Hey, you senators: thanks for nothing

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Today's column from Mitch Albom in the Detroit Free Press:

Hey, you senators: Thanks for nothing
A few parting words for the senators who squashed the auto rescue

By MITCH ALBOM • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • December 13, 2008

Do you want to watch us drown? Is that it? Do want to see the last gurgle of economic air spit from our lips? If so, senators, know this: We’re taking a piece of you with us. America isn’t America without an auto industry. You can argue whether $14 billion would have saved it, but your actions surely could have killed it.

We have grease on our hands.

You have blood.

Kill the car, kill the country. History will show that when America was on its knees, you lawmakers wanted to cut off its feet. How does this happen in America?

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20081213/COL01/81213055

You tell 'em, Mitch! I hope this is sent to every senator, Republican and Democrat who voted against the loans.