[Magdalen] The Al Smith dinner.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Thanks, Eleanor. I'm going to check your link, but I did see a bit that was posted on FB. It appeared to me that Trump might have been drunk; aside from the way he looked, his delivery was way "off."

> On Oct 20, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> What is the Al Smith dinner?
> 
> From Wikipedia:
> 
> The *Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner*, commonly known as the *Al
> Smith Dinner*, is an annual white tie
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_tie> fundraiser for Catholic
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church> charities supporting needy
> children held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel> in New York on the
> third Thursday of October. It is organized by the Alfred E. Smith Memorial
> Foundation in honor of former New York Governor Al Smith
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith>, the first Catholic presidential
> candidate
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928>;
> the dinner is hosted by the Archbishop of New York
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_New_York> (currently Cardinal
> Timothy Dolan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_M._Dolan>.)
> 
> It was tonight, and both Trump and Clinton spoke.  Trump did a few good
> jokes, but then started attacking Hillary without any joking.  He was booed
> by some of the crowd.  Hillary was pretty funny, although not at Obama
> level.
> 
> Highlights here:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/us/politics/al-smith-dinner-clinton-trump.html?_r=0
> 
> Eleanor