MrDollarBills wrote:DOT wrote:Pointgod wrote:The state of American politics wouldn’t be where it is with Romney or McCain at the head of the party.
Not right now, no
But it would get to here eventually. Y'all gotta stop romanticizing Republican politicians as being mostly sane people, where we are now is a direct result of past Republican leadership and the choices they made. If Trump goes away, not much changes. Best case scenario is they revert back to the W. era types and we have 10-15 years before they go full mask-off again.
Yeah McCain was not some saint. He was better than the scum running the GOP now, but he had a lot of dirt on his resume all the same.
Let's not forget who let the crazies in the door. McCain made a conscious decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate. That was the beginning of the end of the GOP of the 80s-00s and the start of what would eventually become MAGA.
When John Boehner abruptly hauled ass in 2015, that was a cry for help. He knew what was happening, did enough to make Obama's life hell and then retired to the private sector knowing full well the party was about to burn the country down.
They're all complicit in Trump's rise and the fall of the GOP towards fascism
They always use that clip of McCain saying Obama is a good person as a sort of wholesome "look at how respectful Republicans used to be!"
But like, the accusation was "Obama is a Muslim". The answer is "well he isn't, but so what if he is?", cause if you answer "Obama is a Muslim" with "no, he's a good person", the implication is clearly that you can't be a good person if you're Muslim.
































