As much as I like and admire Michael Moore, I think this was a cheap shot and
beneath his dignity…must saying...
On Aug 10, 2016, at 11:52 PM, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh if only it were so easy. Trouble is, intervention only works when
the subject is aware of a need to change behavior. Like an alcoholic
who has spent all the family money, mortgaged the house, and abandoned
his wife and children. But Donald Trump has not sunk to the bottom of
despair. In his mind he is still the Trumpster, the cool, quick
witted guy who can have one arm wrapped around your shoulder while his
other hand is in your pants.
But the real concern is not that a "let's pretend" billionaire has
decided he can run the lives of over 300 million Americans, like he
runs his House of Cards, but the concern is for the number of drooling
idiots who cheer every time he shouts out a smug threat. Talk about a
ship of fools! Let me off!
Carl Jarvis
On 8/10/16, Michael Moore <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
An Open Letter to Ivanka Trump from Michael Moore:
"Your Dad's Not Well"
Dear Ivanka:
I'm writing to you because your dad is not well.
Every day he continues his spiral downward – and after his call for gun
owners to commit acts of violence against Mrs. Clinton, it is clear he needs
help, serious help. His comments and behavior have become more and more
bizarre and detached from reality. He is in need of an intervention. And I
believe only you can conduct it.
He trusts you. He believes in you. Although I don't know you personally, you
seem to be a very smart and together woman. I think he will listen to you.
He must because he is now not simply a danger to himself, he has put the
next president of the United States in harms way. He has encouraged and
given permission to the unhinged and the deranged to essentially assassinate
Hillary Clinton. Her life is now in worse danger than it already was – and
should anything happen, that will not only be on his head but also on those
closest to him if they stand by and do nothing. I say this with the utmost
kindness, care and concern for you, and I know you will do the right thing.
Bring him in, off the road, away from the crowds. Now. Tonight.
And when you do, here is what a good friend of mine, a former counselor and
social worker, Jeff Gibbs, suggests that you say to him:
Dad, we need to have a chat. Are you feeling okay? Do you have a minute?
Please sit down. Because this isn’t going to be easy. No, I am not pregnant.
No, what is going on is... is… I am really, really worried about my father.
About you.
Dad, I owe everything to you. You've built an empire, a brand and a business
for the ages. You have taken care of me, inspired me and, through your
example, have made me who I am: a self-confident, honest-to-a-flaw, woman.
But Dad, I am deeply worried. You haven’t been yourself lately. The father I
know is not a hater, not someone who encourages violence. Dad, you used to
be A LIBERAL. You raised me as a liberal! The Clintons were your friends --
Chelsea is one of my best friends! And now you’re joking that Hillary should
be assassinated? Really?
Dad, I hate to say this, but you’re making me scared, you’re making my
friends scared, and you’re scaring the whole country.
Dad… Dad, sit down! They’ll wait. I am not finished. Don’t get angry. Try to
listen.
Yes, I know they love it, the crowd goes wild. But not for YOU. They don’t
love YOU. They love the show that you put on. But people that hunger for red
meat will turn on you in a minute. No, they don’t love you. I love you. I
will always love you. And I see you hurting yourself -- and you’re hurting
ME, Dad.
Don’t get upset! You're still the handsomest billionaire I know. I will
always love you. Melania will always love you. Vladimir will always love
you... OK, maybe that wasn’t funny. But you get my point. This running for
President thing is destroying the dad I have known and loved. And honestly,
you and I both know you didn't really want this job to begin with! You just
wanted to make a point. Ok, well, POINT MADE! You did it! Now, let's stop
and get some help.
I am asking you, right now, to give it up. To leave the race. Let that nice
man from Indiana run things. Your place in history is secure. You need to
withdraw. Move on, for your sake, for the country’s sake, for my sake.
The man who raised me was the man who, for no charge, built a huge ice rink
in Central Park for all the people to use! You struck deals with some of the
biggest assholes on the planet in finance and politics and yet remained
friends, mostly. You built a family that loves you. I want that dad back!
And I worry that, if you don’t stop now, neither you nor the country will
ever recover.
There, there, Dad, it’s okay, let it out. Let it out because I know beneath
that gruff, tough, handsome exterior is a little boy who just never got
enough love. And that little boy needs some time to find himself again.
Let’s you and I walk out there now right now. The cameras are all set up and
waiting. You can make up whatever excuse you want. You can blame whomever
you want. You’re good at that! I just know this can’t go on, and you know
it, too.
Take my hand, let’s end this. And by tomorrow you and I will be sipping
Martinis on our yacht in the Hamptons with Chelsea and the friends we still
have left. I love you, Dad. Let’s do this. That’s right, take my hand, here
we go…
Ivanka, I have faith in you that you can do this. I know I've called your
dad "crazy" before, but I was speaking politically, not clinically. This has
gone beyond "crazy". The entire nation -- in fact, the entire world -- needs
you to step forward and do the courageous thing history will praise you for:
the loving act of a brilliant daughter who also loved her beleaguered
country enough to say her father wasn't well and needed help.
Thank you, Ivanka.
Yours,
Michael Moore
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