[Magdalen] Syrian refugees

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I remember when the idea of Ronald Reagan, B-movie actor, being governor.
Everybody laughed.  In one of the Flint movies, there's a line where James
Coburn says, "An ACTOR as president..." And the audience roared with
laughter. And look what happened to the country after that.

I recall the tentative feelers being put out about this guy nobody really
knew, the son of President Bush. The general feeling was that this
flyweight would never have a ghost of a chance of getting into a serious
primary, let alone being a candidate.  And look what happened to the
country after that.

Nah, this guy should make us all very nervous. Not that anybody should say
how awful a candidate he is; that's what might propel his election, much
like the folks resolved to vote for Shrub just because in the debates, Al
Gore sighed whenever Shrub said something incredibly dumb (which was fairly
frequent). Those sighs lost the election. Criticizing a really awful
candidate can get him elected.

Hmm. Maybe the conservatives are right. Maybe we need to put a stop to this
business of letting citizens actually vote on who gets to ruin -- er, I
mean run -- the country.



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 Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:15 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> >>>Jeb Bush showed up on the local news tonight suggesting that Trump's
> campaign might be part of a vast left-wing conspiracy (to ensure Hillary's
> election).  He's got that deer-in-the-headlights look, I'm afraid.<<<
>
> Now, there's another thing I'm surprised hasn't gotten nearly any air
> time.  That theory was uttered quite some time ago, with a chuckle and wink
> even by MSNBC folk, but good God -- Bill called Donald and ENCOURAGED HIM
> TO RUN.  And since Donald only does things for publicity, and certainly
> doesn't want to run the free world -- and is truly a smart man, smart
> enough to know you can't build a wall that someone else pays for and you
> can't ban religion -- I've believed it all along.  What makes it so hard to
> believe, though, is that that's the sort of antics one would expect of the
> right-wing wackos.  But then again, those wackos don't have the most famous
> woman in their party trying YET AGAIN to become the first woman president,
> and who has one of the most famous modern former presidents for a husband.
> And both of them are (at least historically) party-friends with the Donald,
> who certainly has the mental makeup for such a game.
>