John McCain has died

Re:John McCain has died by Spooky23 on Saturday August 25, 2018 @10:58PM (#17843965)

For Obama. A Jewish candidate would have been like Al Smith in 1932. Good luck turning out the base.

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Re:John McCain has died by dogma1138 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @08:28AM (#17845641)

Obama won in a post 9/11 America while being black and having Hussein as his middle name I don’t think a Jewish VP would’ve been harder to sell even to the Republican base.

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Re:John McCain has died by jjeaff on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:11PM (#17844013)

Not to mention two old white guys going up against the first black nominee. The fact that Palin was a women likely bolstered the arguments to choose her a great deal.

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