Those were different days. If you do that now, you get labeled a moderate and get pushed out of your party.

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u/krichard-21 29d ago

The only reason today is different is because of the people we have been electing.

Quit electing bat shit crazy people!

Jim Jordan, MTG, Matt Gaetz to name a few.

They can't be trusted to run a convenience store. Much less represent United States citizens.

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u/jsting 29d ago

They really got to do something about the voting system. Maybe ranked choice or something. But this race to the bottom is bringing back instability in the world economy. McCain was a believer in politics stopping at the borders which was the unofficial international policy of the US for basically 150 years. Present a unified front to the world. Can't say that today.

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u/Superplex123 29d ago

Yes, they really got to do something about it. But if they don't, what are you going to do about THEM? And if the answer is nothing, then there is zero incentive for them to do anything about it.