[Magdalen] Dem convention

[Lynn Ronkainen]

this is a very interesting professional article I came across today - 
definitely worth reading.

https://georgelakoff.com/2016/07/23/understanding-trump-2/

Lynn
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From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 3:50 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Dem convention

> Grace, it is chilling.  The case study is very well done - an assessment 
> by
> a professional who has the skills.  This is not idle judgmentalism.  And,
> it is terrifying to think that many people in our country will shrug off
> this information as partisanship.  Not.
>
> I am very glad you read the Atlantic piece.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I read this and wish that everyone would read it. The fact that so many
>> people are being taken in and support Trump scares me almost more than 
>> the
>> man himself. Are we really becoming the kind of country he envisions? If
>> so, God help us!
>>
>> I saw something posted on FaceBook a couple of days ago that I wanted to
>> read, but now I can't find it. It was  report that one of Trump's 
>> aides--a
>> speechwriter, maybe, and a woman--has quit because this isn't turning out
>> to be what she had expected. This was never supposed to be a serious run
>> for the presidency, but then it began to take on a life of its own... 
>> Does
>> anyone know the article I'm talking about?
>>
>> Grace Cangialosi
>>
>> "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us
>> guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."    Dietrich
>> Bonhoeffer
>>
>> On July 28, 2016, at 7:50 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I spent the better part of Saturday reading online The Atantic Magazine's
>> "The Mind of Donald Trump" (June 2016).  Chilling.  Straight forward.  I
>> pray this man will not be elected president.  (For those on this list who
>> think it wrong to publish such an article or to point it out for others 
>> to
>> read, I apologize.  I believe this clearly done case study merits sharing
>> widely.)
>>
>>
>> http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-mind-of-donald-trump/480771/
>>
>> I pray this man will not be elected president.
>>
>> Ducking and running.  Unsubbing, if necessary.
>>
>> Ginga Wilder
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > That, Ferdinand, would be Tim Kaine's job, which I thought he did quite
>> > well last night <g> "Believe me"--oh yeah!
>> > And of course, that of the surrogates. Michael Bloomberg gave Trump 
>> > very
>> > elegant "nanny nanny boo boo", I thought. Not, of course, that the 
>> > Donald
>> > would get it, the words being too long for him.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:17 PM, F von Prondzynski <
>> > F.von-Prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Scott wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > As for the presidential race, I really hope Hillary Clinton's
>> campaign
>> > > > can (and wants to) take the role of the one who's serious about the
>> > > > issues and talks mostly about them, rather than attacking her
>> > > > opponent, however attackable he may be. I'm sure there's a certain
>> > > > need to answer attacks from him, but attacking shouldn't be the
>> > > > default mode in her advertising (and need not be, IMO).
>> > >
>> > > I guess I don’t have a dog in this race (though we’re all going to be
>> > > affected), but I know Hillary and want her to win – and agree with
>> Scott
>> > in
>> > > relation to his key point. However, while I absolutely think Hillary
>> > should
>> > > be optimistic and focus on the issues, *someone* needs to point out 
>> > > the
>> > > absurdities of Trump’s platform, and the almost immeasurable dangers 
>> > > we
>> > > would face were he to win. This, as Obama said yesterday, is not an
>> > > ordinary election.
>> > >
>> > > We don’t need to mention his hair however. Or not much.
>> > >
>> > > Ferdinand
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>