• lars
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    2 years ago

    My favorite parts of Bush II were:

    1. How in the literal fuck did the United States of America [re?]elect him in 2004?!
    2. He was the stupidest, most vengeful, evangelical-pandering yokel who cared nothing about the moral costs of expanding the American Empire. He taught me how to not lose my shit as much when almost a quarter of American adults voted for Trump in 2016.
      • I’ll add to that George W. Bush squeaked by in 2004 thanks to the incumbent vote, running against John Kerry, the most boring neoliberal candidate the Democrats had to offer, and Bush’s campaign had to invent swift boating and utilize it against Kerry (showing the GOP will gladly throw veterans to the elements for power) to gain Bush’s second term.