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Perhaps its his outsized pay package at Tesla thats at fault? He has about $56 billion in bonuses at issue. Which exceeds the total profit of Tesla for this entire year.By a factor of five times "Several shareholder advisory groups advised voting against the plan, saying it was overly generous. The package is six times bigger than the salaries of America's top 200 chief executives combined in 2021," Could it be that Elon has a bigger ego. Is a bigger narcissist than even ...trump?

Just as I expected But i don't think its DeSantis as leader and this is why. "Even as he faced a re-election fight, DeSantis found time to travel the country and campaign with Republican politicians cut from the same cloth. He attended rallies with Kari Lake and Blake Masters in Arizona, Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania, Lee Zeldin in New York, Mark Ronchetti and Rep. Yvette Herrell in New Mexico, Derek Schmidt in Kansas, and J.D. Vance in Ohio. The first seven all lost, and while Vance emerged victorious, he ran nearly 10 points behind his Ohio Republican ticket mate, Gov. Mike DeWine (who did not campaign with DeSantis). " I think Liz and Adam would be ideal leaders. But for the MAGA base they are too tainted by the Sept 6th committee. So the search over the next year or so will start. Big republican money donors have turned their backs on trump. Murdoch as well.

Are you suggesting Jeff Flake, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney, etc. have twisted knickers? Or non confrontational stay in the party to evoke change types like Lindsey Graham. Who will change loyalties and ideologies on a weekly basis. I'm just giving you the dig. But until centrist leadership emerges. One that absolutely rejects MAGA politics. You're but a rock in the stream. Sheltering a few fish but otherwise invisible. Last month republicans were ready to endorse trump ideology. Endorse election denial, etc. But now that 50% of trump endorsed candidates lost they suggest that he is irrelevant. The fact is that more than 50% of republican senators and house members running, won. Republicans won more than 50% of the aggregate vote. trump endorsed candidates really didn't do much worse than average. IMO billvon is right with his three party change. Once trump and his ideas subside. The republican right will reform as a united right. This same scenario played out over the last twenty years in Canada with a split of the conservative party on the right. It allowed the left Liberals to form governments. When they lost the popular vote in several consecutive elections. trump populism is not a sole US phenomenon. Hungary, Brazil and other countries have had populist leaders.

Perhaps if its the men starting the wars it should be the men in the meat grinder? AFAIK only two women in the last two centuries have sent their countries to war. Both after being attacked. Kyiv-born Golda Meir becomes a symbol of hope for Ukrainians of the Six day War. Now there was a woman. Men started the war and she wrapped it up in four days. and How the Falklands War Cemented Margaret Thatcher's Reputation as the 'Iron Lady' after all “If Russia lays down its weapons, there is no war. If Ukraine lays down its weapons, there is no Ukraine,”

According to Israeli military statistics, 535 female soldiers had been killed while serving between the years of 1962 and 2016 Then there are "The YPJ (Women‘s Protection Units) is the lesser-known Kurdish women’s army – allied to the YPG (People‘s Protection Units) – fighting in northern and Kurdish Syria" There was a news report recently about Ukrainian female snipers . This is the same person but not the same story., nurses in the field units and rehab hospitals. Very stressful given the amount of Russian artillery. All just makes a person want to send Putin a Christmas present.

trump's new election platform takes a script from another dictator Philippines' Duterte. The death penalty for drug dealers. No word yet if mom and pop pot shops in Colorado will have their owners put to the firing squad. If he is re-elected.

We will just have to agree to disagree. I'll lay down my three trump cards This one. From two years ago This one from earlier this month. Then third, Dems's lost the house. All in the face of the USSC abortion ruling. Where were all the democrat voters who believe in a woman's right to choose? The decrease in MAGA support from Jan. 6h, the charges against trump and trump Enterprises. Here I absolutely agree "The 'mistake' would be thinking that this midterm standoff means there will automatically be future victories.".

Bingo. So put in a stooge with a little more smarts. One that conceals MAGA inclinations and poses as a moderate republican. But has core MAGA values. Someone who can pander to the base using just enough dog whistles to keep the tribal base on the leash. Its a mistake by democrats to see midterms as a big victory.

IMO Murdoch will see that the 30% of trump followers are a big FOX market.So he won't burn that bridge. That the remainder of GOP supporters like Brent, BIGUN, etc. have no leader with sufficient support to challenge trump. Yet. People have to keep in mind that trump supporters currently control the party. Mitch McConnell is likely the strongest opponent but he knows his limitations. trump supporters control the nomination process for house and senate members. i.e. primaries. trump supporters are organized and have the religious evangelical base. trump can generate cash faster than any other GOP leader. trump decimated the other GOP candidates in the last debates, public arenas, etc. Leading up to the nomination convention. Until trump loses the nomination he needs to be taken seriously. If he loses he may form his own party and run as a independent. Regardless of legal losses for personal and corporate misconduct. He will play the victim, claim innocence and use the issue to raise funds. In the end if he is taken seriously he will lose. Because he's been a loser since the day he was born.

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For certain. Republicans are tainted greatly by MAGA. Now that the last moderates have been run out of the party. i.e. Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger. Who will lead them? Ops forgot that republican from Utah, the Mormon guy....Oh Yeah Mitt Romney. I thought maybe he died. DeSantis?? " In DeSantis’s telling, the honest people of Florida were besieged by a vast array of liberal scourges: big tech, IRS agents, George Soros, the Biden administration, the corporate media, illegal immigrants, Anthony Fauci, police defunders, Disney, China, communism, cancel culture, critical race theory, and woke gender ideology. Only Ron DeSantis was brave enough to confront these malign forces." Out of curiosity. Why do you think you're the only moderate, level headed republican in SC?

Lots of racist dems. Recently The Los Angeles City Council censures members involved in racist conversation was discussed here. Maga republicans enable easy and frequent targets to identify republican racism. It doesn't mean that every republican MAGA ideologue is one.

Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga the ex president leader of Latvia was recently interviewed. The subject of her becoming the leader of NATO came up. She stated that she was not likely to win a vote. Because her attitude was that Putin only understands power and a Churchill like iron firmness. Which she has. She has an interventionist attitude towards protecting Ukraine. All three of the NATO Baltic states have the same attitude. IMO they know Russia better than anyone from a western point of view.

You're missing the bigger picture. Step back, no farther back. Its all about the money.“The Doctor Oz Show” he takes in a yearly salary of $20 million, and according to his May 2022 financial disclosure, his assets, along with his wife's, are between $104 and $422 million, which makes his net worth around $200 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth" He is just a legal version of Alex Jones. Or a televangelist who tosses values and beliefs to the curb. For a new G-700

I heard that recent quote as well. IMO in part, its drives his criminal propensities. He cherishes his "Teflon" image where the sanctions of law don't stick to him. Meanwhile for trump enterprises. For those in SC who think that trump is the forgotten person. "The Trump Organization will license its name for a planned golf course in Oman, renewing questions about the former president’s mixing of politics and business as he appears poised for another run." A recent disclosure on the Washington trump Hotel revealed that three countries each paid over $300k each for hotel rooms. While they were negotiating deals with the US government. Yeah, real banana.

trump will announce his candidacy for president tomorrow. He needs to stay relevant. Needs attention like a baby needs milk. He likes the idea of power. Especially power that could afford him the opportunity to punish his enemies. He blames the republican party for costing a potential midterm advantage. He has big grudges for perceived lack of loyalty in the past. New grievances that need publicizing and address. He has a hard core base of 30% GOP supporters that are ready to fill his pockets with cash. Even more he loves the adulation that his rallies bring him. Even more he can play the victim. Blame disloyal republicans, crooked democrats and insiders for sealing elections from the righteous victors.

With the trump's becoming less relevant. How is Don Jr. going to wean himself from Saudi cash? Cold turkey? Soon MBS may not even return trump's phone calls!

So you can make a deal with Lucifer. Then without a soul still be saved?

I can feel your inner confusions. The evangelical commandments may help: Soon another false idol will be waived of all present, past and future sins. Ron DeSanctimonous will become the chosen one and he has already claimed divine status.

Joe the televangelist of skydiving. The rewards.

Putin has been silent on predictions lately. He has been silent on the capitulation west of the Dnipro. His cheerleaders on RTV of course don't criticize him or the army. Everyone knows that if a hospital window isn't nearby a car crash works as well. Slim awaits instructions from Putin/FOX.

When your soul is missing. You try to fill it with something.

If you sold your soul would you compromise?

President Biden has some blame to bear as well. With the radicals on the USSC now and the resultant abortion ruling it should have been a slam dunk victory. - trump picked a cast of misfits, delinquents and political novices. To run on his MAGA, election denial platform. It should have been a dem home run. - Biden got the US out of Afghanistan, delivered a historic low 3.9% unemployment rate and finally ended the US pandemic. It should have been a dem. celebration. The democrats have to reconnect with the average Tractor Supply low wage voter. Looking at Florida for example: "Since the last governor’s race in 2018, Republicans registered 26 new voters, on net, for every Democrat. In some counties, like Miami-Dade, the number of registered Democrats has actually fallen since 2018. “The secret is there is no secret,” consultant Shannon Love said of Republicans’ success. “They do the work. I think that Democrats get caught up in the message and the polls instead of doing the consistent work.” Biden has refused to leave the WH and connect with the public. Where are the democrat attack dogs out selling democrat victories. Attacking republicans.