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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: AOC’s thoughts on Taiwan
Date: 02/19/26 7:33 PM
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Oh, I disagree. He's very good at taking in new information - just not the categories of information that you (and I) would want to see a President interested in. He's very good at reading people, finding their weaknesses, and using that to his advantage.

How so? Can you give an example? Seems to me he's been saying basically the same things for over a decade now (which are as often as not lies). Can you cite a few examples where he has tailored himself -read people- and changed his stance?

I think in GoT, people like Tyrion could adjust. So, if he was a square peg, and there was a round hole, he could make himself round. I see no evidence of that in the Felon. He just happened to fit in the hole of today's politics. I would wager 30 years ago he couldn't have won, even as a younger (and more popular) man. Because the political "hole" wasn't Felon-shaped. Today, it -alas- is.
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