[Magdalen] pondering politics

[Jay Weigel]

My representative is Bob Goodlatte, known in our house as "Badlatté". He's
as red as they come and gets the 4th largest amount of $$ from the NRA in
the US Congress. Think it would do much good to call him? The best thing I
can say about him is that he is NOT Eric Cantor (who was my congresscritter
when I lived in Richmond) or Cantor's dreadful replacement, Dave Brat.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I got a text message a little while ago announcing the sit-in and asking
> folks to call and ask their representative to vote on this.  It had a link
> that connected me directly to my representative's office. As soon as I said
> my name and where I lived, I was cut off.  Coincidence? Maybe...
>
> > On Jun 22, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well, Trump did say awhile ago that people needed to be prepared for a
> riot if the nomination is taken away from him...
> >
> >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think the GOP convention could look very much like a reprise of the
> 1968
> >> Chicago Democratic convention, complete with street riots pitting pro-
> and
> >> anti-Trump forces against one another, plus assorted generally anti-GOP
> >> forces, plus the Cleveland cops with their tactical machinery, but
> absent
> >> any political bosses such as Richard J. Daley Sr. or really any strong
> >> leaders (for my money both Ryan and Reince Priebus are wimps). It could
> >> either be a bloody mess or low comedy, but it might actually be worth
> >> watching for once.
> >>
> >> The Democrats will manage to sort themselves out so as NOT to look like
> the
> >> other party, IMNSHO.
> >>
> >> My $.02
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> David S> Ponder me, essentially a Yellow Dog Democrat, getting a call
> this
> >>> morning
> >>>
> >>>> from the "Tea Party!"  Where do they get these telephone  lists?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Church?
> >>>
> >>> I was very put off last year about this time when I received a letter
> and
> >>> donation-seeking promotional material from a lawyer who attends my
> church
> >>> (the Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Houston) and is a highly
> respected,
> >>> high profile Houston person about town AND running in the primary for
> Mayor
> >>> of Houston.  I do not live in the voting area for mayoral voting in
> >>> Houston, yet this letter was clearly assuming that I did, AND I don't
> even
> >>> know the man. I think he used our parish phone book as a mailing list -
> >>> there is NO other way I would have received this. Shame on him. : (
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>> From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 2:31 PM
> >>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> >>> Cc: <Cantor03 at aol.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] pondering politics
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ponder me, essentially a Yellow Dog Democrat, getting a call this
> morning
> >>>> from the "Tea Party!"  Where do they get these telephone  lists?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> David S.
> >>>>
> >>>>
>