[Magdalen] Next Steps

[Jay Weigel]

Ted Cruz really scares me, but he is apparently so all-around unlikeable
that he couldn't get anywhere. Unfortunately Mike Pence is just a smoother
version of the same thing, an OT theocracy and Dominionist. If Trump
resigns or is impeached, we are really in for it.

On Monday, November 14, 2016, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> Al-Jazeera English has an interesting Listening Post episode this week,
> focused on the US Media and their role - at times unwitting - in promoting
> the "Trump phenomenon" throughout the election cycle.
>
> Very few were prepared to admit openly that Trump was fantastic for ratings
> (only the CBS guy). But they went far enough back in history to explore the
> lack of any kind of public broadcasting in the USA; to the scrapping of the
> "fairness" regulations by Reagan; and to the scrapping of anti-monopoly
> rules by Bill Clinton.
>
> The number of broadcasting companies has shrunk to a mere handful and those
> also own huge chunks of the Internet.
>
> Trump won because he was good for business, but as President he will be a
> lot less interesting.
>
> I think a lot of Americans are about to be shocked - shocked I tell you!! -
> to discover that a businessman is actually LESS honest than a politician,
> and that now he's got his fish on the hook so to speak, Trump will just go
> ahead and make deals.
>
> If I were in the USA I would be crying too (heck, we are crying here
> plenty) - but yesterday I got to thinking about Ted Cruz and wondering
> whether things could not perhaps have been worse all round.
>
> Sally D
>
>
>
> On 14 November 2016 at 10:38, Stephanie <stefkagoil at hotmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > At the risk of being completely off-base (and I certainly was with this
> > election), I think the Republicans would have Swift-boated Bernie for
> being
> > a socialist and Jewish. Had he managed to actually win the election, the
> > Republicans would have stymied him every step of the way. He would never
> > have gotten anything through Congress -- unless the Congress flipped to
> the
> > Democrats.
> >
> >
> > Stephanie
> >
> > still crying
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Magdalen <magdalen-bounces+stefkagoil=hotmail.com at herberthouse.org
> <javascript:;>>
> > on behalf of Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 2:57 PM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Next Steps
> >
> > Bernie would have been more of a "hold my nose" vote than Hillary was,
> for
> > whom I voted proudly and enthusiastically.  Yes, anybody but Trump, so I
> > would have voted for him.  But a democratic Socialist simply could not
> have
> > won in the US, despite what some pundits say.
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu <javascript:;>
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Marion Thompson <
> > marionwhitevale at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Too bad the Democrats connived to defeat Bernie Sanders.  The outcome
> of
> > > the story might have been quite different.
> > >
> > > Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/13/2016 2:15 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:31 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > >> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> America not only is not the greatest country in the world, it is up
> > there
> > >>> for the dumbest country in the world. The information is out there,
> but
> > >>> people willfully refuse to look at it.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm ashamed of this land, and I deeply regret that I wasted all that
> > time
> > >>> serving in the military to preserve the rights of a few hundred
> million
> > >>> slimy dirtbags.
> > >>>
> > >>> Jim -
> > >>
> > >> If 35,000 voters in Pennsylvania and 65,000 voters in Florida had
> voted
> > >> for
> > >> Clinton instead of Trump, she would now be the President-elect.
> > >>
> > >> If the election had been held three weeks earlier, or were to be held
> > >> three
> > >> weeks later, Clinton might well be the President elect.
> > >>
> > >> If the election were decided by popular vote, Clinton would be the
> > >> President elect.
> > >>
> > >> Now it is true that Trump won the election and that may lead to
> > >> consequences I would rather not ponder.  But he could just as well
> have
> > >> won
> > >> it from the toss of a coin.  Statistically speaking, the country looks
> > >> just
> > >> the same as it would have if Clinton had won.
> > >>
> > >> I do find it disturbing that Trump received the support of roughly
> half
> > >> the
> > >> voters.  But I felt that way long before I knew the results of the
> > >> election.
> > >>
> > >> All that said, I am still proud to be an American, still proud to be a
> > >> veteran, and though gloomy about the immediate future, still
> optimistic
> > >> about the long run.
> > >>
> > >> Mike M..
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>