Nov 15 2024
Opinions: November 15, 2024
Here’s how I explain trump LED republican victory.
If my friends on the left many hated him personally for his character. I never hated Kamala Harris. She is capable. However, her platform is not only too far left, but her ideas of taxing unreceived gains, price control even a college freshman understand is crazy. Trump has humor and crowds even in Bronx on the left ate it up. His message is simple. Economy, cut tax, cut regulation, don’t force people to eat brie when they want a steak sandwich. He rightly supported Israel’s right to live on a Jewish state without constant missiles coming at it and wars. To Muslims, no one wants innocent people to be killed in Gaza but Hamas played them to get killed for sympathy. It worked with many in the world who focus on the 40,000 soldiers civilians killed in Gaza but not hundreds of thousands dead in war in Ukraine, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen.
There are 7 million Arabs in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, starting from 500,000 one hundred years ago, there is no “genocide”.
Since many Jews in Israel came from being evicted from Morocco, Egypt, Syria. There was no “colonization”.
Voters didn’t buy that trump did not do the best he would get in COVID vaccines. Fauci ran that department along with others. They stifled debate. Only Florida and a few other states kept their economy open.
Voters don’t want a man who changes to female, boxing a female or dunking on her . Otherwise they have no problem with people transitioning as young adult.
Voters fear China, Russia, Iran, North Korea coalition of bad actors. They believe Trump and people around him are far better equipped to deal with those issues.
Voters don’t want Hunter laptop issue buried before election, suppression speech or lawsuit that have questionable merit i.e. 33 felony charges from one check to a lawyer they found obscure. They didn’t buy puffing on financial statement with no damages, wrongdoing what Biden did with government documents they bought it. Keep at home with secret service a put off.
And Trump campaigned hard, answered questions with humor. Communicated. Harris did not. Not only did she change her policies (not her values which means a later change back) likely.
Further, the Left sees everything but about blacks, whites, Hispanics, gay. Trump looked at merit and sensible old-fashioned policies of strong economy , strong defense and knowing who is coming in to live here.
By the way, Trump won in spite of the fact the economy is good. People can get jobs. In California, it’s worse on high taxes by Democrat legislative and Governor one party has pushed out businesses, people left without jobs, taxes not the same, state with city deficits.
Nov 13 2024
Opinions: November 13, 2024
As a lifelong Democrat, why I voted for a Republican President. That Liz Cheney became a Democrat is not an influence for me. Liz Cheney is not my hero. Her problem with her former party is Trump as is Dick’s.
I had four years of Trump. I like what he did with the economy, Abraham Accords, no wars, employment for minorities. Why he is portrayed as Hitler I don’t know. I had four years of Biden. I’m not happy with Afghanistan dead soldiers weapons left 80 billion, base, women, Iran, spending, waiving contractual debt obligations, school monopolies, schools dividing of races etc.
I do like that Tulsi has joined the Republican campaign by virtue of issues not persona. Those people who wish to frighten people saying Trump will be a dictator, I dismiss. He was President for four years. We know him good and bad. What frightens me is one party California. Lowering corporate tax brought back business from places like Ireland. Raising to 28% or 33%. Harry’s plan would be very harmful for the economy. Look what high tax in
California has done. Losing Schwab, Chevron, Salesforce, Tesla, Oracle was foolish. Unnecessary. Think employees now out of work. California should have reduced tax. It was arrogant for Gavin to fight with Elon. Where will the workers go? Most can’t go to Austin and Florida etc. Think of California’s current lost revenue on top of 70 billion budget deficit. A wiser Governor and less arrogant Legislature would not let that happen.
I like what the Republicans did with Abraham Accords. I don’t like the Democrats enabling Iran to finance Hamas Hezbollah, Yemen, to attack Israel every few years. This time so viciously.
I don’t like current administration holding Israel back. The war could possibly have ended months ago.
40,000 dead in Gaza out of 2.3 million; Half of the 40,000 fighters, is not a genocide. And NY times while attacking Israel daily, hardly mentions who started this war and every other nor does The Times seem to compare 600,000 dead in Ukraine. Or 1,000,000 in Sudan, Yemen, Myanmar and 50 other wars currently going on.
I like and respect Tom Cotton, Ben Carson, Nikki Haley, Governor Younkin of Virginia, DeSantis, Byron Donaldson, Senator Johnson, Jordan, Senator Kennedy, Senator Rubio, Elise Stefanik. Good bunch.
I like fealty to our constitution, it’s our anchor.
I don’t like open border and Harris giving out her book to immigrants, the medical challenges it is bringing, the cost to cities in healthcare, schooling to untenable amounts. I think it’s mostly illegal as legal cap is 1 million a year. The current limit could be raised to 2.5 including stamping foreign students studying here in STEM as a citizen.
I like electric cars but not a command economy as I witness in Soviet Union years ago one style of men’s shoes.
Visit Colombia you will see all the poor Venezuelan girls working the streets. Venezuela was a rich country until 20 years ago. We are on a slippery slope. California has one
viable party now. Hundreds of businesses have moved, leaving people unemployed and tax void.
The Democrats tried balloons of taxing unrealized gains, price controls, rent controls are absurd. I did agree on Ukraine but that has to end.
Warmest, Peter
PS. I voted Democrat my entire life through Hillary.
Nov 6 2024
Opinions: November 6, 2024
Presidential and Senate Elections
The people have spoken. Most of us are merit based. And want physical security. Thus, the economy, defense and crime. Abortion turns out not to be a major issue to most. The color of skin is increasingly irrelevant. It’s how people present themselves. Trump connected. He worked his butt off. He was specific on issues.
Kamla, an attractive candidate, was recondite, vague, changed positions. But said she would not change values. The values seem to be open border, no fracking, no prosecution for petty crime vs broken window government run health without alternatives. Then nutty economic policies, trial balloons like taxing unrealized capital gains which owners don’t have liquidity to pay and appraising will be difficult. It will lead to mass selling. And price controls which don’t work will lead to shortages and thousands of government workers.
Most people today don’t care about skin color or gender. The far-left dwells on it. It’s not 1850 , or 1950, it’s 2024 and progress has been made. We need more and in my view it will from school improvement for our less affluent through competition school it’s a monopoly.
Remember when the post office was? Now Federal Express same day communications. And School needs to stick with reading, writing, presentation and trades which are very remunerative.
