[Magdalen] The Al Smith dinner.

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Sat Oct 22 00:38:53 UTC 2016


He may not drink, but I'm pretty sure he does some kind of drugs.

On Friday, October 21, 2016, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:

> He says he doesn't drink, but he was definitely off.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Friday, October 21, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> 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:;>
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> > <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
> >
>


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