[Magdalen] Dem convention

[Marion Thompson]

Horrifying.

Marion, a pilgrim




On 8/1/2016 7:03 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> sadly, the script of the interview with G Stephanopoulos  that I just 
> read is absolutely unbelievable.
> Lynn
>
> 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: "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
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 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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