Letters to the Editor
FredrickBernanke
Published Letters: 186 Editor's Choice: 9
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The Unforeseen Consequences of Being a Church Member
[Read the article: Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Question: Has Obama played the "religion/spiritual/god card during his campaign, as George W. Bush and Reagan did?
I don't know the answer.
If he did, and continues on that path, he deserves all the criticism being hurled at him from various quarters. You suck up to the "believers" and then it is discovered that your "spiritual mentor" is a race-baiting ignoramus, you pay the consequences.
If, however, Obama has not made his religiosity part of his campaign, the remarks of the guy who runs the church he happens to attend are essentially irrelevant to Barack's qualifications to be POTUS.
This writer surmises that Obama long ago figured out that if he were ever to become a presidential candidate, he would at least have to be able to say he attended church regularly. He needed one with close proximity to his home turf, so it would not be a major project to schlep over there on Sundays. Wright's place was close by--another assumption this writer makes--so Barack dropped in and, presto!, he could legitimately claim to be a regular churchgoer.
The tactic, if indeed that is what it was, has somewhat backfired on him; but he's smart enough to survive it.
[My Blog: http://proteanPerspectives.blogspot.com]
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HRC Has Reached Also-Ran Status
[Read the article: The worst, sleaziest press corps possible]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When will the mainstream media relegate Hillary to second tier coverage?
In sports competitions, like the pennant races in MLB, for example, once a team is mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs, the national sports media ignores them in their coverage of the race for the playoffs.
HRC has been mathematically defeated. It's over.
Yet she is still receives the coverage only due a contender.
The press should be focusing on McCain and Obama, not on the exaggerations and outright falsehoods still being spewed by the desperate Clinton campaign apparatus.
The "Ready From Day One" nonsense that served as the foundation for her candidacy has crumbled. Her "experience" assertions have proven to be illusionary, padded accounts of typical First Lady duties. And beyond her First Lady experience lies nothing.
The media needs to toss John and Barack onto the grill, light the charcoal, and begin roasting these two guys; expose their strengths and weaknesses; deconstruct their campaign platitudes; see which one can take the heat and which one cannot.
Wasting resources on HRC serves no useful purpose any longer. She's out of the pennant race and needs to be covered as the sports media covers the also-rans.
The public has sufficiently seen what's there...and the public has said, No Thanks.
[My Blog: http://proteanPerspectives.blogspot.com]
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HRC Has Reached Also-Ran Status
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's long strange journey on Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When will the mainstream media relegate Hillary to second tier coverage?
In sports competitions, like the pennant races in MLB, for example, once a team is mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs, the national sports media ignores them in their coverage of the race for the playoffs.
HRC has been mathematically defeated. It's over.
Yet she is still receives the coverage only due a contender.
The press should be focusing on McCain and Obama, not on the exaggerations and outright falsehoods still being spewed by the desperate Clinton campaign apparatus.
The "Ready From Day One" nonsense that served as the foundation for her candidacy has crumbled. Her "experience" assertions have proven to be illusury, padded accounts of typical First Lady duties. And beyond her First Lady experience lies nothing.
The media needs to toss John and Barack onto the grill, light the charcoal, and begin roasting these two guys; expose their strengths and weaknesses; deconstruct their campaign platitudes; see which one can take the heat and which one cannot.
Wasting resources on HRC serves no useful purpose any longer. She's out of the pennant race and needs to be covered as the sports media covers the also-rans.
The public has sufficiently seen what's there...and the public has said, No Thanks.
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HRC Has Reached Also-Ran Status
[Read the article: Penn memo claims "shift to Hillary"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]HRC Has Reached Also-Ran Status
When will the mainstream media relegate Hillary to second tier coverage?
In sports competitions, like the pennant races in MLB, for example, once a team is mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs, the national sports media ignores them in their coverage of the race for the playoffs.
HRC has been mathematically defeated. It's over.
Yet she is still receives the coverage only due a contender.
The press should be focusing on McCain and Obama, not on the exaggerations and outright falsehoods still being spewed by the desperate Clinton campaign apparatus.
The "Ready From Day One" nonsense that served as the foundation for her candidacy has crumbled. Her "experience" assertions have proven to be illusionary, padded accounts of typical First Lady duties. And beyond her First Lady experience lies nothing.
The media needs to toss John and Barack onto the grill, light the charcoal, and begin roasting these two guys; expose their strengths and weaknesses; deconstruct their campaign platitudes; see which one can take the heat and which one cannot.
Wasting resources on HRC serves no useful purpose any longer. She's out of the pennant race and needs to be covered as the sports media covers the also-rans.
The public has sufficiently seen what's there...and the public has said, No Thanks.