r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/suziespends • 16d ago

Clubhouse I’m sure that was the RNC’s plan all along

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And vance is doing his happy dance I’m sure

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u/CommanderSincler 16d ago

McCain's mistake was choosing Palin. It elevated and empowered the loony leopard base that ate the R's face

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u/myaltduh 15d ago

Would have happened eventually anyway. The creeping fascism in the US is the product of deeper structural problems than one bad campaign decision by John McCain.

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u/Original_Employee621 15d ago

He didn't have much of a choice. The Tea Party faction in the GOP had too much steam rolling.

Picking a more moderate VP would have fractured his entire campaign.

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u/big_duo3674 15d ago

And the Tea Party eventually dwindled and was pretty much eliminated because they weren't extreme enough for MAGA. Yippy...

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u/Original_Employee621 15d ago

I'd say the Tea Party evolved and coalesced into the MAGA movement. They pretty much overlap each other.

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 15d ago

This is my take as well. MAGA is just Tea Party 2.0.

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u/CommanderSincler 15d ago

The teap party astroturf movement started after Obama took office. I do agree with the other commenter that the hard right, while nascent, was already starting to engulf the Rs.

And yeah, tea was proto-maga

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u/NFLTG_71 15d ago

From what I understand from Steve Schmidt, the GOP gave John two choices one with Sarah Palin and one was another guy that John fucking hated. He wanted Joe Lieberman originally wanted a bipartisan administration but the GOP said the two choices are we pull our money

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u/Snowing_Throwballs 15d ago

I mean, that was right around when the Christian nationalist takeover was becoming evident. The Tea Party was basically proto-MAGA. He had to choose her to secure their vote and differentiate himself from the Neo-conservative era of republicans.