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Hi Rajiv,

Probably true. But one can only keep whistling. Trust all is well with you! Warm regards, Larry

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Josh, I'm not campaigning for Haley. It's anybody but Trump in my view. Not sure RFK is sufficiently grounded. best, Larry

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Unfortunately, you're probably right, Joseph.

best, Larry

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Fair enough. Stick with me and please just ignore any political podcasts and posts. And I'd love to hear why you like, as I presume, Trump. I'm not a leftist or a rightist, btw. Pls read my book, You're Hired, at kotlikoff.net. See if we really differ on policy. best, Larry

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for writing. You're likely right re Haley. I don't think there is a master plan to repopulate our country -- just incompetence in handling immigration properly. We are a nation of immigrants. Our immigration rate, including illegals, is far below what we saw in the 1800s and early 1900s. Anyway, I'm sure Biden will act on this soon or he will have no chance come November. best, Larry

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1. There was no border crisis under Trump. He did build the Wall, and he did see border crossings drop by 90% (from recollection). Border agents seem far more convinced of his effectiveness than you, and I’d say they actually know what they are talking about. It’s hardly Trump’s fault if a stolen election prevents completion of the wall, and then the following administration destroys parts of it, props open parts of it, actually cuts holes in it, and lets in millions of people on purpose. All that proves that Trump was right on the Wall and was being effective too. So the ‘he betrayed you on the wall’ line is pure bullshit.

2. You concluded anyone but Trump. So basically you explain yourself that your entire position is irrational prejudice, and you don’t really care about the qualities or weaknesses of other candidates.

3. You seem to be unaware of the Presidential Records Act, unaware of the Clinton socks drawer precedent, unaware that Biden and Pence both removed documents to unsecure locations with far less justification and legal right than a President has. You’re also apparently unaware that the FBI had previously inspected the location Trump was storing documents in, given security advice st that point, and Trump followed it. You are also unaware that the National Archives refused their normal duty of overseeing the removal of documents, and that the documents case begins with an Obama appointee librarian setting that situation up. You are unaware that selective prosecution is an injustice. You are unaware that the meaning and purpose of specific laws have been twisted by prosecutorial misconduct to apply them to destroy a political rival, or you are completely fine with Banana Republic tactics. Oh seem unaware that no espionage has ever been proven, and that the FBI are currently guilty of far more crimes than Trump.

4. Similarly you take all the cases against Trump on face value as if they are legitimate, when of course these cases have not been concluded yet (innocent until proven guilty) and have been clearly motivated by hatred of Trump rather then pursuit of justice. You don’t seem to care that people bringing these cases campaigned on ‘getting Trump’. You have no concern about Jack Smith’s record as a partisan attack dog with a record of prosecutorial misconduct and unjust, failed cases behind him. You seem to agree with obviously crooked and partisan figures like Fani Willis and Arthur Engoron. You have no problem, it seems, with judges declaring that someone is guilty before a case begins. Or with them describing the person they are supposed to be objectively judging on evidence as a bad person before taking on the case. You don’t seem to know that judges in such a position have a duty to recuse themselves. You’re fine, apparently, with the precedent being set that party dominance in a particular area can see patently politically motivated prosecutions with no substantial basis being used to try to destroy a person or interfere in an election. You’re even fine with ‘fraud’ cases where the victim declares there has been no fraud, and where the judge applies a wildly inaccurate judgement on property worth that is laughable in the eyes of anyone expert in property. And that the same judge slanders expert witnesses rather than listening to their evidence.

So basically you are Robert Reich here. Deluded, obsessed, unjust, and serving what are clearly tyrannical ends, whilst fantasising about a Trump tyranny that never actually came in his first term and is purely the psychological projection of Trump haters, like yourself, undermining justice at every turn.

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Just stop. I don’t subscribe to your site nor did I buy your book to listen to leftist talking points. Nikki is a democrat in disguise and has no chance to win the primary. Worry about your own demented and cognitively challenged as well as corrupt candidate.

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Do not see Haley ultimately gaining the lead. Certainly would like to see Trump pick a VP that can balance the rough Trump personality. America is a disaster thanks to Biden/Obama GANG policies. Americans are hurting in the pocketbook and just waiting for the eventual “Boom” as a result of the repopulation of this great country with a plan to disrupt Constitutional Law & Free Markets.

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I agree with you this is what Haley needs to do to win…but she is not trying to win. She is positioning herself to be his running mate, so she doesn’t want to anger Trump.

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Larry,

How do we get there? We (my wife and I, and I may be able to convince my voting age kids) are just a couple of taxpaying, citizen-voters. We're registered, so we can vote in the primary.

In your opinion, what can we do NOW to accelerate the Haley-train? Who do you think would be her best running mate, i.e., VP?

Also, not because I want to see Trump as the Republican nominee, but as a matter of process and law, do you think individual states have the authority to prohibit a candidate (any party, any offense, etc.) from being on a ballot if they are accused, but not convicted, e.g., the 14th Amend. and all that?

Thanks

Brett G. in CO

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At least Haley can give him indigestion.

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Whistling past the graveyard Larry. Haley is detested by the base. Ramaswamy is out and will appear with Trump in NH. DeSantis is a dead man walking. Both will shed support to Trump more than to Haley. Christie is right, she will be smoked, unless something dramatic happens on the legal front.

You know who has a better chance than Haley? RFK Jr is at 18-22 percent in last three polls:

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy

Long shot to be sure but if he overtakes either Trump or Biden in polling there could be a tipping point. He is tied with Haley on prediction markets at 7 percent. These odds seem reasonable to me, though I see a clearer path for Kennedy.

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I for one would vote for Biden before I voted for Nikki Haley. And I'd WAY vote for RFK jr. before I voted for him.

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Oh, and I'll vote Trump, not that it really matters anyway. But hey, it makes me feel good.

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