3 ms·
I think part of it is that we're in the political equivalent of "total war" -- if a politician were seen as being friendly with political opponents they would p
by shanusmagnus 4y ago
I think part of it is that we're in the political equivalent of "total war" -- if a politician were seen as being friendly with political opponents they would probably be destroyed in primaries by party rivals using it as red meat for how they were "soft" or an "x in name only" or some similar idiocy.
- Macha 4y agoSee for example the criticism of Ellen's friendship with George W Bush. Though interestingly the Obamas and Clintons don't get the same criticism for that, apart from occasionally being held up to suggest the centre left wing of the democrats isn't that different from the old bush-era republicans
- lostlogin 4y agoCriticism of everything Obama related is next level compared to anything those others have had to deal with. I’m not in the US and all of the names you listed have politics I disagree with.