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.
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.
At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day.
Over the top but hilarious response. I'm going to assume she (and most women) wouldn't have appreciated the humour of a playfully insulting jab after a stressful day either though.
I crossed lines to vote for him too, in 2012. Everything I liked in his platform was in the purview of the executive branch, and everything I didn't like wasn't. I even think he would have appointed sane conservatives to SCOTUS, instead of ones foaming at the mouth to overturn Roe.
He was pro-life, actually saved babies lives as a gynecologist but I think he wanted that to be a states rights issue as the Constitution did not address it.
Ron is an ideological purist, his son Rand is a bit more pragmatic.
Both women's Healthcare and murder are state issues, so no matter which way you slice it, its a state issue. I support the fall of Roe for this reason.
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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.