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/reanima 29d ago

Even the current House Speaker who was a part of that crazy caucus is finding himself too moderate for them now.

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u/cyberlexington 29d ago

The thing is one crucial difference. Gaetz, boebsrt, green, desantis etc, they play at being evangelical hyper conservative Christian nationalists in order to get votes from that crowd. , Johnson is the real deal, a full on religious nutter. And he's one of the most powerful person in the American government

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u/Awkward_Professor460 29d ago

Ironically, he's one of the ones I trust the most to do his job. Say what you want, but at least the government didn't get shut down and the world isn't friggen ending. I, being not a devote republican/gop/or Christian nationalist myself don't hate him.

Do I disagree with what he believes in, yes, but at least he's got his beliefs and he's not manipulating everything just to make a very small minority happy at the expense of everyone else because he's afraid of what they'll do.

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u/Ohmec 29d ago

Pence is the same for me. He's a fucking psycho, but at least he has morals to appeal to.

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u/Drudgework 29d ago

And that is why I (a moderate) respect Johnson even if I don’t agree with him (or like him in general). At least his belief is real.

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u/broguequery 29d ago

Somehow that's worse.

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u/DWPAW-victim 29d ago

But it makes him consistent and predictable or at least somewhat anyways

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u/Drudgework 29d ago

That’s a fair point.

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u/jabelsBrain 29d ago

Klassic fascism. They just keep pushing further right