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Trevor Smith
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Posted: 06 July 2025 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

"Another reason Canada cannot become the 51st state!"

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Well played!
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Andrew Bitner
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Posted: 07 July 2025 at 3:25pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Third parties have had an abysmal record in modern times (modern being the 20th century and on). 
If Musk is serious, he'll work to get candidates running in state and local government elections, building up to running candidates for federal office. If there's no grass roots to build up a party, it'll fail. He has to have an infrastructure and support from below to create anything higher up--politics is a house of cards and if there isn't a foundation, there's no win possible.
It's the same reason Bernie Sanders would have had enormous problems as a president. He didn't have a constituency inside government willing to take tough votes and advance his agenda. He would have been an army of one, which is a recipe for being ignored and overridden by Congress.
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David Miller
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Posted: 07 July 2025 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

A grassroots dominated by offputting incelcrat technobruhs at that.
“Remember the condescending assholes who spent the 2016 Democratic
Party caucuses personally driving every voters they could away from
political engagement? Well now they’re right wing and claim you’re a homo
for liking weather forecasts. Join them in a new direction for America.”
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Shaun Barry
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Third party?  Sure.  Musk as de facto leader?  Hell no.


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