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FRED'S OPINION - Preview of coming attractions--if you want to see what the Democratic Socialist and Progressive policies can accomplish, just visit downtown Los Angeles---descent into chaos, crime, empty buildings and drugs. The DSA has 2 city wide candidates on the ballot this November. "Nightmare" Nithya a woman who is running for Mayor and wants to bring poverty to all---why lift the bridge when you can lower it. Important that Karen Bass be re-elected. Also on the ballot for City Attorney is Marissa Roy whose stated policy is not to hold anyone accountable for misdemeanors. Her version of the law was incorporated by the neanderthals....you have something I want--I have a club and I take it--no recrimination!! Brilliant!!! Not follow the law---evade or ignore it. This buffoon/airhead wants to be elected City Attorney. John McKinney is also running--and he is qualified. He needs to be elected. The members of the DSA are a plague on our city.
From the people who brought you Graham Platner (did you not think the Nazi tattoo might be a clue?)---that would be the self-loathing, angry, pathetic old man Bernie and his acolytes including AOC (Always Often Confused)---this party thinks that Socialism and Progressivism is the answer to society's problems. It's never worked in any industrial country. Here's a small list of the countries it's failed in---USSR, Venezuela, Cuba, Hungry and that's without even bringing up National Socialism. Senator John Fetterman said it best when Platner ended his campaign --"The trash took itself out" and in my opinion, it applies to all the DSA officials in LA. An old political maxim, "You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out". We need to vote for candidates who will bring us together not take us apart. We need decency and common sense not failed economic and political philosophies and those who want to polarize us further. The DSA is all about class warfare.
I also believe that the DSA has leveraged the situation in Gaza (not to mention it ignores the history of the region and the current and past leaders of Palestine who have turned down every offer of a peaceful resolution of the conflict) into the rise of antisemitism. Where are the DSA voices on the carnage in Sudan, the civilian casualties in Ukraine, the carnage in Haiti and all the innocent people in Iran being murdered by their own government. The reason their voices are silent is because one element is missing in all of these calamities---no Jews. The DSA needs someone to blame for all of their failed policies and who better to be the scapegoat using the same age-old tropes. I'm going to write more about this--but what makes America great is the people in it. We are not perfect, but this is the country people want to come to--even with all of its issues. To the best of my knowledge, there isn't a waiting list to get into any socialist country. Think about it.
Last point before I go. Our country is learning from the Iran War what Israel has known for years that it takes two to make peace. Roosevelt and Churchill understood that the unconditional surrender of both Japan and Germany was necessary to end World War 2 and those were the terms. Every war in Gaza leaves Hamas in place---and there will never be peace when the government's political charter includes killing all Jews wherever they find them which is what the river to the sea means. Their leader states "while you believe in life, we believe in death". Hamas has NEVER been interested in peace. As to the accusation of Israel being occupiers, is anyone aware of the history of America, which is way too long to write here. That said, it would help if people read and understood history instead of being blinded by prejudices.
(Fredric D. Rosen is a retired businessman and former CEO of Ticketmaster, where he led the company for 16 years and transformed it into the world’s leading ticketing service. He has served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, offering leadership across both private enterprise and charitable initiatives. With decades of experience in business and civic engagement, Rosen brings a seasoned perspective to issues at the intersection of commerce, culture, and community.)
