Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Trump vs Clinton, Venezuela, and a few other thoughts


We will look at the new election in Austria.....is it a sign of things to come? his agenda is to cut benefits for foreigners and to stop the EU meddling in domestic politics........FBI Director Comey wrote the Hillary Clinton announcement before the investigation ended.......Hillary Clinton is out of control and not helping her image.......Harvey Weinstein donated money to the Clinton legal fund in 1998........President Trump should do more news conferences.........North Korea........Venezuela election fraud...............and other stories............

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Tuesday's video: A word about my posts and podcasts:


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My advice to President Trump: more press conferences


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The Democrats have to move beyond Clinton & Obama


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ESPN and non-sports opinions


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Some advice for former President Vicente Fox of Mexico


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Who told former President Vicente Fox that we care about his opinions?
Once upon a time, President Fox was a very historic guy.   I would have voted for him in 2000 if I was a Mexican citizen.  In fact, I would have voted for his party (PAN) in ’94 and ’88.    PAN, a center-right party, was always a better option than the corrupt PRI.
Fox was indeed a breath of fresh air when he ended the PRI’s hold on the presidency in 2000.  His 38% plurality victory was a step in the right direction for Mexico.
Unfortunately, it was only a plurality.   It was a warning to his followers that Fox would have difficulties governing.   And he did!
Also, President Fox had horrible timing.   Unlike President Zedillo, his predecessor, President Fox had to deal with a US recession, an aggressive China dumping cheap products and the national security consequences of 9-11 that put US-Mexico relations on the back-burner.
President Zedillo rode the high tech boom of the late 1990’s and improved the nation’s economy after the 1994 devaluation.
Like President Bush, President Fox inherited a recession and the economic shock of 9-11.
Eventually, Vicente Fox retired and stayed in the background.
Lately, Fox has decided to play the nationalist card by taking sides on the immigration battle with the US.   He is picking fights with President Trump over this and that.    He is the Mexican version of “the resistance” against President Trump.
Let me give some advice to Pres. Fox:
1) Stay out of US domestic political disputes.  It does not help Mexico.
2) Fox also has a bad habit of sticking his foot in his mouth.   According to news reports, Fox said this back in 2005:
“There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States….”
With all due respect, Pres. Fox is crazy making a statement like that.   Again, he does stick his foot in his mouth from time to time!
Stay out of our politics, Vicente.    Nobody needs it, specially not the Mexicans in the US.
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And Maduro steals another one!

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The Maduro government has been desperately looking for something to cheer about.   They face lots of problems including debt payments that they may not have the money to make.
So what’s better than having an election and winning big? Or what about winning a “surprise victory“?
It appears that candidates associated with the Chavez movement won most of the governors and state races.   
We remind you that projections were showing the opposite but pollsters could be wrong down there too. The Chavez group won 17 of 23 governorships and nobody believes it. I’m not sure that Maduro and his people believe it either.
The opposition is not buying these results. Why should they? 
My friend Daniel Duquenal has been covering this election and fraud in his blog. He has the best explanation of what happened this weekend:     
I knew that the regime would forge results, would commit electoral fraud, but what happened tonight is grotesque.
Venezuela has to be the ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD where food scarcity, severe lack of health care, near hyperinflation levels, major street violence, living under curfew, no hope in hell for whatsoever, and the government GAINS votes. 
No kidding, researchers from the entire world should flock to Venezuela in the next days to study that miracle of politics. 
Books will be written about on how to win elections by screwing up people.
This is enough to claim electoral fraud.
Yes, rush the political scientists to Venezuela and analyze what just happened. This is the first time that has an honest election has returned to power the people that gave us massive shortages, hyperinflation and horrific crime.    
Venezuela has just witnessed a fraud. President Trump should immediately announce that the U.S. does not recognize these results. Let’s hope that other Latin American countries do the same, although they’ve always been scared of opining about elections in neighboring nations for fear that the message could be used against them when they count votes.
This is a great opportunity for President Trump to squeeze Maduro and his masters in Cuba. We just saw an election that would make Fidel Castro proud. 
Support the people of Venezuela now more than ever.
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