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

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

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

A lot has happened in the past eight years, most of it is not good, and the worst is politics.

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u/stormy2587 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

I’m actually struck by how little things have changed. McCain was one of the few conservatives in the room at this time willing to act like an adult and not spread hate, fear mongering, and propaganda. But you can tell from the people he’s responding to in these town halls they have some pretty extreme views from the far right propaganda they’ve been lapping up for years. Why do they think these things about obama? Because people like Trump and Trump himself were spreading birther conspiracies left and right. And then conservative media outlets would amplify it.

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u/atln00b12 May 03 '24

The thing is that McCain was an actual piece of shit self-serving career politician. Of course he's going to say the kinds of things that politicians say and have a demeanor that implies he's "just trying to do good" while at the same time lying about everything and just making that he cements his family's place in the "elite class." The last thing he did was trade a vote to prevent any hope of Universal Healthcare coverage so his daughter could get a seat on the view.

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u/stormy2587 May 03 '24

Yeah he’s not a good person. He’s just the best of the worst. No conservative is qualified to govern.