• distantsounds@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I’m old enough to remember that we had actual debates between opposing candidates, but I’m in my 40s and not interesting

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      9 months ago

      Yep. I remember the McCain vs Obama debates. I remember thinking their policies were pretty similar, and either would probably govern decently enough. I wasn’t a Dem or Rep, though I had voted mostly blue thus far.

      But then McCain picked Palin as his running mate, and I saw the VP debates. And holy shit did that make the choice easy, and Red has just been getting more and more extreme ever since.