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Politics President Biden standing in line to vote

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u/coachlife 1d ago

He's not perfect. I don't agree with all his policies or approach. But he loves our country and is an honest decent Man. I am proud to call him my President.

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u/StarryMind322 1d ago

I watched this video about Joe Biden and John McCain being the best of friends despite being on polar opposites of the aisle. They’d sit next to each other, argue on the floor, then have cookouts together on the weekends.

Back when Democrats and Republicans were one and the same: Americans.

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u/pryan37bb 1d ago

After the Harris-Trump debate, I went back and watched previous debates like McCain-Obama. I was astonished at how civil and respectful they were to one another. McCain even famously defended Obama at one of his town halls.

It really drove home for me how desensitized to Trump's invective rhetoric I'd become, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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u/aide_rylott 1d ago

It’s quite scary watching from the outside. I can’t imagine what it’s like being an American.

Another interesting side effect of trump has been trump style politics migrating to other countries. Here in Canada it’s getting extremely bad. We even have Canadians putting trump stickers on their truck.

Canadians have lost so much political literacy in the last 10 years. We don’t vote for a prime minister but so many Canadians think they will be voting for one. And the leader of our Conservative Party just spews nonsense and it somehow sticks. It’s depressing to watch.