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minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·edit-221 days agoBoth Republicans and Democrats would run to the center for success. Bush Senior and Bush Junior were also centrist. It wasn’t just a Democrat thing.
minus-squareYoureHotCupCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·20 days agoWait the guy who waged an illegal war against an innocent country for oil was a centrist?
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-220 days agoCompared to trump? Absolutely. But picking one specific even to try to define an administration isn’t very helpful. By your same measure you could define Carter as a right wing extremist for overthrowing the democratically elected leader of Iran in 1979.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoJimmy Carter, such a grifter and warhawk! /s
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoThe bar for presidents is quite low.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoTurns out politics wasn’t the game, it was limbo all along.
Both Republicans and Democrats would run to the center for success. Bush Senior and Bush Junior were also centrist. It wasn’t just a Democrat thing.
Wait the guy who waged an illegal war against an innocent country for oil was a centrist?
Compared to trump? Absolutely.
But picking one specific even to try to define an administration isn’t very helpful. By your same measure you could define Carter as a right wing extremist for overthrowing the democratically elected leader of Iran in 1979.
Jimmy Carter, such a grifter and warhawk!
/s
The bar for presidents is quite low.
Turns out politics wasn’t the game, it was limbo all along.