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Lessons from Venezuela
Townhall.com ^ | October 27, 2021 | John Stossel

Posted on 10/27/2021 3:26:56 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 10/27/2021 3:26:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
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“...but thanks to the selfishness of former President Donald Trump”

Stopped reading right there.


2 posted on 10/27/2021 3:40:55 AM PDT by billyboy15
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I don't believe he has a mandate, but thanks to the selfishness of former President Donald Trump

Whatever points stossel was trying to make were rendered irrelevant with his telling of this one big lie.

3 posted on 10/27/2021 3:41:26 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Despite his “Libertarian” ideology, I am convinced that Stossel very much dislikes Conservatives like Donald Trump, and much prefers Progressives like Biden.


4 posted on 10/27/2021 3:43:03 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: billyboy15

It’s a shame you stopped reading right there. The rest of the article made some great points.


5 posted on 10/27/2021 3:54:23 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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It’s a shame you stopped reading right there. The rest of the article made some great points.

It would be like someone dropping a loose greasy turd in a punchbowl and then attempting to drink only the "clean" punch.

6 posted on 10/27/2021 3:56:59 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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obviously he must think President Trump was selfish because he gave up his entire pay check and donated it instead to worthy causes.


7 posted on 10/27/2021 3:57:00 AM PDT by Kaslin (Joe Biden, aka president Milk Carton)
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To: Sir_Humphrey

Congress was lost in 2018 mid term. How selfish was Trump then after years in office?


8 posted on 10/27/2021 4:01:26 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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> “...but thanks to the selfishness of former President Donald Trump” Stopped reading right there. <

You beat me to it. I am a fan of John Stossel. But that completely unnecessary dig put me off the rest of the article. Try again, Mr. Stossel.


9 posted on 10/27/2021 4:07:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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“but thanks to the selfishness of former President Donald Trump, Democrats control Congress”

I don’t get this at all. Why the gratuitous insult to Trump? It is evident that Dems stole the GA election and the subsequent senate rates with fraudulent mail in votes.

Trump’s coat tails added to the number Republicans in the house and a 50-50 senate while he supposedly lost in 2020. He campaigned hard for Republican candidates and all he got back was disloyalty and back stabbing.

If Trump graciously accepted defeat in the face of overwhelming evidence of fraud would GA Republicans have done better? No.

I can’t stand the blindness of no Trumpers.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 4:07:45 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul (s)
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4007178/posts?page=5#5


11 posted on 10/27/2021 4:10:05 AM PDT by billyboy15
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This article is not about Trump! It's a good article on how progressivism morphs into dystopian socialism. He uses Venezuela as a most recent example. He only mentions Trump is passing and even then, he only briefly and vaguely criticizes his tactics, not his policies. But apparently that is too much for some people around here. To them it's either worship all things Donald (don't you dare criticize his campaign strategy) or you're a closet progressive aka a Rino
12 posted on 10/27/2021 4:11:25 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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In addition to the link I sent you which explains my feelings perfectly I might add that Stossel never gave even ONE example of what he considers to be selfishness on the part of Trump and what this tells me is he is nothing more than an anti Trump phony.

I used to be a fan of Stossel but no more.


13 posted on 10/27/2021 4:16:14 AM PDT by billyboy15
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I think you’re missing that point about our criticism of Stossel‘s “selfishness” comment. As I see it, such a comment would be quite appropriate if Stossel was discussing Trump’s faults (and yes, he has many).

But Stossel is discussing something else entirely. So that “selfishness” comment was both unnecessary and unhelpful. It would be as if he had said something insulting about opera fans, then went on to discuss Climate Change.


14 posted on 10/27/2021 4:20:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Jesus, there is no example because the article was not about Trump. It was a comment in passing and totally irrelevant to Stossel’s main point. SMH


15 posted on 10/27/2021 4:22:56 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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He probably had to insult DT so whoever signs his paycheck won’t have a problem with him.


16 posted on 10/27/2021 4:24:13 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (#CowboysAndMoslems2021)
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To: Leaning Right
So that “selfishness” comment was both unnecessary and unhelpful.

On that point, I agree with you. I also agree with you that he has faults. He is not perfect; none of us are. Still, if you mention even one slight criticism of Trump, his worshippers come after you with a vengeance.

Disclosure: I voted for Trump twice.

17 posted on 10/27/2021 4:27:48 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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“his worshippers”

FSH


18 posted on 10/27/2021 4:44:49 AM PDT by kanawa ((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
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“Jesus, there is no example because the article was not about Trump.”

Of course the article, at least by the headline was not about Trump. I don’t really know since as I said I stopped reading.

So know you can tell us (in your opinion) just WHY Stossel inserted that gratuitous slam on Trump if the story had nothing to do with him.


19 posted on 10/27/2021 4:47:33 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Kaslin
Inflation


20 posted on 10/27/2021 4:52:07 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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