The Hellish legacy of the Dingell family

DJDuck

A decade ago, Time Magazine unveiled an in-depth article on the death of Detroit. One of the politicians whom the article blamed for Detroit’s woes was Rep. John Dingell.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/12/hellish-legacy-dingell-family-daniel-greenfield/#.XgAj3qkn8k4.twitter

“In 1996, the New York Times called him a “bully”. Some years earlier, Bloomberg had accused him of the, “bullying of bureaucrats, executives, and colleagues.”

“In the arrogance of his power, he terrorized individuals and institutions that he wanted to humble,” Anthony Lewis wrote in the Times.

After ruling the Committee on Energy and Commerce for 28 years, his own party grew tired of him and unprecedentedly forced him out in 2008. The overthrow of the corrupt "old bull" was the work of none other than Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Despite eventually becoming the longest-serving member of the House, it was his fellow Democrats who conspired to take away the privileges of his seniority.

All that has been forgotten. Dingell’s descriptions of Asians as “little yellow people”, his greed, shameless abuse of power, and arrogance were replaced with empty tributes to his greatness.

President Trump hasn’t forgotten.

And so, at a campaign rally in Michigan, Trump recalled a phone call from Rep. Debbie Dingell on her husband’s funeral. “‘He’s looking down, he’d be so thrilled,’” He recalled her saying. “I said, that’s okay, don’t worry about it. Maybe he’s looking up, I don’t know. I don't know. I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe. But let’s assume he’s looking down."

The locals laughed.

John Dingell was not a nice guy. Nobody seriously thinks he would have been traumatized by the suggestion that he might not be going to heaven.

Nor is Debbie a nice person. At one point she inveighed against the, "the 13 white boys–sorry to say it that way–that are going to be doing this in the Senate". So much for civility and collegiality.

Was Trump really supposed to pretend that this racist, thieving clan is heavenly?

America didn’t need a single Dingell in her House. It certainly didn’t need three.

If the country is to be rid of them, the chattering classes will have to accept hearing that John Dingell Jr. might not, despite his lifetime of good deeds for GM at taxpayer expense, have made it to heaven.“

Bendintheriver

If anyone thinks Dingell or his wife were good people, they need to have a reality check. Dingell was a corrupt bully who destroyed people for fun. He was hated by both the Reps AND Dems when I worked in DC and I knew better than to even bother scheduling an appt with him because he was only about himself and at that time he was head of the Energy committee which was a huge position of influence for what we were lobbying for.

When I read the article about Trumps remarks and how they tried to make Dingell and his widow look like victims I laughed out loud. Its what rats do. They lie. Dingell and the rat media are two pieces of shit in a pod.

MisterEm

The first Dingell was primarily responsible for the Sportfish Restoration Act in 1950. Authorized an excise tax on fishing gear and motorboat fuel for state fish and game agencies.

Money Congress can and will never touch.

These monies were responsible for the recovery of multiple collapsed fisheries on both coasts.

If you've enjoyed the salmonid fishery on the Pacific coast, largemouth/walleye fishing in the midwest, or striped bass/cod on the Atlantic coast... you should be sucking off Dingell Sr.

So they've got that going for them...which is nice.

https://fishuntamed.com/dingell-johnson-act/

MikeDamone

I though Detroit died because the auto executives were mean. Micheal mor told me that. Staff?

TurdBomber

MikeDamone said:

I though Detroit died because the auto executives were mean. Micheal mor told me that. Staff?

It died mostly because of lazy, disgusting fat-asses. Like Michael Moore.