Steve Schmidt: It's time to take back control of our collective future from the worst of us.

[Nevilledog]

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I’d like to offer a couple of other thoughts around our great national hostage situation. The overwhelming majority has been taken hostage by an unyielding and ignorant minority that refuses, through their selfishness and stupidity to allow the nation to crush the Pandemic and

move on. They will cause an unnecessary third wave, kill tens of thousands, harm the economy and disrupt education for a third consecutive year. They scream about rights and repeat nonsense like, “but HIPPA” with comprehension levels similar to a Parrot. We will never hear an

utterance, from any of them, around concepts like responsibility and obligation as they invoke “rights” which don’t exist. What to do? I just spent the last couple of weeks in Europe and I have some thoughts. Flying internationally required BOTH, proof of vaccination and a

negative Covid test, specifically a PCR test taken within 48 hours of travel. All airlines required masks and the Czech airline mandated a Chinese made ventilator mask that…. Well, it sucked and I hated wearing it but since I wanted to go to Prague, I did. The lines at the

airport required patience as the agents reviewed all of the documentation. During the weeks I was gone the number of tourists increased each day and the speed of the agents in the airports seemed to increase as well. Personally, I recognize all of this is a pain in the ass and I

wish it weren’t so, But alas, it is. There is no right to go to concerts, football and basketball games. There is no right to fly and there is no inherent right to be able to play unvaccinated in the NFL. The government should never force a needle into anyone’s arm ( military

doesn’t count) but those people should accept the consequences of their actions and the consequences mean they are the ones in constant quarantine. They can stay home, while the world opens for the rest of us. Their world can shrink to the footprints of their living spaces as

their choice denies them access to their places of employment and privately owned public venues. @EricClapton calls this discrimination. It’s not. It’s about choices. Choose your choice. Clapton doesn’t have to play any venue he doesn’t want to. No venue can be forced to admit

unvaccinated people, same goes for restaurants, airlines and sport venues. Enough is enough with the bullshit and insanity. Faced with the choice between a dramatically shrunken world and a safe and effective vaccine it will be amazing to witness how many people leave the stupid

behind at the clinic door. It is time for the majority, through the power of the private sector and the proper application of incentives to bring this to heel. Lastly, there is a vaccine mandate imposed by @NewsCorps on @FoxNews. Every person lying to the American people who

works there, all of them, are vaccinated. The indifference of @IngrahamAngle @TuckerCarlson @seanhannity @rupertmurdoch, and Mark Zuckerberg to the death and suffering they have caused is evidence of their immorality and sociopathy.

Together they make $ Billions exploiting the gullibility of their audiences, but in the end it is not the money they love so much as the power. They love the power and control over our society they have established with the fetid blend of dishonest extremism they have advanced.

It’s time to take back control of our collective future from the worst of us . It’s time to end the madness.

[rickyhall]

1. NO SHIT!

[LakeArenal]

2. Here in Costa Rica we even have driving restrictions and curfews.

Imagine that.

The roads are so dangerous and the hospitals are full with covid and don’t have room for car accident victims.

We have to wear masks even if vaccinated.
We have to wash our hands at most businesses. Lots of business takes the temp at the door.

Busy stores allow only 50% capacity and long lines can form outside the doors in 90 degree sun.

50% of US are whiny babies.

[Lovie777]

3. Schmidt sure did take a 180% turn around . . .

I like.

[WarGamer]

4. Hesring SS say the right things today...

Merely reminds me of his responsibility for the BushCo disaster and the neocon movement.

[CentralMass]

6. I don't trust the guy either.

[Tommymac]

8. I do.

[CentralMass]

9. He is a smart articulate guy but he is the guy that tried to give us

Sarah Palin. Back in time with the Bush administration he was Karl Roves protege . If I recall during the 2016 election he left MSNBC to manage some republicans campaign.

[Cha]

5. Rt TY & Steve Schmidt!

[Hortensis]

7. Yes! It starts with personal responsibility and morality

in each of us. Zero tolerance for those who deceive to attract followers. If they can't pull away support without lying about Democrats, they're bad news.