context: https://lemmy.world/comment/19435041 PattyMcB@lemmy.world
It’s sad that I want W [George. W. Bush.] back. It would still be a massive upgrade, though [compared to Trump]
stoy replies:
When I see old GWB footage I see a US president, trying to do what he believes is best for the nation, I disagree with him on plenty of stuff, but I don’t question his commitment.
Bronzebeard replies:
Can we not whitewash the atrocities that WBush put on this nation? Is Trump worse? yes. But Bush paved the way for the shit that he’s doing.
He lied is into multiple 2-decades long wars that cost us trillions of dollars could have helped everyone in the US have a better life, 10s of thousands of lives lost. He vastly expanded the domestic surveillance apparatus that is plaguing us now. He ushered in the worst economic collapse in a century, them used that crisis to funnel more money to the rich who caused it.
to which stoy replies:
Oh, I absolutely agree with you, GWB was not a good man, but he knew how to act presidential, you didn’t have to be completely embarrassed when you saw him on TV.
In 1999, the Democratic Party was telling us that the upcoming election was the most important in our lifetime, and Bush was an existential threat to Democracy. Now he's "presidential" and "well-intentioned" but misguided. Ok.
"It is 1999, the Democrats are saying the republican candidate is going to destroy democracy."
"It is 2015, the Democrats are saying the republican candidate is going to destroy democracy."
"It is 2023, the Democrats are saying the republican candidate is going to destroy democracy."
"It is 2027, the Democrats are saying the republican candidate is going to destroy democracy."
"It is 2039, the Democrats are saying the republican candidate is going to destroy democracy."
The truth is that there is no democracy to destroy in USA.
In 1999? That's not true. Dems didnt call their opponents a threat to democracy until Trump. Until the election being a total fiasco it was pretty much another America Flips a Coin election
Just imagine how wild the state of politics is gonna be when people start reminiscing about the stability of the Trump years.