• @oakey66@lemmy.world
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        52 months ago

        Yep. He ended up doing healthcare lobbying so he flipped against a Medicare for all. He just tanked any semblance of what made him a likeable politician back in the 2000s. When he went after Bernie in 2016, it became really apparent what his allegiances were.

    • CMLVI
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      192 months ago

      Crazy that was what disqualified a candidate in the 2000s and here we are now.

      • @ampedwolfman@lemmy.world
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        112 months ago

        Right, I know nothing of his politics but I remember him being fucking hype to run this country. I was too young to vote then, but he would have had mine. Mother fucker was excited.

        • CMLVI
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          32 months ago

          Same, I was middleschool/high school then and even then I thought it was weird seeing someone basically get shunned because he was excited for a job that traditionally was very reserved, ESPECIALLY after the war on terror issues. He was excited to try to help lol

      • @goferking0
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        82 months ago

        2000s also showed draft dodgers were preferred over war heros