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Then there are the politicians that turn celebrity and are immune from political persecution like when they drive drunk over a bridge and leave a young girl in a car to drown. And eventually run for president.

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The Kennedys did come to mind while I was writing this piece.

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Maybe. I just listened to an Obama advisor say on Shannon Bream's show he didn't care if Americans couldn't afford fast food any more. Does he care if they can't afford to buy groceries, a car, insurance for the car or little lone a home to live in and the costs it takes to make that work. Your talking about elites who can afford to go to a restaurant and buy their families a meal. The people who can't afford fast food are working hours that makes it difficult to come home and cook for the time involved in making a living. It's already not about celebrity for these folks. Come on John...

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I'm not sure what you read in my column that led you to believe I don't think inflation is a legitimate problem, and a key political issue. Biden's the big-spender presiding over high inflation. Trump's the big spender who's not, because he lost in 2020. That's a political advantage for Trump. Another political advantage for Trump is what I wrote about in this piece: a lot of people apply celebrity standards to him rather than political standards.

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