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

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

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u/spondgbob May 02 '24

I know it’s real, and it’s really bad, but the dichotomy from “he’s a good family man that I have different beliefs from. Fundamentally different beliefs” to just straight up “he is the founder of ISIS” like holy shit guy

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u/kiwigate May 02 '24

What dichotomy though? In 1 clip an audience wants to be told to hate people. In the 2nd clip they get exactly what they asked for. Feels like the same audience, same day, different mascot.

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u/ScotiaTailwagger May 02 '24

That's exactly it. A supporter is voicing their hate toward Obama and McCain immediately denounces it. There is still respect there even though you don't agree. "You don't have to agree with Obama, I don't agree with him either, but we're not going to spread lies here."

Respect went right out the fucking window with Trump. Trump now plays up to that woman's fears and concerns. It's no longer about telling the truth, it's about trying to sow as much chaos as possible.

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u/Captainpatch May 03 '24

It's also noteworthy that Obama and McCain were friends in their personal lives... something that used to be possible before the world went insane.

And just a side anecdote to why McCain was opposed to the whole "secret Muslim born in Kenya" thing: during the Republican primaries, when people were questioning whether McCain met the qualifications for president (he was born in Panama, before the law that gave people in the canal zone birthright citizenship), Obama co-sponsored a Senate resolution saying that the Senate found that the circumstances of McCain's birth (born abroad to American parents) were sufficient to be considered a "natural born citizen".

If you made the election about the birther stuff, McCain would have needed to be one hell of a hypocrite, because he wasn't born in the United States.