[Magdalen] Dem convention

[Jay Weigel]

Ferdinand, have you read Sinclair Lewis' book It Can't Happen Here? I think
he wrote it c.1936 but it's certainly apropos now. Some things in it would
be definitely outmoded, but the basic idea is there, and as I've said
before, Donald Trump is the perfect Berzelius Windrip. I'm just not quite
sure who his Lee Sarason is......

Look it up.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:25 AM, F von Prondzynski <
F.von-Prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:

> Molly wrote:
>
> > I'm actually getting cable TV, which I haven't had for years, to follow
> the
> > election.
>
> I’m following it too, right now by the way from the middle of the North
> Atlantic, as I’m travelling on the Queen Mary 2 from NY (via Halifax) to
> Britain. For me – and I suspect for some from the other side of the ocean –
> this is like watching an alternative reality. Trump is just too bizarre to
> be believable; though I should add that I have a personal stake as I
> revoked his honorary degree from my university (awarded before I took
> office). What I find scary is that he is treated by apparently sane people
> as if he actually were a realistic proposition as President. And then
> there’s Bernie Sanders and his crowd of fans, who to me (with apologies to
> any here) are just as unreal.
>
> And then there’s Fox News. What on earth can I say?
>
> Barack Obama was just wonderful last night, as was Michelle earlier in the
> week.
>
> Ferdinand
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