Letters to the Editor
EricAlaska
Published Letters: 11
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Ichiro/Mays
[Read the article: How did baseball botch its tribute to Willie Mays?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think it's intertesting that Ichiro, not Bonds, played in the spirit of Willie Mays with his inside-the-park homer. That's what we would have seen from Mays.
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Dem screwup
[Read the article: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just don't see how the Democratic Party can disenfranchise the people of two major states from selecting the candidate. They might as well tell those folks to vote for a Republican in the general election. What a colossal screwup.
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Larger than life
[Read the article: Too great to be good]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When actors play characters who are "larger than life" the acting is noticeable. I'm not sure that's a flaw; it may be an inevitable result. The character itself is very noticeable.
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Six out of 10
[Read the article: "SNL" writer says Clinton sounded "whiny" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Six out of 10 is the slightest possible amount more than half. It's hardly unfair. Nor is it clear why getting the first question is so awful, anyway. It was a nutty, poor way to begin.
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good point
[Read the article: "SNL" writer says Clinton sounded "whiny" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good point about the number of candidates in the debates. I hadn't thought of that. It's still unclear to me why getting the first question is bad.
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It's over
[Read the article: The Democrats' anti-momentum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What is everyone talking about? Thanks to Wright, Obama is un-electable. Clinton will do very well -- apparently surprising well, for some of you -- in the remaining primaries. Obama has gone from being a great candidate who happened to be black to the black candidate for black people. I'm not sure he can win a majority of Democratic whites, let alone whites in a general election. I say this as a person who supports Obama. It's over. Clinton waited and got what she wanted.
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Me again
[Read the article: The Democrats' anti-momentum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My fears are shaped by recent poll results, which I think will only get worse; the way the Canada NAFTA issue, which wasn't nearly as contentious as race, immediately took the bloom off Obama in Ohio; the fact that Obama has done well in largely white states like Maine and in southern states with large black populations, but not so well among whites in states with a good mix of races. I just think the Wright thing hurts badly among independents, Republicans and working class whites who might have been willing to vote for him. Now, it's easier for them to vote for Clinton.
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excuses
[Read the article: Modern slaves]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why does Skinner make excuses for the Roma -- calling them oppressed?
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cliche alert
[Read the article: On taxes, Straight Talk Express off the rails]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As an aside, it is illegal for reporters to describe the Straight Talk Express as "off the rails."
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agree
[Read the article: Obama's best veep choice]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm glad someone noticed that Clinton's face entirely belied her words in the endorsement speech. No smile. No enthusiasm. She made her point: I'm being forced to do this.
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Nader is right
[Read the article: Is Ralph Nader losing it?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't like Nader one bit but what he's saying is easy to understand and plainly true. Americans will not elect a black president if he or she: a) comes from a tradition of angry, aggrieved black people such as Jesse Jackson; b) talks alot about racial injustice or any kind of injustice; c) talks a lot about the underclass.
In fact, Americans won't elect a white candidate who talks a lot about injustice or poverty. Edwards never had a chance.
Obama will win if he's perceived as a good candidate who happens to be black (or half black, in his case), but not if he's perceived as being part of a black subculture. That's why the Wright thing was so damaging.