[Magdalen] Madeline Albright.

[Sally Davies]

Sigh...and I wish it were all over already...

Given the enormous size of the USA, the high levels of education and skill
from sea to shining sea, and the political sophistication that is possible
in a nation like that: I cannot for the life of me understand how
the political system threw out this particular crowd.

 It seems like the more choice you have, the lower the common denominator
gets...

Bernie looks to me like a more agreeable, wittier and more well fed version
of Britain's unelectable Jeremy Corbyn, with similar unelectable policies.
I wish people would listen to him but doubt that they will.

Hillary looks like a woman who'll say anything and do anything to get Back
In There but at least will do so intelligently. Her knowledge of the world
and other Governments is reassuring for people outside the USA. I can't see
why anyone should vote for her based on her gender - but I do wonder
whether, as a woman candidate, she is subject to
damned-if-you-do-and-damned-if-you-don't, much more than any male
candidate.

To survive mentally she must have more layers than an onion, like Shrek -
which only plays into the can't-be-trusted stereotype...but I reckon she
would do the right thing most of the time, as Obama has. And anyone who saw
that footage from the White House during the Bin Laden compound assault
could see that she's no cold fish, nor lacking in imagination.

As for the GOP candidates I've seen so far, Ben Carson looks like a decent
chap and I'd be happy to have him check out my X rays, but that's it. The
rest are a "tinnitus of trolls" (my fave collective noun for trolls). Their
speeches seem to contain nothing but various ugly dog whistles and
schoolyard taunting....certainly nothing that sounds like adult leadership;
though Jeb Bush came close the other day. Which is something I can't
believe I'd ever hear anyone say, let alone say it myself!!

The Donald, as Trevor Noah already said more than once, looks and talks
like an African dictator - or maybe the bigger whiter brother of Kim
Jong-un. Hmm...unique hairdo, little rosebud mouth, piggy eyes, tiny
hands...might be something in that!

But you've got to admire someone who's managed to get every Liberal in the
country with a Facebook account to post somethng about HIM every single
day, and sometimes several times a day. My newsfeed is Trumped every few
hours, and usually by someone who basically doesn't support him.



Sally D

On Monday, 08 February 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','oppenheimerjw at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> It is intriguing how often folks will vehemently affirm how much they hate
> one person (someone you don't even know to speak with? Really? c'mon.) as
> if this information will make the rest of us slap our foreheads a la "Wow I
> coulda had a V8!" and completely change our minds.
>
> That is not to say folks don't have the right to say what they will and
> advocate what they will. I also have the right to say I kind of wish some
> folks would get over themselves.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I'd be happy with either candidate. The old Jesuitical social c
> > catholic in me feels akin to Bernie Sanders, I would draft Jimmy Carter
> if
> > necessary (he can run, he has had only one term, if he dies in office, we
> > sing his requiem, canonize him the next day, and inaugurate his
> > vicepresident at requiem vespers.
> > If the Democratic candidate is not successful I would consider removing
> > myself to the remote Aegean rocks and joining the Christian Despocy of
> > Epirus headed by the Grand Duke Paleologue, reorganize the Teuntonic
> > Knights, get an internet connection between Kastel Goldony-Czarny Kawa-
> > invite the Pope of Vallombrosa and live in medieval state until the
> second
> > coming.
> >
> > ( Popes Francis and Tawadros are fine along with the Ecumenical
> Patriarch)
> > Or we could be like St. Francis and offer ourselves as martyrs to Isis.
> > Maybe, like Saladin, they will be charmed and return to civilization.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com>
> > >Sent: Feb 7, 2016 10:14 PM
> > >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Madeline Albright.
> > >
> > >Madeleine Albright is a fierce loyalist. She lives by that motto. I have
> > >reason to know: she wrote a letter of recommendation for me when I was
> > >looking for a congregation to serve in Oregon. (She is also a faithful
> > >Episcopalian, a member of the National Cathedral chapter, and a member
> of
> > >St. John's, Harpers Ferry when she is at her farm in nearby Loudoun
> > County,
> > >Virginia.)
> > >
> > >That said, her opinion is her opinion. I will vote for the Democrat who
> > >gets the nomination.
> > >
> > >Georgia+
> > >
> > >On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Oh FFS. I am sick and tired of being told that just because I am
> > female, I
> > >> need to support Hillary. I will vote for her if I have to, but she is
> > NOT
> > >> my first choice, and it has nothing to do with her gender.
> AUGHHHHHHHHH!
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 3:40 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Apparently just today, at a Hillary rally:
> > >> >
> > >> > [Albright] "And remember, there's a special place in hell, for women
> > who
> > >> > don't help each other."
> > >> >
> > >> > This campaign, for all its cam"pain", is a damn sight funnier than
> the
> > >> > last one, that's for sure.
> > >> >
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>