r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/Orangecuppa Ohio 1d ago

I was too young to vote then but I recall asking my cousin why he voted for Bush and he told me "because John Kerry has a long face and I don't like that, Bush looks like someone I can have a beer with".

That was literally it, Policies be damned.

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u/WIZARDBONER Arizona 1d ago

The craziest part is that this mentality has not changed at all for the GOP. It's literally all about appearance. They look "strong". They are white. They are male. They are a "Christian" (lol).

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u/jslizzle89 1d ago

He knows how to run a “business”

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u/CY83rdYN35Y573M2 1d ago

If grifting counts as a business, then he's one of the all-time greats, I suppose