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Sometimes Li Mu is not sure whether the inertia of history exists.
For example, James Garfield's death, like another time and space, James Garfield also died of assassination, but the assassination of this time and space was instigated by Li Mu, and there was no Li Mu in another time and space, so in another time and space, what was the cause of James Garfield's death?
Or who masterminded James Garfield's death?
This problem can't be delved into, sometimes Li Mu thinks more, and he will be creepy, for fear that he will wake up and find that everything in this time and space is a dream, and losing other things, Li Mu can accept it, the only thing that is unacceptable is that there is no little Will and a little padded jacket, or there is no Gloria and Chu Xue, then Li Mu will really jump from the top of the highest building and use his life to verify that time and space are nightmares in the end.
With so much concern, Li Mu finally became like those who joked about the rivers and lakes, "the older he gets, the more timid he becomes", and he can't help but start to suffer from gains and losses.
At this time, Li Mu's thinking will change, Li Mu was the destroyer of the rules in the past, and now Li Mu has finally begun to change in the direction of the defender of the rules.
In other words, Li Mu finally lived the way he hated the most.
However, others could not accept Li Mu's change at the first time, such as James Bryan was very disappointed, James Bryan was confident, if there is Li Mu's support, then James Bryan has a great chance of winning the election, and now Li Mu has stated that he has made other decisions, which makes James Bryan extremely disappointed.
Of course, the current James Bryan doesn't know that the object of Li Mu's choice of support is Grover Cleveland of the Democratic Party, otherwise James Bryan will be even more disappointed.
"Yes, we're going to try more possibilities, not just for my own sake, in fact, I think you all have similar concerns, which is that one day, even if the Republican Party has all the advantages, voters will abandon our Republican Party, because they want other people to try, maybe it will make a difference in their lives, and if the Democrats take advantage of this psychology of the voters, then sooner or later we will lose, and since that's the case, I think, we might as well change the way, since the voters want to see some new faces, Then let them see how much stronger the Democrats are than our Republicans. Li Mu did not care about the Democrats who attended the party, and the Democratic Party has been trying to win Li Mu's support, and Li Mu's statement is not all unexpected for the Democrats.
Of course, there are some things, Li Mu doesn't need to say so much, in his bones, Li Mu is more of a Republican, no matter how fanciful Grover Cleveland says, Li Mu will never really support those slave owners, with Li Mu's support, Grover Cleveland does have a great chance of winning the election, and Li Mu will also get rich rewards from it, which also means that the deal between Li Mu and Grover Cleveland is reached, and after that, Li Mu will also unscrupulously pit Grover Cleveland, After all, as we said before, the United States is going through an economic crisis almost every ten years, and it has been eight years since the last economic crisis, so Grover Cleveland is destined to be a tragedy.
Of course, for the same reason, Li Mu will not say these words to James Bryan, if there is no accident, the next presidential election will be the last time James Bryan is active in American politics, and then James Bryan will fade out of American politics, so James Bryan will not become Li Mu's friend, at most a colleague.
That's right, colleagues, colleagues who work together for a company called the "Republican Party".
"You're saying you're going to support the Democrats?" James Bryan was very surprised, before that, James Bryan had imagined countless possibilities, but never thought that Li Mu would actually give up the Republican Party and support the Democratic Party instead, after all, everything Li Mu has was obtained during the Democratic Party's administration.
"Reem, you're not kidding, are you?" Benjamin Harrison was also surprised, but there was no sense of blame, and that was the biggest difference between a friend and a colleague.
In contrast, Arthur's expression is much more indifferent, because no matter who Li Mu supports, he no longer has anything to do with Arthur, and after this term, Arthur will completely withdraw from American politics, even if James Bryan wants to run, Arthur will not wave the flag for James Bryan, for James Bryan, Arthur is really fed up.
The reason why James Bryan served as Secretary of State of the United States was not Arthur's choice, it was a transaction between James Bryan and James Garfield, after James Garfield's assassination, James Bryan was going to resign for a time, which not only represents James Bryan's attitude towards James Garfield, but also represents James Bryan's disapproval of Arthur.
"It's not a joke, you're not running anyway, so I'm rooting for everyone." Li Mu didn't pay attention to James Bryan at all, without the post of secretary of state, James Bryan is not qualified to talk to Li Mu on an equal footing, and he still expects Li Mu to give him a good face?
Don't be funny, considering the relationship between Li Mu and Arthur, Li Mu will not give James Bryan a good look.
Li Mu and Benjamin Harrison have communicated many times before, for Benjamin Harrison's political career, the Harrison family has a clear plan, although it is not necessarily the best, but it is best to believe the old men and old ladies of the Harrison family, the plan they made, may not be passionate, no surprises, but the possibility of realization is very large.
"Louis Jackson, shut your mouth, and if I see you laughing again, I'll throw you out." Arthur was in control, and Louis Jackson was the hapless Democratic congressman.
That's right, in front of many parliamentarians, Arthur is so rude, but it doesn't matter, Arthur is a descendant of Ulysses Grant, everyone knows that Arthur is a soldier, so don't expect Arthur to be a gentleman, most soldiers in this era can be considered civilized without words starting with "F".
"I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I don't need you to do it yourself, I happen to have something to do." Louis Jackson didn't give Arthur a chance, apologized and turned away, and just went out to hear Louis Jackson's arrogant laughter, which was indeed good news for the Democratic Party, and Louis Jackson urgently needed to share his joy with others.
Of course, for those who haven't left, the atmosphere is a little stagnant, since Hayes participated in the presidential election, Li Muji's resources in his hands have gradually become the biggest reliance of the Republican Party's candidacy, and now Li Mu wants to defect to the enemy, and everyone needs a little time to accept all this.
Of course, Li Mu is not in a hurry, and beckons the little Raul housekeeper to serve tea, snacks, and fruits, the little Raul butler is the eldest son of Raul's housekeeper, and he is also Li Mu's personal butler, Raul's housekeeper is now sitting on Governor's Island all year round, and he will not go out easily.
No matter where Li Mu goes, there is a complete team of chefs around him, not only Chinese but also French, of course, it is not a problem to make a small snack, a simple four-color dim sum has been made by a Chinese chef with new tricks, which is refreshing, relatively speaking, the French chef is a little worse, but the small cake is also baked well, but unfortunately except for Li Mu and Arthur, no one else is in the mood to taste it.
"What kind of plane are you working on?" Arthur whispered in Li Mu's ear, "Engaging in airplanes" was taught to Arthur by Li Mu, even if Arthur's voice was louder, others might not be able to understand it.
"That's the reason you just heard, maybe you think it's my nonsense, but that's the truth, Grover Cleveland promised that if he is elected, he will have a nationwide pension system, and that he will guarantee the exclusivity of Angus Jobs, and I have no reason to refuse." Li Mu told the truth, whoever gives more benefits, Li Mu will give his life to whomever he wants, and this is what a qualified "warmonger" should do.
"These promises aren't just Grover's give." Arthur was dissatisfied that if Li Mu made a request, then the Republican candidate would also consider it, and there was a high probability that he would accept it all.
"What's the use of mere promises? Can you guarantee that the Virginia government will accept it? Li Mu didn't believe in Arthur's promise, or Li Mu didn't believe in the kind of promise given by any Republican, and simply said a sentence back, and the Republican Party's promise couldn't be fulfilled at all.
Although the Civil War has been over for a long time, for many southern states, especially the original six slave states and Texas, which later joined the Union State, the federal government's executive orders basically have no effect, if it were not for the federal government's compulsory stationing troops in the slave states, those slave states did not even recognize the legitimacy of the federal government, on this issue, the Americans are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, especially Hayes disregarded the opposition of the Republican Party and reached an agreement with the Democratic Party privately. After insisting on withdrawing those garrisons, the Democrats became even more arrogant.
If the Republican president implements the pension system, then it is very likely that he will not be able to enter the southern states that have strong resistance to the federal government, and the Democratic president is different, if Grover Cleveland is elected, then this will also be the first time after the Civil War that a Democrat won the presidential election and became the nominal leader of the United States, in this case, the face of the new president still has to be given, not to mention, slave owners actually need a pension system, after all, this is a guarantee, no one will be too much.
"If you change to a Democratic president, the Republican-majority states won't recognize it." Arthur acknowledged that the federal government lacks prestige in some southern states, but relatively speaking, a Democratic president should face more difficulties, and don't think that only Democrats can pull back, Republicans are also very good at pulling back.
The biggest drawback of the two-party system is that they dismantle each other, which is not obvious when the country is in the period of economic upswing, because no matter how the two parties dismantle Taiwan, the economy is improving, and the living standards of ordinary people are improving, and all contradictions will be covered up in the rapid economic growth.
And once the economy slows down, or the standard of living of ordinary people begins to decline, then all the contradictions will erupt in a concentrated manner, the shortcomings of the two-party system will be exposed, and the whole country will begin to fall into shock.
"So, now you get all the Republican-majority states first, and then the states you can't handle will be handed over to the future president, and if there are any that you can't handle, hehe." Li Mu's abacus was shocking, and he basically took all kinds of possibilities into account, as for those states that the Republicans and Democrats can't handle, let's not talk about whether there are or not, even if there are, Li Mu will have a way to deal with the politicians in those states at that time.
It's not that there are no rich and unlewd people in the United States, there are definitely such people, and there are quite a few, but under normal circumstances, such people will not enter the political arena, so it is easy to deal with those politicians.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you can't get those politicians, Li Mu can also use the power of capital to deal with the supporters behind those politicians, in the economic field, Li Mu is confident that he can defeat anyone, if Li Mu can't do it alone, then add a Rockefeller and a J· P. Morgan, there is no company that can stand up to the joint targeting of these three people.
"You're really—" Arthur was really for a long time, and he couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe Li Mu.
What else can be said, although Li Muhe made Arthur feel like he was being used, but the strange thing is that Arthur was not angry, after all, Arthur is also a shareholder of Angus Jobs, Li Mu is so deliberate, and he is also fighting for Arthur's interests, from this point of view, the future Democratic president should be angry, because he can't get anything.
It's not right, it's the same as Arthur's current experience, complaining and being scolded must be indispensable, Arthur didn't realize it before, now that he has been president for so long, the aura of the president no longer means anything to Arthur, and now Arthur looks at James Bryan like a fool, I really don't understand why so many people rush to be scolded, is the position of president very beautiful?
Not necessarily, not only is it not beautiful, but it is very dangerous, assassins can easily get close to the president, so the president's aura is not so dazzling, and the president's salary is not high, although most of the time the president's consumption does not need the president to pay, but Arthur has now passed the stage of supporting his family by salary, so the salary is meaningless to Arthur, but it makes Arthur feel that receiving a low salary and being scolded every day, staying in the presidential palace is as terrible as going to prison.
So if Arthur were to make his own choice, I am afraid that Arthur would have a greater chance of choosing to return to Governor's Island with Li Mu, at least then there would be no endless work and meetings.
Well, who said that there would be more red parties, as many meetings as the old United States.