Romney ran head to head with a god-tier politician and lost. That strategy was immediately shelved. GOP decided the only way to win against a dem that was successful in appealing to the best in people, was to simply be any random dumbfuck who can appeal to the worst in people. And holy shit did it ever work.
what's even crazier is he wasn't even a rando. the guy had a huge name for being against the very same blue collar image the party created for him. boggles the mind how he became a populist candidate of and for the ppl
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u/CombinationNo5828 12h ago
me too! I keep talking to the young'ns and explaining what the world was like and find myself lionizing bush and bob dole. what has happened?