Detroit Free Press writer goes off on IMPotus (tRump just lost Michigan)

[ffr]

Mitch Albom: Hey, (Impeached) President tRump: Her name is Gretchen Whitmer

First of all, she has a name. Gretchen Whitmer. She is not “the woman..."
<snip>

She’s not speaking for herself. She’s speaking for the people.

So let’s get this straight. The leader of our great country, when he feels that he hasn’t been treated “right,” doesn’t return the call of a governor begging for help to save the lives of her constituents?

tRump to Michigan: Leave a Message.

I have tried to shy away from too much Donald Trump criticism during this crisis, to look away from his incoherent ramblings, to shake a head at his massive exaggerations, to sigh when he tells the world he’d like “all the churches full” on Easter,...
<snip>

But when political pettiness can hold up shipments that might keep our Michigan loved ones and medical personnel alive? Well. No one should be silent.

You’re familiar with the New Testament passage about, “When I was a child, I spoke as a child … but when I became a man, I put away childish things”?

Time’s up, Mr. President. - Detroit Free Press

And he goes on and on, leaving no doubt in any Michigonian's mind that we're dealing with a snowflake sociopath as IMPOtus.

[tulipsandroses]

1. Where is the religious right on this? That's rhetorical

How does one claim to respect the sanctity of life, all life is precious mantra and stand by when Trump is willing to allow people to die because of his pettiness?

[WyattKansas]

8. People need to start pointing out to conservatives that Republican policies kill more people and...

Babies than abortions do. Look at all of their policies, they are designed to punish and euthanize people, including babies.

[Mr.Bill]

14. Except when they talk about abortion,

they usually throw up a number in the tens of millions.

Never refer to abortion as killing people. When you do that you play right into their hands.

[WyattKansas]

16. You don't have to even mention abortions to make the point that they kill babies on purpose.

Republican policies and their numbers do not add up with how many people they endanger and kill, including babies. All of their policies kill people, especially when they want to make humans extinct. The Jesus Juicers do not have tickets aboard their alleged spaceships that will supposedly take them to their new world and God is going to be really pissed at their involvement in killing so many people, including babies.

At the end just tell them, lie to yourself if you must, but you know that you will never be able to lie to God.

[Mr.Bill]

19. Correct. You don't have to mention it.

They will anyway, though.

[WyattKansas]

21. Yes, but my point is keep nailing them with something they already know...

They can lie to themselves, but they know that they will not be able to lie to God. They all know one day they will meet their maker and their eternal reckoning will come.

Eventually, it will consume them and they cannot hide from it. Keep reminding them, so they never forget it.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Republicans destroy far more lives from malnutrition than......

any annual count of abortions.

All those voices of lives cut short are silent and not wealthy, so they don't care......

[WyattKansas]

18. Because their dogma has not been turned on them.

They can lie to themselves all they want, but they know that they will never be able to lie to God. End of story. They hear it enough, it will eat at them.

[TrogL]

34. They're authoritarian followers

They resolve cognitive dissonance by lying to themselves.

[FiveGoodMen]

35. Just like Trump, they've been lying all their lives and getting away with it

[crickets]

2. Mitch Albom just delivered a verbal uppercut for the ages. Good for him! nt

[trueblue2007]

3. HE IS A MONSTER

[ffr]

4. The likes of which we would never have imagined our republican friends to support

wholeheartedly. The level of...

I'm done talking about it, I'm so infuriated!

[slumcamper]

7. I never knew hatred on such a visceral level until this monster.

It deepens every day with utterance he makes and action he takes...this cruel Russian hoax, this King of the Poorly Educated, this asterisk and footnote and aberration of history.

[slumcamper]

5. Of all the names he has engendered, THIS speaks loudest and most directly to me.

If we fail to vanquish this monster at the polls, may "divine intervention" do so.

[BadGimp]

6. Powerful

v

[groundloop]

9. It's not "Michigonian", it's "Michigander"

Just sayin'. (I've got my petty nit-pick hat on today).

Anyway, I have family in Michigan, two of whom voted for tRump. I'm attempting to drive home the message that tRump is putting politics above their health and well being, maybe it will sink in.

[catbyte]

11. I remember back in the day there was a big controversy about that. It was hilarious.

Michiganian or Michigander? We decided on the goose.

[catbyte]

12. Show them this, if they'll look at it:

[renate]

27. This is very good nt

[klook]

32. Thank you. Good one to share. (nt)

[geardaddy]

37. +1

[catbyte]

10. And when the Nicest Guy in Detroit goes off on you, you know you fucked up. He's toast here.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. He does seem like a gentleman. Thanks, I will make a point to follow him.

Snip....

Now is not the time to be a child, Mr. President. Now is the time to put away childish things. To be a man. You can begin by respecting a woman. Her name is Gretchen Whitmer. She is our governor. And like her or not, she represents us to you. She counts. We count. Please, at least act like you understand that.

KY...............

[grantcart]

24. You may be more familiar with his best selling books

Tuesday with Morrie. (Also a major movie)

The 5 people you meet in heaven

[KY_EnviroGuy]

31. Thanks, Grantcart. My reading list is exploding, LOL.

Having traveled so much through life before retiring years ago, I missed out on years of reading time.

Not sure I'll ever get through the list of excellent works I have here and bookmarked on Amazon. Hell, I even have an old Charles Kuralt book and a Al Franken book here to read.

I see he now has a sequel.......

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The Sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Harper (October 9, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780062294449
ISBN-13: 978-0062294449
ASIN: 006229444X

KY..........

[catbyte]

25. He usually sticks to sports and doesn't delve into politics, so this is very unusual for him.

He did write a bestseller about his friendship with a man with ALS called, "Tuesdays With Morrie" that became a bestseller and was turned into a movie. He's a very good writer.

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R

[Pillow talk]

15. a badly damaged human. for trump, life is only a game to be played to be king of the world. he won.

we lost. Machiavelli in real time. Things will never be the same again.

[Ferrets are Cool]

22. Love Mitch

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. tRump never read the bible. His name is not mentioned and there are too many pages. . . . nt

[Backseat Driver]

28. Amen.

[flying_wahini]

39. LOL, you kill me Bernardo.

[gibraltar72]

26. Mitch is a hell of a writer. And by all accounts hell of a guy.

[smirkymonkey]

29. +1000

Thank you, Mitch. I am so angry right now I am spitting nails. How this bastard is still in office just baffles me.

[luvallpeeps]

30. Kudos. Better late than never. However,

I always understood the job of the President is a weighty one long before he denied Michigan face time. This isn't just about people's 401ks, or about just jobs in general. We rely on them to make good, sound decisions in matters both great and small. Why in hell people didn't do their due diligence BEFORE he ended up on Pennsylvania Ave. (at least once in a while), confounds me to this day. Maybe you shoulda jumped in both feet instead of "shying away" from what you really think and believe. Worst case scenerio you'd find out who your real friends are. The nice people here at DU just wanted to say "told ya so"!! Hope stickin' it to the libs was worth it for ya.

[LiberalFighter]

33. I'm wondering if the Detroit News has also stepped up?

[Kaiserguy]

36. 100%

Sadly with Trump this will only server to piss the little man child off more. He can't change it not in his DNA to be decent. God help us if he gets 4 more years.

[Blue Owl]

38. Pound the living shit out of that fuckstick

No Mercy.