[Magdalen] Trump to back out?

[anthony clavier]

As with all aspiring autocrats the Donald is concentrating on dealing with
his rivals. He thinks if he shouts his mantra, Hillary is a Liar his base
will remain energized. In common with most Dons its those who disrespect
him who must suffer.

Tony

On Thursday, August 4, 2016, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... yeah. The famous moniker "The party of Lincoln" never seems to go on
> to flesh out that it was a rogue 3rd party itself at the time...  Lack of
> history and context in our world today boggles the mind, at least mine.
>
> Lynn
> Wa
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 12:03 PM
> To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Trump to back out?
>
> You're right. I was thinking after all the dust clears, will there
>> still be the Republican Party, or will it split into its major
>> factions (probably two)?
>>
>> We've had other parties before; it seems like the two major ones are
>> regarded as set in stone forever now. Need that be so?
>>
>> Or maybe our USA system is best served with just two viable parties
>> and then others that are merely voices (perhaps electing occasional
>> local officials). Parliamentary democracies are set up better to
>> handle an array of parties, with close attention to the parties'
>> relative strength in terms of number of seats won, and the mechanism
>> for forming coalition governments, etc.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:32 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott's point was about ultimate eventualities, not necessarily these
>>> next specific few months.
>>>
>>> (Correct me, Scott, if I'm wrong.)
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
>
>

-- 
The Rev. Tony Clavier
Vicar: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Glen Carbon IL
and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Granite City IL