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    Quote Originally Posted by NED funded View Post


    Not much to add on my end.
    How many of these have conflict of interest?
    I know Feinberg does

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odinfrost View Post
    How many of these have conflict of interest?
    I know Feinberg does
    All of them and multiple conflicts of interest.
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    I never said I was knowledge-able and I wouldn't even care if I was the least knowledge-able person and the biggest dumb-ass out of all 7.8 billion people on the planet.

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    Elon Musk is basically the new Jan 6 when it comes to like the influence of money on politics. Republicans can complain about democrat elite capture and whatnot, and all you have to do is point to Musk threatening to use his money to bully politicians if they dont vote for the stuff he wants.

    Like its so blatant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odinfrost View Post
    How many of these have conflict of interest?
    I know Feinberg does
    Musk and Chris Wright off the top of my head.

  4. #94244
    Quote Originally Posted by NED funded View Post
    Not much to add on my end.
    I miss the good old days when billionaires spent their time and money on racing yachts or feeding cows macadamia nuts or build horrible statues for their wife's birthday.
    Last edited by Rasulis; 2024-12-30 at 09:42 PM.

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    At this point it's just cyber feudalism

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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    How was this different from the past? Were Republicans less full of bullshit in 2016? In 2020? Was that demographic much less tolerant of bullshit in 2012? 2016? 2020?

    I rather assumed that you'd prefer a better explanation than "Trump got lucky in 2024." Especially since you can use the same logic to say "Biden got lucky in 2020. He wasn't an incumbent during a pandemic. Trump had a big target painted on his back..." If you're already yielding that this demographic is preternaturally vulnerable to bullshit, then I think the first suggestion is that Biden rode that high in 2020 by promising better government, projecting American calm and diplomacy worldwide. Then he couldn't sustain that bullshit "transitory inflation" which lasted, a disastrous Afghanistan pullout that cost American lives, and a weak and feeble foreign policy that was anything but calm and competent.

    You've made for yourself a whole host of problems, but at least you did point to something temporal about why Democrats won this contingent for so long before dramatically losing them. While not satisfactory to me, it doesn't fall apart on its own contradictions!
    I assumed that you just worked a little extra hard to defend rape and racism.

    Feel free to speak up if you disagree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    You’ll get a mixed bag here. Which candidate got so many elite and billionaire endorsements in her campaign. Who did Beyoncé support? Who did Taylor Swift? Can you even list Kamala’s billionaire and elite supporters that fired off endorsements on the campaign trail?

    Kamala raised a billion dollars in three months. She deserves a little more respect in the contest of which candidate or party is elites and billionaires. Or maybe, tell me how the party of the working class can lose the working class, and remain the party of the working class. If I blindfolded you and didn’t tell you party nor candidate, but told you how those with masters and PhDs, and those earning higher incomes voted, could you reach a conclusion?
    Who did you support?

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    “But this isn’t the end. I promise you, this is not the end, and we have to regroup and we have to continue to fight and continue to work day in and day out to create the better society for our children, for this world, for this country, that we know is possible.” ~~Jon Stewart

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    MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BY IMPORTING CHEAPER LABOR TO REPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS

    This is what Donald meant, right?

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    It's unbelievable that these...MAGAts don't realize just how irrelevant they are to Trump and even less to Musk.
    “But this isn’t the end. I promise you, this is not the end, and we have to regroup and we have to continue to fight and continue to work day in and day out to create the better society for our children, for this world, for this country, that we know is possible.” ~~Jon Stewart

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowferal View Post
    It's unbelievable that these...MAGAts don't realize just how irrelevant they are to Trump and even less to Musk.
    Butbutbutbut butt. They promised us everything we wanted and they can't be lying. Only demoncrats lie
    - Maga people

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    I just want to see how magats spin this as a win for themsevlves. They always have some hilarious hand waving tricks

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    Quote Originally Posted by NED funded View Post


    Not much to add on my end.
    This does not even pretend to compare and contrast the celebrity and elite endorsements Kamala obtained in her presidential run.

    It does not even pretend to acknowledge and incorporate the raising of a billion dollars in 3 months.

    So, in fact, it's barely even a reply.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gorsameth View Post
    Your talking about endorsements and donations.

    Everyone else is talking about administrative positions.

    Harris wasn't going to give a government job to Beyonce.
    I was unaware that "party of the elites and billionaires" and "pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into politics" had already been dropped. Maybe tell him to edit his post to reflect the fact that we've already moved the goalposts on the same day.

    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    I'll note: Not all billionaires are equal, nor was their support equal. Endorsements aren't actually worth much. Those donors dumping tens/hundreds of millions into PACs (See Elon's $250M+ in political spending on behalf of Donald), in particular are definitely looking to get a lot out

    Nobody is out here defending the corrupting influence of money in politics, but I'll note Democrats did try to make headway on that issue via campaign finance reform back in 2020 and Republicans were unified in their opposition to the idea.
    If you want to put the net worth of every endorsement up against each other, I'll welcome it.

    An immense amount pulled in via small-dollar donations. Donald was far more reliant on his billionaire donors, including their PACs, than Kamala was on moneyed billionaires backing the Democratic party. Don't erase the grassroots fundraising success of the Democrats just because they also succeeded with billionaires as well.
    They also succeeded with billionaires, which complicates the picture if you want to present Democrats as not the party of billionaires. "Elites and billionaires" in this case. I think any honest person would have to admit that the race is divided.

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    I see we're into the meme debates now, so I guess I need to adjust to compensate. If you're going to lose the working class, then kindly be a little less insanely elitist and don't tell them they're too stupid to vote for the party of the working class. That way only lies out of touch elitism (and I hear the "But Trump! cries already) of the very tired variety: Why are the proletariat too dumb to welcome in the marvelous revolution!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    This does not even pretend to compare and contrast the celebrity and elite endorsements Kamala obtained in her presidential run.

    It does not even pretend to acknowledge and incorporate the raising of a billion dollars in 3 months.

    So, in fact, it's barely even a reply
    You care about the endorsement of Taylor Swift, I care about the billionaires in the government.
    Last edited by NED funded; 2024-12-31 at 02:10 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    This does not even pretend to compare and contrast the celebrity and elite endorsements Kamala obtained in her presidential run.

    It does not even pretend to acknowledge and incorporate the raising of a billion dollars in 3 months.
    Elmo raised a 44 billion in a few months so he could have a bullhorn for conservative politics.

    How many Harris donors would've gotten plum government positions that they could enrich themselves with?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    This does not even pretend to compare and contrast the celebrity and elite endorsements Kamala obtained in her presidential run.
    Big difference between endorsements and members of the adminstration.
    On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

    - H. L. Mencken

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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    If you want to put the net worth of every endorsement up against each other, I'll welcome it.
    You really want to focus on endorsements, which are fairly meaningless, over donations, which are significantly more meaningful. Much less an analysis of the individuals and what they may be angling for in showering the respective parties with money.

  17. #94257
    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    You really want to focus on endorsements, which are fairly meaningless, over donations, which are significantly more meaningful. Much less an analysis of the individuals and what they may be angling for in showering the respective parties with money.
    Of course he has to focus on endorsements. It's the only way his sophistic argument and eternal both-sides (but actually Democrats bad) shtick can possibly gain any traction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Odinfrost View Post
    How many of these have conflict of interest?
    I know Feinberg does
    Obviously you're not familiar with the new American Nazi talking point:
    "GOP Gov. Claims Musk Is Too Rich to Be Corrupted by Conflicts of Interest"
    "For the present this country is headed in directions which can only carry ruin to it and will create a situation here dangerous to world peace. With few exceptions, the men who are running this Government are of a mentality that you and I cannot understand. Some of them are psychopathic cases and would ordinarily be receiving treatment somewhere. Others are exalted and in a frame of mind that knows no reason."
    - U.S. Ambassador to Germany, George Messersmith, June 1933

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    Quote Originally Posted by ringpriest View Post
    Obviously you're not familiar with the new American Nazi talking point:
    "GOP Gov. Claims Musk Is Too Rich to Be Corrupted by Conflicts of Interest"
    Like...do any Republican voters actually believe this drek?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Like...do any Republican voters actually believe this drek?
    Do we really need to ask?
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    And again, let’s presume equity in schools is achievable. Then why should a parent read to a child?

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