Dan Rather: I can imagine no other president in my lifetime failing to address the nation in a prime

[Demovictory9]

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I can imagine no other president in my lifetime failing to address the nation in a prime time speech during a crisis such as this. On the other hand, I cannot imagine another president whose words would be less welcome by so many of his fellow citizens.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Pathetic - we have a president who can't be bothered (or is afraid) to address

the country in a time of extraordinary crisis - and bizarrely, that's actually good, because if he did, he could be counted on to say exactly the wrong thing.

[ecstatic]

2. Yep and yep. Pres Obama or VP Biden should take charge.

The silence right now is deafening.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. "Take charge"? They are private citizens who have no authority to do anything.

They have been speaking out and that's all they can do - for now.

[Vdizzle]

5. Well they could contact the media and get more exposure.

If the orange shitgibbon gets millions and millions of free advertising from the media, so should Biden. He should use the opportunity to share vision and positivity. Have the media latch on and cover the democratic message ad inifinitum like they did with the nazi currently occupying the WH back in 2015 and 2016. Using a chaotic and tragic series of events to one’s advantage should not be limited to republicons only - even if it makes me want to vomit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Google Biden. He's been all over the media giving interviews.

Did you want him to come to your house?

[Vdizzle]

14. Yes! That would be fantastic!

I would cook some nice BLTs with ingredients from the garden. One could only hope...

But seriously, I was just saying that I would like to see more from the media. And by “more”, I mean fair coverage.

[AirmensMom]

20. There's an offer I would never refuse.

Yes, he has been all over and being the voice of reason, courage, and class. I miss having a real president and I hope Biden is our next president in just a few months!

[crickets]

4. K&R for visibility.

[ibegurpard]

7. I'd rather he keep his mouth shut

No one will believe him if it's an attempt to promote unity because he's spent his entire presidency pissing on people.

[Cha]

8. That's right, Dan Rather! Retweeted!

[relayerbob]

9. Do we really *want* Dump to give an address??

I know I don't

[Wounded Bear]

11. I sure as hell wouldn't listen...

[Demovictory9]

12. no. he'd use the time to congratulate himself... that's how he is wired

[Wounded Bear]

10. K & R...for truth...nt

[Withywindle]

13. There's literally nothing he's capable of saying that won't make it worse.

He has no empathy, no sympathy, no wisdom, no knowledge, no understanding, no compassion, no courage, no integrity. He isn't even capable of faking any of those things. I'm amazed someone managed to persuade him to keep his damn mouth shut for this long.

[Brother Buzz]

17. I can think of two words he could say that would do a lot to heal this nation....

only, he's such a chicken, he'd pull his tent stakes in the middle of the night and bolt out of town rather than address the nation and say, "I quit".

[BlueMTexpat]

15. And this Travesty of a

President hides in a bunker.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/31/trump-flees-to-bunker-as-protests-over-george-floyd-rage-outside-white-house?

[rusty quoin]

16. Trump farts on us

[struggle4progress]

18. "People are saying. Many many. I don't know. Lock her up. But it's very very perfect. So unfair.

And we're building it. So unfair. Hydroxychloroquine. Most successful president ever. You'll be winning tires"

[Martin Eden]

19. Dan Rather is absolutely spot-on here

Instead of trying to show some true leadership for all Americans this POtuS rage tweets, relishing the prospect of violence against people protesting police brutality.

[spanone]

21. K&R - I can only assume that trump is happy with the status quo