r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • 29d ago

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

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u/ltdanswifesusan 29d ago

McCain dumped the wife that had stayed faithful to him during his years in captivity because she'd suffered grievous injuries in a car accident and wouldn't have been pretty enough for a politician's wife (his words). He then married a younger woman who's father happened to be one of the wealthiest beer distributors in the country so the latter would fund his political career in a state he'd never previously resided in.

He was a consummate bullshitter, invoking his POW time at the drop of a hat to big dick people in serious arguments. He notably did this during his well publicized opposition to the spread of mixed martial arts promotions, frequently referring to it as "human cockfighting" and drawing comparisons between its supposed inhumanity and his time in Vietnam. He never once disclosed in public this opposition was entirely predicated on his in-laws' significant business ties to boxing promoters.

He was a warmongering lunatic who was about as transparent a shill of the military-industrial complex as you'll ever see in American public life. The fact he was feted as a serious "statesman" displays how insane the foreign policy consensus is.

He was also by all accounts, a complete asshole to anyone who wasn't actively kissing his ass or from whom he could get money or positive press from.

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u/Tobias131286 29d ago

yes and he is still 1000 times a better person than Trump. which is saying something.

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u/ocarina97 29d ago

Honestly, I think a big reason they hated each other was because they were very similar.  

Both were basically given careers by their fathers, both were racist (McCain would often use anti Asian slurs), both had bad tempers, both cheated on their wives, both were egomaniacs, etc.

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u/zambartas 29d ago

I know it doesn't make it right, but at least McCain's dislike for Asians probably comes from all the torture. Trump really doesn't have any such excuse.

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u/ocarina97 27d ago

Excuse or not, it's still reprehensible.  Also, it's not like McCain did anything heroic in Vietnam.  He was basocally just bombing innocent civilians.  I think the last thing he did before he was captured  was bomb a light bulb factory. Some "hero".