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In reply to the discussion: Al Franken: The Last Straw. [View all]dalton99a
(82,056 posts)9. The monster must be removed.
Until this crisis, Trump has paid no real price for his constant, pathological mendacity. Before politics, the man had spent his entire career in a business where, evidently, there was no accountability for inveterate lying.
But for this crisis there is accountability. And instead of leading, Donald Trumps focus has been where it always has been on Donald Trump. I give myself a ten out of ten. We are very close to a vaccine. I dont take responsibility at all. Anybody who needs a test can get a test. And the tests are perfect. Like the letter was perfect. The transcript was perfect.
Of course, no leader could have prevented the devastation that this virus has and will continue to exact. But because Trumps focus has been on himself, his reelection, and his fragile self-image, our federal government squandered our most valuable commodity. And the amount of suffering which that lost time will cost our nation is as tragic as it is unknowable.
Trump will not step away. He will continue to take the stage and our focus but he will not be able to claim the credibility he never earned. We are left to proceed despite our president and find the leadership we need elsewhere. From governors and mayors and other civil servants. From health care professionals and scientists and economists. From community leaders and each other.
But for this crisis there is accountability. And instead of leading, Donald Trumps focus has been where it always has been on Donald Trump. I give myself a ten out of ten. We are very close to a vaccine. I dont take responsibility at all. Anybody who needs a test can get a test. And the tests are perfect. Like the letter was perfect. The transcript was perfect.
Of course, no leader could have prevented the devastation that this virus has and will continue to exact. But because Trumps focus has been on himself, his reelection, and his fragile self-image, our federal government squandered our most valuable commodity. And the amount of suffering which that lost time will cost our nation is as tragic as it is unknowable.
Trump will not step away. He will continue to take the stage and our focus but he will not be able to claim the credibility he never earned. We are left to proceed despite our president and find the leadership we need elsewhere. From governors and mayors and other civil servants. From health care professionals and scientists and economists. From community leaders and each other.
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Air America was on a few years, but failed due to lack of sponsors. (Franken was on...
northoftheborder
Mar 2020
#6
According to Progressive Talker Randi Rhodes, Air America Failed De to Bad Management.
OMGWTF
Mar 2020
#41
There was an article in the Chicago Tribune the other day that said Bloomberg
former9thward
Mar 2020
#32
I'm OK with that. No matter which woman gets the VP nod, they'll be a hell of a lot more aware...
NNadir
Mar 2020
#19
Watching from the sidelines, it was like watching a media freight train
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2020
#25
He never should have resigned. I saw him in Seattle a year ago; he's still relevant AF!
OMGWTF
Mar 2020
#36
I thank the first Master Chief Petty Officer I worked for in the Navy for this one
maxrandb
Mar 2020
#53