Posted September 01, 2018
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fronzelneekburm: Seeing as this is the general "political stuff" thread, I got to ask this question: Am I the only one who distinctly remembers a time when those very same news outlets that now shed crocodile tears and sing praises to McCain condemned him during the 2008 elections? Maybe it was different elsewhere, but the general consensous among German media at the time was "Obama is the messiah who will end racism and bring peace and prosperity. McCain is an evil neocon warmonger who will carry on Bush jr.'s legacy."
Am I imagining things or do these outlets assume their readers have the memory of a goldfish?
Yeah. It makes me ill at ease. Apparently, opposing Trump's foaming insanity is enough to make you a role model, nowadays. That's how low the bar has been set by the fact that most republicans are ready to support the lamest retarded reality-show racist con-man at this stage. It sets new levels of expectations, by which McCain is, woah, a paragon of enlightenment. Because apparently it's sooo demanding, for a republican politician, to not stoop to a trump's level. Am I imagining things or do these outlets assume their readers have the memory of a goldfish?
I absolutely hate "enemy of my enemy is my friend" logics, and these plummeting standards in politics.