[Magdalen] The Al Smith dinner.

[Eleanor Braun]

He says he doesn't drink, but he was definitely off.

Eleanor

On Friday, October 21, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > 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
>