[Magdalen] Dem convention

[Lynn Ronkainen]

sadly, the script of the interview with G Stephanopoulos  that I just read 
is absolutely unbelievable.
Lynn

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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: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 5:53 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Dem convention

> 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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