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Musk: I'll vote Republicans, the Democrats become the party of division and hate

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Re: Musk: I'll vote Republicans, the Democrats become the party of division and hate

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wanderer_ wrote: post #8
encryptluks2 wrote: post #5

Tesla is going to tank so hard. The people buying Teslas were wealthy Democrats who thought Musk cared about the environment. Half (maybe more) of the GOP doesn't even care about environmental issues. This is political positioning on his part to get ahead of elections and try to align with the party he thinks will win. Now watch as he starts pandering towards the GOP regarding his failed Twitter acquisition.

You might be surprised how little people actually regard the owner's political opinion of the miltibillion dollar corporation from which they just bought a quarter-million dollar car. I wouldn't even be surprised if a significant percentage of Tesla owners don't even know who owns the company.

Musk's face is everywhere. Let's do the science to be sure.

Re: Musk: I'll vote Republicans, the Democrats become the party of division and hate

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wanderer_ wrote: post #11
penneyd wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

250k Tesla? The top of the range Plaid is ~130k

Okay, serious overestimation. All of these prices are so far out of my budget that I don't make any distinction :)

They are rich people things. I would say toys but they seem better than that.

I'll take the elecric Humvee over a Tesla any day with my pretend momey.

Re: Musk: I'll vote Republicans, the Democrats become the party of division and hate

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Post by quantified »

MrMan wrote: post #17
encryptluks2 wrote: post #5

Tesla is going to tank so hard. The people buying Teslas were wealthy Democrats who thought Musk cared about the environment. Half (maybe more) of the GOP doesn't even care about environmental issues. This is political positioning on his part to get ahead of elections and try to align with the party he thinks will win. Now watch as he starts pandering towards the GOP regarding his failed Twitter acquisition.

I know a lot of republican Tesla owners actually who also love to own the libs and weirdly dont believe in climate change, the Tesla is just becoming the iPhone of cars

They don't mind not spending on gas. Who does enjoy that?

Re: Musk: I'll vote Republicans, the Democrats become the party of division and hate

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Post by MrMan »

quantified wrote: post #20
tamaharbor wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ps. Democrats are indeed the party of division and hate. (Ref: Hillary Clinton’s deplorable comments, Biden’s recent Maga comments, etc.)

And Romney's 47%? Most Trumpisms? Boebert, Gaetz, Cawthorne? Maybe this is like counting different infinities, but there was no unifying during 45. It's also important to distinguish between a figurehead and the party. Republicans are not yet all Trump, though suprisingly far, while very little of the Democratic party is Biden. They're just not that organized.

biden is not a hateful or divisive guy he maintains long-term relationships with a lot of republican colleagues from the senate

Re: Musk: I'll vote Republicans, the Democrats become the party of division and hate

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Post by MrMan »

quantified wrote: post #23
MrMan wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know a lot of republican Tesla owners actually who also love to own the libs and weirdly dont believe in climate change, the Tesla is just becoming the iPhone of cars

They don't mind not spending on gas. Who does enjoy that?

these aren't people who worry about the price of gas
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