[Magdalen] Scott Walker!!

Lynn Ronkainen houstonklr at gmail.com
Tue Sep 22 19:44:07 UTC 2015


... and I just realized I forgot to watch The Late Show last night... 
Colbert was going to have Ted  Cruze on...

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "M J [Mike] Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:08 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Scott Walker!!

>>>>I think we can be grateful for now that the evangelical crazies have 
>>>>rallied around Ben Carson. It means their fellow-travelers (like Walker) 
>>>>will all fall away (like Walker) leaving only those candidates who give 
>>>>them lip service and do nothing for them in rolling back the things 
>>>>they've lost in the culture wars if elected.<<<
>
> It dawned on me last night that Carson of all people should be careful 
> bitching about what religion should and should not be in the White House, 
> considering he's Adventist, and Mitt's Mormon hurdle last time around. 
> He'd be quick to point out that Adventism is more "mainstream" (aka, 
> "acceptable") than Mormonism, and certainly more "in line with the 
> Constitution".
>
> I will also say that the fellow on Lawrence last night who, though a 
> Democrat, honestly critiqued Obama's religious sincerity both made my 
> mouth drop, and impressed me.  Not in terms of trying to cast aspersion at 
> Obama (he truly wasn't), but in terms of all the hoo-haw that we all 
> expend defending Obama's right to say and be what he is, and how all that 
> defense never even touches on the question of "okay he's a Christian, but 
> is he a good one?"  Meaning, in the end, it's no one's business, really, 
> and religion really should have nothing to do with presidential reality. 



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