could she blow it badly by choosing the wrong running mate?

  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I will never forget that clip during the Obama vs. McCain race where a woman says Obama can’t be trusted because “he’s an arab”

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      4 months ago

      And McCain corrected her. I don’t want to sugar coat that era, but it would be nice if Republicans today had that basic connection to simple reality and personal-level decency. One, you can negotiate with that. And two, I was a lot less worried about John McCain or Mitt Romney destroying the political infrastructure that would let their bad ideas be replaced by something better.