[Magdalen] pondering politics

[Lynn Ronkainen]

The Tea Party runs the Republican party for the most part in TX and they 
(Republicans) are in the majority and control the state these days.
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: "James Handsfield" <jhandsfield at att.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 9:30 AM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] pondering politics

> Every “Tea Party” person I’ve met is an extreme right wing Republican.
>
> I’d certainly believe you have been asked to donate to the Clinton 
> campaign and Planned Parenthood.  I can understand why you would not want 
> to contribute to the Clinton campaign, but I don’t understand your 
> reluctance to support Planned Parenthood unless you thing that the only 
> thing they do is provide abortions.
>
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> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>
>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 1:14 AM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>>
>> "Tea Party" can be anybody, doesn't need to be Republican.  Their ideas, 
>> though, do have more in common with Republican ideas than they do with 
>> Democrat.  As far as I know, they don't have a presence on ballots 
>> anywhere.
>>
>> Would you believe that I have gotten campaign contribution requests from 
>> Hillary Clinton, and also some letters urging me to send money to Planned 
>> Parenthood?  I suspect the only basis for either of those must be that 
>> I'm female: more than half the human race.
>