I went to 5 or 6 of those things some years back. It ALWAYS struck me ‘There are too many important people in one place with sort of adequate security’. That concern became real Saturday night. Keep the cocktail parties and events at other places and retire the rubber chicken peas dinner as a vestige of an earlier, more dangerous age.
Perhaps not, at least in many person’s minds, but the office he holds deserve respect and the fact he achieved it through a national election deserves admiration.
Yet again, Gabe, thank you for your composed and sensible thoughts. You consistently provide new and rare insights that teach and challenge me to grow.
Chuck Grassley is in better possession of his mental faculties than Donald Trump (admittedly a low bar). The Dems bypassed a senescent Dianne Feinstein when she was in line to be President Pro Tem. If the Senate recognizes the seriousness of the position and requires a non-senile person (as they did with Feinstein but failed to do with Thurmond), that problem is avoided. But it is not comforting to depend on Senators acting responsibly.
Thanks for this good review and analysis of the evening's event. On a random note, I think what is really interesting is how many people think this was staged.
Not necessary to have the President, VP and Speaker at the event.
Dogs always follow their master.
And why were any of the people in that room more important than students in school who have to fear this will happen to them one day?
I went to 5 or 6 of those things some years back. It ALWAYS struck me ‘There are too many important people in one place with sort of adequate security’. That concern became real Saturday night. Keep the cocktail parties and events at other places and retire the rubber chicken peas dinner as a vestige of an earlier, more dangerous age.
I am sorry, there is nothing admirable about Donald Trump.
Perhaps not, at least in many person’s minds, but the office he holds deserve respect and the fact he achieved it through a national election deserves admiration.
Why no mention of gun laws?
Yet again, Gabe, thank you for your composed and sensible thoughts. You consistently provide new and rare insights that teach and challenge me to grow.
Chuck Grassley is in better possession of his mental faculties than Donald Trump (admittedly a low bar). The Dems bypassed a senescent Dianne Feinstein when she was in line to be President Pro Tem. If the Senate recognizes the seriousness of the position and requires a non-senile person (as they did with Feinstein but failed to do with Thurmond), that problem is avoided. But it is not comforting to depend on Senators acting responsibly.
Thanks for this good review and analysis of the evening's event. On a random note, I think what is really interesting is how many people think this was staged.