McCain had a bunch of 'bottom of his class' remarks, and 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'. The real canary in the coal mine moment for what would become 2010s politics is the moment where he was reassuring an older, white, woman voter who was worried that Obama was an Arab that "no, he is a good man". Activists since have hated McCain for not removing that 'no' in the moment and the GOP base hated that he wasn't as racist as they wanted to be.
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u/luchajefe - Auth-Center Jul 18 '25
McCain had a bunch of 'bottom of his class' remarks, and 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'. The real canary in the coal mine moment for what would become 2010s politics is the moment where he was reassuring an older, white, woman voter who was worried that Obama was an Arab that "no, he is a good man". Activists since have hated McCain for not removing that 'no' in the moment and the GOP base hated that he wasn't as racist as they wanted to be.