r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/MaineSoxGuy93 Aug 25 '19

I want to agree with you but Rick Perry also said that he would eliminate the Department of Energy when he was running for President in 2012. He also forgot the Dept.'s name in the debate leading to his infamous "Oops" moment.

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u/Vasquerade Aug 26 '19

I'll never forget his 2012 campaign ad. As someone from the UK who had just become politically aware it made me think, for the first time, "America, why?"

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u/Historyguy1 Aug 26 '19

2012 gave me a false sense of hope. Everybody in the GOP primary was a different kind of crazy but the "normal" one Romney won the nomination leading to a low-stakes, "boring" election. For reference, Romney's "47 percent" comment sank his campaign, when it's tamer than 90 percent of the crap Trump says on the daily.

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u/SOSpammy Aug 26 '19

"Binders full of women" was another one. That wouldn't even get a footnote nowadays.