[Magdalen] Dem convention

[Marion Thompson]

This is another excellent article.  (sighs deeply)

Marion, a pilgrim


On 8/1/2016 5:49 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> 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
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
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