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Has Elon Been Benched?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by ncargat1, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM.

  1. ncargat1

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    Trying to respect the no nicknames rule for thread titles.....meanwhile, is it just me but since the massive rebuke of Elon trying to illegally buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court special election, he has been invisible? Rumors that House Reps who are up for re-election almost as soon as they sworn in are trying to put distance between themselves and Musk. He is now officially toxic in the minds of moderates and independents. And, let's be honest, they are the only ones who matter since Dems are going to hate Musk now even if he cured cancer and brought world peace and never vote MAGA. Meanwhile, MAGAs are going to vote for MAGA candidates regardless of whehter Satan himself is the campaign manager and Musk personally fired each and every one of the MAGA voters. So, it is back to moderates (both of them left) and independents and I take the past view days as evidence that Elon has become more toxic than Chernobyl Reactor 4.
     
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  2. duggers_dad

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    We may have to get angry about something else.
     
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  3. dynogator

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    Not a problem.
     
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  4. G8tas

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    Like America's decline in the child vaccine rate
     
  5. Emmitto

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    He’s literally the richest man of all time.

    Whatchoo gonna do sucka?
     
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  6. QGator2414

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    You can blame that on the idiots at the CDC/fauci/biden…

    That is just reality. When you deny the basic principles of medicine. You get what we got. I said it and got blasted for saying it. Medicine is never a one size fits all issue. Yet the idiots in public health let Big Pharma push a one one size fits all drug on an entire population. Way too much nuance in Medicine. Worse. We had the data from the very beginning (Italy/New York/Diamond Princess)…
     
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  7. gator_jo

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    His criminality will linger on. Pretty astounding how much influence/grift one can purchase, just by massively donating to the presidential campaign of a criminal.

    Does anyone trust these criminals? Sadly, I remember how Biden left a seemingly huge number of Trump appointees in their positions. Then Trump seemingly fired everyone who didn't worship him and pledge fealty to his criminality.

    Seems like this is all just another Trump-induced degradation of our government and public servants; going forward nobody can be, or will deserve to be trusted. Or remain in their position. 'Murica?



    Even as Elon Musk signals a step back from his high-profile role in the Trump administration’s crusade to upend the federal government, the billionaire’s imprint on the bureaucracy is likely to endure.

    In under three months, he’s laid the groundwork for long-term influence in the Trump administration. Dozens of his allies are embedded as long-term political appointees or influential chief information officers at powerful agencies such as the Office of Personnel Management, General Services Administration, the State Department and the Department of Transportation.

    “The work of DOGE is not even close to done, the work of Elon is not even close to done,” Vice President JD Vance said Thursday. “DOGE has got a lot of work to do and yeah, that work is going to continue after Elon leaves.”


    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/musk-influence-after-he-leaves-doge-00272640
     
  8. orangeblue_coop

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    To be fair, you get blasted for saying all sorts of dumb shyt.
     
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  9. thomadm

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    Maybe not for much longer...
     
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  10. QGator2414

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    By idiots like you (and those pumping your stupidity with funny’s and agree’s)…Yes

    But by those who see what actually happened and understand reality…not so much.
     
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  11. Emmitto

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    And then?

    He’ll still be ONE of the richest people of all time.

    I say again, WHATCHOO GONNA DO FOO!
     
  12. demosthenes

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    He’s somewhere in the 2nd to 4th richest of all time. Augustus Caesar was the richest of all time by more than 10x Elon’s wealth.
     
  13. thomadm

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    For the life of me, not sure why anyone would side with a billionaire over an ordinary citizen...
     
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  14. WC53

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    Lot of ranty grandpas in training round here
    S
     
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    In my head--- UF
    Since? 3 days
     
  16. Gator515151

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    I happen to know Caesar's chariot was the 4 horsepower model. Elon's Tesla is much nicer.
     
  17. demosthenes

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    Yeah, but they don’t come with Scythed Wheels like Caesar’s chariot.
     
  18. Emmitto

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    Ha, grandpa whoopsied a rogue S.
     
  19. QGator2414

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    The best part of this thread…all those that fell for the idiots at the cdc are still denying reality.

    Glad none are in the trenches of medicine!
     
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  20. Emmitto

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    OK. I stand corrected.

    Poor Elon, I hope he survives himself.
     
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