[Magdalen] Political stance

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Debates coming, like it or not:

CLEVELAND (The Borowitz Report
<http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report>)—As preparations get under
way for the first Republican Presidential debate, on Thursday night, a new
poll shows that Americans are deeply concerned that the rest of the world
might see it.

According to the poll, there is widespread fear that, if the debate were to
be viewed in foreign countries, the cost to the United States’ prestige
around the world would be incalculable.

On a more personal level, many expressed concern that any international
broadcast of the debate would greatly diminish their desire to ever travel
abroad or talk to foreigners.

In another measure of Americans’ discomfort with Thursday’s televised
event, two of the TV programs they identified as being the biggest
embarrassments to America, “Duck Dynasty” and “Jersey Shore,” still lagged
far behind the debate.

Those surveyed strongly agreed that the U.S. government should block the
foreign transmission of the debate, or that Fox News should air an
explanation of the contest beforehand, but they were at a loss as to what
that explanation could possibly be.

And, in a result that seemed to sum up Americans’ anxiety, a broad majority
agreed with the statement “God, this is so embarrassing.”

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, the most appealing candidate for me right now is Bernie Sanders,
> though he doesn't stand the proverbial snowball's chance.....  I think I'd
> like to see Joe Biden run. I'll vote for any Democratic candidate, though;
> the GOP scares me to death.
>
> > On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:00 AM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can you unpack that stance for this poor benighted furriner?
> > Do you mean you admire the displays of anti-govt. behaviour by those
> > who any other time would be happy to call themselves socialists, or do
> > you mean you would like to forcibly object to those who at any other
> > time would be happy to call themselves socialists?
> > Note: even in Australia, there are many who would embrace socialist
> > ideals, without wanting to either call themselves socialists, or
> > indeed, accept any and every socialist proposal.
> > See for instance a recent discussion here:
> > http://johnquiggin.com/2015/07/31/the-socialist-objective/
> > where there's quite a lot about Aussie political parties that probably
> > won't mean much to you, but a couple of posters make interesting
> > parallels with the US situation.
> >
> > Rgards
> > Lesley de Voil
> >
> >> On 8/3/15, AT&T <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
> >> In the current political climate in the United States, i find myself
> drawn
> >> to extremism toward the left. I'm not sure things is healthy.
> >>
> >> Jim Handsfield
> >> Sent from my iPhone
>