Resent them? I didn't know them, personally. I have no reason to resent them. I do know that their "success" is debatable. Define success, first. Jeffrey Dahmer was successful... at murdering people. If you put value in personal wealth, if that's successful... okay. Obscene wealth and monopoly, and using that leverage for more personal gain is hardly something I find to be honorable. Success isn't that difficult. It's what you're successful AT that matters more.
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I agreed mostly with your post, but the ethnicity thing seems to me to be just another nothingburger created by the liberals in hopes of making a mountain out of it. There is very little that can be said even in fairness and kindness that can't be twisted into something sinister anymore. I admit it is possible I am not aware of that whole dialogue, but there was nothing wrong with what I have seen.
I've been there on many, many occasions and spent a good deal of time there over the course of my life. Almost all my family, including both my parents, were/are from McDowell County either in or around Marion (some were nearby in Pleasant Gardens or over in Newton). If you want any shopping besides Walmart or real restaurants, etc., you're headed to Asheville. And while it's bluer than most, it doesn't change the general principle of what I described.
He's not EVIL... no. Far from it. I'm not trying to imply that Elon Musk is a stain on the human race... at all. He's highly intelligent, he's applied that in ways most people never dream of, and it has paid-off very well for him. But, he's not someone that relates to average people very well, in my opinion. He reminds me of tycoons in the 19th century that padded their records with donations to charity and, thus, appearing to be philanthropists. There's nothing inherently "wrong" with that, either. It just illustrates the evidence of the need for humility, I guess. "I don't wanna have a legacy of being a robber baron! I'd better do something 'nice' in return!"
To add to this, I read a story once about Asheville saying that after the the stock market crash and the Great Depression, the city fathers refused to default on the city's loans unlike every other city in America. They didn't pay off their last note until 1976. By then, other cities had the funding to bring in the wrecking ball (primarily during the '50s and '60s) and engage heavily in city renewal programs.
I don't see the world that way. I see the electorate that way and if you're talking politics, you're talking electorate. There are two political sides (by far and away). One side leans liberal, the other side leans conservative. Is it a continuum with many variations of philosophy interspersed here and there? Of course it is but a stark, unmistakable dividing line is created at the voting booth. That's not my imagination or my desire, that's just the plainest fact possible. One side votes left, the other side votes right.
Asheville is absolutely an amazing city. I love spending time there.
is it possible he just agrees more with the right than the left? It couldn't be that simple could it? No, I guess not. There has to be some ulterior motive. It is written, I guess.
And the good beer joints per capita is fantastic.
I don't know... are we talking about the electorate "right" or what??? Left, right, left right.
There's talk that Elon Musk is hopeful of a Trump win so he can land a choice cabinet position or other cushy job within the administration, probably something high-tech that would benefit Trump in complicated matters such as dressing himself.
It's different when you're already the nominee. And, at this point, undecided, apathetic voters are/were sick to death of Trump/Biden 2.0. They don't remember Harris 2020. There are now 2 new people (younger and they "appear" to promise something new), that are more diverse and they have a shit-ton of $$$ behind them. That can escalate fast and the turnout at rallies might even be bigger than Obama.
Have you paid attn? Would you say he seems different from 4 years ago? He not only sounds awful, but his rambling has gotten worse, he can't stay on topic, his mind wanders onto inapplicable subjects (sharks), instead of attacking Kamala he's still attacking Biden. These things make him seem less "strong" regardless of his past presentation.
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Correct! He has no understand of the machinations of American government.
Manufactured or not... his chances of winning have greatly diminished.
Trump is the oldest candidate ever, and he's BABY BOOMER, entitled white guy to the gills. He was handed everything his entire life. And all he does is bitch about how he's been maligned and how Democrats cheat. That will work for the MAGA base. There are no solutions at all. Deporting 20 million people is a sledgehammer. Again... ideal for MAGA paranoids. I don't know about younger people with no affiliation.
I'll condense the above. Dick is scared shitless of Harris.
Brilliant messaging strategy...
Brilliant messaging strategy...
Painful? Where do you live?
