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Wonder Why

(4,836 posts)
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:49 PM Dec 6

So Musk bought the election for Trump! Is there any other way to call it any differently?

I mean, what can you say? We sold our country for $250M. Even the Native Americans are laughing at us as they "sold" NYC to the Dutch for $24. Had they invested that money in Tesla, Amazon, Google and others for 300 years, they could have bought the country back and had enough left over to restore it to the pristine nature it once was.

Then they could have kicked out us illegal aliens!

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kelly1mm

(5,525 posts)
2. Didn't the VP Harris campaign spend 3X the amount of money the President Trump campaign did? nt
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:55 PM
Dec 6

stopdiggin

(13,205 posts)
4. Now - don't you go raining on a perfectly good rant.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:33 PM
Dec 6

I mean - it's all about how we 'feel' isn't it? No need to be blundering around with facts ..

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Jack Valentino

(1,602 posts)
7. She might have--- but outside supporters of Trump spent as much as Trump did,
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:41 PM
Dec 6

I think.... I don't have the actual numbers at hand.

My impression is that Harris and friends outspent Trump and friends,
but that Trump and allies probably spent at least 67% of what Harris et al did...

Of course it is better to have the money to spend on the campaign,
than NOT to have it---
but this last campaign, and especially 2016 proved that
you can't win based on money, if there are other problems...

rich7862

(270 posts)
3. Amen to mushy musk stinking!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:24 PM
Dec 6

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 06:41 PM
Mushy musk heads the trump criminal crime cabinet. The members of this crime cabinet could pay off our national debt.

Instead they are gonna take away medicare and social security.

Jack Valentino

(1,602 posts)
5. Why did he only spend $250 million ?? Does he have money problems
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:37 PM
Dec 6

after spending $44 BILLION to acquire Twitter--- which he has since driven into the ground??


UTUSN

(73,067 posts)
6. Was going to say earlier, with all the circular firing squad of Dems, has anybody
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:41 PM
Dec 6

thought a quarter of a billion by one ahole might have been a factor?




BlueHurricane

(34 posts)
8. He also bought Twitter to weaponize it to
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:52 PM
Dec 6

Buy himself a Presidency so add that cost in. Seems obvious that’s why he bought Twitter.

Diraven

(1,133 posts)
9. This is how elections are going to be from now on
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:29 PM
Dec 6

Viable presidential candidates will need billionaire patrons in order to get elected. Because they can spend unlimited amounts of money and get huge returns on their investments when the president serves them instead of the American voters.

Initech

(103,063 posts)
11. He bought the election and has ties to Putin.
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 12:11 AM
Dec 8

Therefore, Russia interfered in our election. Can we have a do over now and arrest these treasonous scumbags already? And I mean the entire GOP.

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