slugsrbad wrote:Sgt. Johnson's mother tells Washington Post that "Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband."

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:VA Governor's race tightening up, within margin of error on several polls

That is not welcome news, but it was expected to be much closer then the call to arms poll numbers from a week or two to go.

Uncle Milty wrote:Popoviching off

“I’ve been amazed and disappointed by so much of what this President had said, and his approach to running this country, which seems to be one of just a never-ending divisiveness. But his comments today about those who have lost loved ones in times of war and his lies that previous presidents Obama and Bush never contacted their families, is so beyond the pale, I almost don’t have the words.”

“This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner – and to lie about how previous presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers – is as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House: unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this President should be ashamed because they know it better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all.”

thephan wrote:His defense of his insensitivity when he called the widow is to say that it was private call.

swishnicholson wrote:

thephan wrote:His defense of his insensitivity when he called the widow is to say that it was private call.

He's right, in this case. That Trump is a maladroit oaf is no surprise. But no one other than the person receiving the call had any right to disclose it.

“In his call with Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s widow, Myeshia Johnson, Trump told her, “He knew what was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway,” according to the account of Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.), who was riding in a limousine with Johnson when the president called and heard the conversation on speakerphone. Wilson recalled in an interview with The Washington Post that Johnson broke down in tears. “He made her cry,” Wilson said. The congresswoman said she wanted to take the phone and “curse him out,” but that the Army sergeant holding the phone would not let her speak to the president.”

slugsrbad wrote:

Donald Trump wrote:I am supportive of Lamar as a person & also of the process, but I can never support bailing out ins co's who have made a fortune w/ O'Care.

Possibly signaling a veto down the line? Who the fuck knows with this guy.

Bucky wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:

thephan wrote:His defense of his insensitivity when he called the widow is to say that it was private call.

He's right, in this case. That Trump is a maladroit oaf is no surprise. But no one other than the person receiving the call had any right to disclose it.

I'm not sure I agree given the circumstances.

“In his call with Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s widow, Myeshia Johnson, Trump told her, “He knew what was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway,” according to the account of Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.), who was riding in a limousine with Johnson when the president called and heard the conversation on speakerphone. Wilson recalled in an interview with The Washington Post that Johnson broke down in tears. “He made her cry,” Wilson said. The congresswoman said she wanted to take the phone and “curse him out,” but that the Army sergeant holding the phone would not let her speak to the president.”

Bucky wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:

thephan wrote:His defense of his insensitivity when he called the widow is to say that it was private call.

He's right, in this case. That Trump is a maladroit oaf is no surprise. But no one other than the person receiving the call had any right to disclose it.

I'm not sure I agree given the circumstances.

“In his call with Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s widow, Myeshia Johnson, Trump told her, “He knew what was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway,” according to the account of Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.), who was riding in a limousine with Johnson when the president called and heard the conversation on speakerphone. Wilson recalled in an interview with The Washington Post that Johnson broke down in tears. “He made her cry,” Wilson said. The congresswoman said she wanted to take the phone and “curse him out,” but that the Army sergeant holding the phone would not let her speak to the president.”

pacino wrote:he's going to attack the widow

thephan wrote:Is there a reason he will go after the widow?

thephan wrote:Is there a reason he will go after the widow? Mom said something, so she gets his ire. This whole thing is horrible. You have to rewind it to Trump starting with his brag, that never should have happened, then he was forced into action because of his brag-lie. Just unnecessary.

thephan wrote:Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn’t called all families


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