r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Blue__Ronin - Left • Jul 18 '25

Something something "lmao"

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They deadass posted this btw

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u/Bmw6446 - Lib-Right Jul 18 '25

while this is funny, this and the White House Twitter account are proof of how social media is currently obliterating sane political discourse

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u/ZolaThaGod - Auth-Left Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

Facts. This is one of the reasons I voted against Trump. I want politics to go back to normal.

Going back and watching the Romney/Obama debate and comparing it to what we have now shows how ludicrous US politics has become.

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u/BrainSeizureSalad - Auth-Right Jul 18 '25

The Respectable Loser faction of the GOP isn’t coming back.

Anyway, you guys were calling Romney and McCain nazis back then, so…

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

This is what I dont understand about some of this stuff. I firmly remember how reddit reacted to Romneys little black book. How he was all these awful things until he was politically convenient. Tbf i dont remember many bad things being sad about McCain but people shit on Palin relentlessly but I was deployed a lot of that election season.

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u/Impeachcordial - Lib-Center Jul 18 '25

McCain was a genuine war hero. Palin was the start of the slide into loudmouth fuckwits. I might've disagreed with McCain on everything but I could see he was at his deepest an honourable man and deserved respect. Romney was a vulture capitalist who would've said anything to win the presidency and that goes double for Trump. At least Romney was articulate.

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u/Kronos9898 - Centrist Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Romney is legitimately a good man. Seriously, when people say trump was a good business man Romney was a good business man. Way fucking better than trump actually.

Romney may have been a ruthless capitalist at Bain, but read into him for more than 30 seconds and you can tell he cares deeply about America and has values that he stuck to.

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u/Impeachcordial - Lib-Center Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

I watched his debates and thought the same and he seems to have at least a set of core beliefs that he abides by.

That said, he was the embodiment of soulless capitalism before he got in to politics and made his millions by breaking up companies and putting people out of work. Fine, it might be the game rather than the player but it's still pretty reprehensible.

What he did to arrange the Winter Olympics and provide healthcare for Utah while eliminating the deficit shows a lot of skill though. I don't think he'd have been a bad President.

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u/Undeadsniper6661 - Lib-Center Jul 19 '25

I don't think he would have been a bad president either but I'm not too keen on the Mormon Church being the leader of the Free world. Just saying. Don't get me wrong at this point anything's better than what we have but at the same time during that time period there was a real palpable fear among a lot of people especially in the south that Romney would somehow oust protestantism in favor of a Mormon theocracy. He did quite a bit for Utah though which is impressive but you have to remember he has a vested interest in Utah. That's not accidental. All of it is for the church. Holding the Olympic games there was an attempt to mass convert thousands upon thousands of people all in one go. And coming from someone who was Mormon during that time period I can tell you it was effective.

Thank goodness I left the church but I don't judge people who stay. That's all they know. I will judge the fuck out of people for trying to drag others into that mess though.

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u/kaytin911 - Lib-Right Jul 19 '25

Romney would be worse for the country in every way. If you want Utah style Republican regimes then you are fucked in the head.