[Magdalen] Scott Walker!!

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Tue Sep 22 20:53:54 UTC 2015


I can't watch Cruz for any reason. He just has Backpfeifengesicht--a face
in need of a fist--which is a perfectly good German word. He infuriates me
every time I even see him, not to mention whenever he opens his mouth. If
he even said "Good morning" it would probably have that effect on me.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ... and I just realized I forgot to watch The Late Show last night...
> Colbert was going to have Ted  Cruze on...
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> 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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