robosmith Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 $Billions only buys you so much. Strategic error of handing $M checks to buy votes. 1 Quote
CrakHoBarbie Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 11 hours ago, robosmith said: $Billions only buys you so much. Strategic error of handing $M checks to buy votes. You know, it's funny.... Elon calling everyone's grandparents "parasites", didn't elicit a more positive response from Americans. Quote
User Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 11 hours ago, robosmith said: $Billions only buys you so much. Strategic error of handing $M checks to buy votes. So, you are saying that Musk can't just buy an election. Thanks! Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 4 hours ago, User said: So, you are saying that Musk can't just buy an election. Thanks! So, you are saying you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. Thanks. Quote
User Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 3 minutes ago, Aristides said: So, you are saying you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. Thanks. No. The facts show that regardless of how much someone spends, it still comes down to 1 person and their 1 vote. Money is speech. Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 12 minutes ago, User said: No. The facts show that regardless of how much someone spends, it still comes down to 1 person and their 1 vote. Money is speech. So you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. Quote
Hodad Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 7 minutes ago, Aristides said: So you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. These are the same people for whom George Soros was the boogeyman for decades because he supported liberal organizations financially. Too much influence! And now we have Musk nakedly offering cash for signatures, support and realistically for votes. Everyone knows that this is not how democracy is supposed to work, but his ideological allies are willing to overlook it because they believe in the MAGA dogma far more than they believe in democratic values. We're just a quick jump away from auctioning off political positions to the highest bidder. Extreme income inequality bleeding into electoral inequality. 3 Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 3 minutes ago, Hodad said: These are the same people for whom George Soros was the boogeyman for decades because he supported liberal organizations financially. Too much influence! And now we have Musk nakedly offering cash for signatures, support and realistically for votes. Everyone knows that this is not how democracy is supposed to work, but his ideological allies are willing to overlook it because they believe in the MAGA dogma far more than they believe in democratic values. We're just a quick jump away from auctioning off political positions to the highest bidder. Extreme income inequality bleeding into electoral inequality. The more blatant the abuse the harder they defend it. It's in the MAGA handbook. 1 Quote
User Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 31 minutes ago, Aristides said: So you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. You can't buy an election. All you can do is support people and causes. Speech. Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 3 minutes ago, User said: You can't buy an election. All you can do is support people and causes. Speech. Right, but you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. Quote
User Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 12 minutes ago, Hodad said: These are the same people for whom George Soros was the boogeyman for decades because he supported liberal organizations financially. Too much influence! And now we have Musk nakedly offering cash for signatures, support and realistically for votes. Everyone knows that this is not how democracy is supposed to work, but his ideological allies are willing to overlook it because they believe in the MAGA dogma far more than they believe in democratic values. We're just a quick jump away from auctioning off political positions to the highest bidder. Extreme income inequality bleeding into electoral inequality. There is a difference in complaining and pointing out what is being done and characterizing it as "buying" an election and wanting to legally stop it. Musk was not offering cash for votes. Musk was not even saying you have to vote a certain way to get the money. The money was around support for the petition. This is why it is allowed to go on. 3 minutes ago, Aristides said: Right, but you have no problem with billionaires trying to buy elections. You can't try to do something you can't do. Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 21 minutes ago, User said: You can't try to do something you can't do. So why did Musk spend over 20 million on the election including giving million dollar cheques to two supporters? Because he is just a nice guy? This is fun. You make every excuse in the world for it but just can't say you support it. Keep on squirming. 1 Quote
User Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 4 minutes ago, Aristides said: So why did Musk spend over 20 million on the election including giving million dollar cheques to two supporters? Because he is just a nice guy? This is fun. You make every excuse in the world for it but just can't say you support it. Keep on squirming. That is not buying an election, it is no different than asking why someone spent their time going door to door or standing on the street corner or having a rally... all of those things are time and money spent to support candidates and causes. That is speech. 1 Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Just now, User said: That is not buying an election, it is no different than asking why someone spent their time going door to door or standing on the street corner or having a rally... all of those things are time and money spent to support candidates and causes. That is speech. Squirm. Squirm. Quote
User Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 5 minutes ago, Aristides said: Squirm. Squirm. You say that... but you are the one avoiding responding to the facts of what I said. Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 24 minutes ago, User said: You say that... but you are the one avoiding responding to the facts of what I said. Ya, going door to door is the same as giving 20 million to a campaign and million dollars cheques to individuals. 🤣 Squirm. Squirm. 1 Quote
gatomontes99 Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Isn't it weird that the numbers are so skewed? Liberal justice got 1.3M votes. Conservative justice got 1.06M votes. But the referendum on voter ID got 1.4M. The liberal justice promised to shoot down any voter ID laws. So almost 400,000 people voted for someone that would use her power to thwart their will? that just doesn't make any sense. Quote The Rules for Liberal tactics: If they can't refute the content, attack the source. If they can't refute the content, attack the poster. If 1 and 2 fail, pretend it never happened. Everyone you disagree with is Hitler. A word is defined by the emotion it elicits and not the actual definition. If they are wrong, blame the opponent. If a liberal policy didn't work, it's a conservatives fault and vice versa. If all else fails, just be angry.
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 By law, Wisconsin voters have had to provide ID since 2011. This vote was whether or not to put it in the state constitution. Quote
Aristides Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 43 minutes ago, gatomontes99 said: Isn't it weird that the numbers are so skewed? Liberal justice got 1.3M votes. Conservative justice got 1.06M votes. But the referendum on voter ID got 1.4M. The liberal justice promised to shoot down any voter ID laws. So almost 400,000 people voted for someone that would use her power to thwart their will? that just doesn't make any sense. Maybe they have bigger issues than voter ID. Maybe you should be asking yourself why that is. Quote
User Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 3 hours ago, Aristides said: Ya, going door to door is the same as giving 20 million to a campaign and million dollars cheques to individuals. 🤣 Squirm. Squirm. He didn't give 20 million to a campaign though. The checks were not given to people for a vote. Yet again, factual details matter. Quote
Aristides Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 35 minutes ago, User said: He didn't give 20 million to a campaign though. The checks were not given to people for a vote. Yet again, factual details matter. Ya, he did. https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-loss-2053668 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-spending-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-b2725855.html https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-cdea66e0dcbaa53dd183e1d10bee2b35 Facts do matter. 1 Quote
User Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 5 minutes ago, Aristides said: Ya, he did. No, he didn't. 5 minutes ago, Aristides said: Facts do matter. You claimed he gave the money to a campaign. Words matter. Either you lied or you ignorantly said something you don't understand. Which is it? Quote
Aristides Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 1 hour ago, User said: No, he didn't. You claimed he gave the money to a campaign. Words matter. Either you lied or you ignorantly said something you don't understand. Which is it? The links show he did. Quote
robosmith Posted April 3 Author Report Posted April 3 3 hours ago, User said: No, he didn't. You claimed he gave the money to a campaign. Words matter. Either you lied or you ignorantly said something you don't understand. Which is it? Are you so stupid you don't know Justice Crawford was running a campaign for her SCOWI seat? I donated $25 to her CAMPAIGN 3 days ago. What is it you believe I (and Muskrat) was doing? LMAO Quote
User Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 1 hour ago, Aristides said: The links show he did. No, they don’t. Quote
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