Source: Photo courtesy of Mike Lindell
Posted on 01/25/2021 6:43:22 AM PST by Kaslin
Source: Photo courtesy of Mike Lindell
My wife Lori and I spent part of our rainy weekend rewatching the awesome Hugh Jackman film The Greatest Showman, his musical tribute to the master entrepreneur and entertainer P.T. Barnum.
Taking nothing away from Jackman’s show-stopping performance (or the fact the movie glosses over many of the controversial details of P.T.’s real-life past) Barnum paled in comparison to Mike Lindell, best-known from his wild TV commercials as the ubiquitous inventor of My Pillow.
But Lindell is far more than just a showman and an entertainer. He’s a job creator, a philanthropist, a true American patriot, and a living example of how God can redeem anyone. Don’t believe me? Just read his stunningly candid autobiography, What are the Odds: From Crack Addict to CEO, which reveals Lindell’s business failures, drug addiction, and how God’s grace turned his life around and ultimately placed him side-by-side with the 45th president of the United States.
Thousands of men and women all over America are employed thanks to Mike Lindell; whether at the factory he built in Chaska, Minnesota, or the hundreds of retailers and delivery services like UPS, which carried his popular pillows, bed sheets and other 100% American-made products. By contrast, how many private-sector jobs has either Chuck Schumer or Nancy Pelosi ever created through actual sweat struggling to meet a payroll? (Insert laugh track here.)
And speaking of Pelosi, Schumer and now Lunchpail Joe Biden from Scranton, who is fond of ending every public appearance with the words, "and may God protect our troops” (assuming your idea of protecting our troops is forcing hundreds of National Guardsmen out of the U.S. Capitol this week so they could sleep in the nearby Thurgood Marshall parking garage in 40-degree temperatures), which of those three alleged leaders used their personal funds to give people real hope by creating anything like the Lindell Recovery Network™, a revolutionary platform which sets people free from addiction once and for all? Mike did that. Biden, Pelosi and Schumer were—and remain—AWOL.
Of course, by supporting President Donald J. Trump over the past four years—including campaigning for him at over 60 rallies and serving as Trump’s Minnesota state re-election chairman—Lindell is now vilified by jackals in the media and politics. Hollow-heads in Congress have attacked him for even appearing at President Trump’s rally on January 6thto (gasp!) verify that Electoral Votes were won fairly in the 2020 election. Spineless retailers like Kohl’s, Wayfair and Bed Bath & Beyond have dropped My Pillow products from their stores, hilariously citing “declining sales” at a time when My Pillow execs in Minnesota can’t ship orders out quickly enough.
And then there are marginally-talented jokester, like Jimmy Kimmel on ABC who Tweeted on January 20th, “Today we showed the world that there is no MyPillow large enough to smother our democracy.” Yup. We aren’t even one week into the Biden Presidency, and already Lunchpail Joe has killed the Keystone XL pipeline (enjoy paying more to heat your homes); Biden's pick for Transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, has floated the looney concept of raising revenue by taxing drivers based on vehicle miles traveled; Democrats are racing over the cliff on yet another impeachment trial (this time for a president who has already left office); and Administration virus guru—back again like a bad penny—Anthony Fauci is suggesting the China Virus won’t see any semblance of abating until sometime in 2022. But in Jimmy Kimmel’s doofus comedy world, it’s My Pillow that wants to “smother” democracy.
Despite all of the above, Mike Lindell is unbowed and standing tall. He graciously (unlike cheap shot artists like Kimmel) refused to attack stores that dropped his products, adding, "These guys, they’re scared, like a Bed Bath & Beyond, they’re scared. They were good partners. In fact, I told them, ‘You guys come back anytime you want.'"
And those agenda-driven smear merchants—The Associated Press—attacked Lindell over the past weekend trying to sabotage talk about a possible Mike Lindell For Governor campaign in Minnesota, suggesting the idea is “a prospect that sends shivers down the spines of some Republicans in the state.” Helpful consumer tip for Republicans: when the AP—the de facto rubber stamp for the DNC and other liberal nutters—warns a guy will “send shivers” down the spine of Republicans, that’s somebody you probably want to back financially. A larger-than-life business success who helps people by giving away much of his personal fortune and inspires others along the way.
Near the end of The Greatest Showman, New York Herald theater critic James Gordon Bennett sarcastically suggests that P.T. Barnum is trying to pass himself off as “a philanthropist.” To which Barnum replies, “Well, hyperbole isn't the worst crime. Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much."
Few people embody that philosophy more admirably than Mike Lindell.
Lin Wood has more than adequately explained himself on a phone call with Cathy Cox of Mercer Law School.
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Wonder how many pillow brands that Khol’s , Wayfair, and Bed, Bath and Beyond sell that say Made in USA, and how many say made in China or some other country. Now that they have dumped MyPillow, do they have any?
Yes, there are different models depending on your size, weight, etc.
Go to the MyPillow website to figure out what you need.
Mike Lindell is a good guy and his pillows are great.
He has a great personal story.
Hunter Biden needs to read Mike’s book.
“His voice raises my blood pressure.”
At least he is not as bad as Kars for Kids.
When I hear those radio and TV commercials, I immediately change the station.
Bought a pillow I didn’t need, on line, the day I heard those “woke” retailers had banned him.
We bought some pillows and his book over wk end via his website using code MIKE
Struck me this weekend that we need to organize a company or companies, owned by conservatives and common folk, to provide alternatives to consumer products,news, media, banking (anything and everything) in order to stop enriching the commie globalists that are trying to enslave us. We are paying for the rope they will use to hang us.
Would take some knowledgeable people to structure the legal entities to make sure they are immune from takeover, run the business competently. etc. Might take the form of cooperatives because we should have widespread ownership and not be subject to SEC filings. The legal issues with that are not in my area of expertise, but we MUST impede the financial clout of the elite leftists.
Disgusted with cowards Bed Bath & Beyond, Wayfair (ordered two vanities from them last month but will never order again), Kohl’s and HEB.
Just ordered - direct - two sets of sheets (buy one get one) and another set of towels - to stock up for visiting family this summer. Encouraging other family members to do same.
I created an account on his website and there are good deals on it with the promo code, but I can’t figure out how to get a promo code.
I’m with you. I like Mike’s story, and the jobs he’s created, but I’m sick to death of his 6-8 ads per hour on FoxNews.
I agree—and on that call he talked about his rhetorical use of hyperbole.
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