[Magdalen] Don't know if this is already widely known ...

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was talking with a man who takes politics a lot more seriously than I,
and he observed that a lot of the folks who supported Trump are the very
ones who will be very badly hurt by stuff the guy seems to want to do. I
guess it's poetic justice, but I certainly take no joy in that.

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 Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Of course, they're "not just some malcontent," as you said, James.  But on
> the other hand, they're not disenfranchised, either.  "The least of these"
> may have a rougher 4 years than these dynamic women.
>
> I'm very interested in the new law/scheme that's being proposed to pledge
> electors to the popular vote -- thus bypassing the Constitution, but still
> allowing popular vote to rule.  Of course, if I'm not mistaken, all the
> states have to sign on to it -- but they've already got (hmm, not Googling,
> so can't remember the exact amount) a fair number of states signed on, both
> red and blue.
>
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:59 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > These are all people who have accomplished something, in most cases.
> Thus,
> > when they speak, it is not just some malcontent. And the fear needlessly
> > generated by this person needs to be continuously put out there until
> such
> > time as he owns it and takes responsibility for it. If he does the right
> > thing, that's fine; if he doesn't, he will continue to lose credibility.
> >
> > If ever there was a time for the electoral college to do their job, this
> is
> > the time.
> >
> >
>