Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 257 Editor's Choice: 33
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Obama's Church
[Read the article: What do evangelicals want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Jackson didn't push for any particular Republican candidate today, but he did challenge the legitimacy of the church Obama attends."
I'm not quite sure what this means, I belong to the same denomination, United Church of Christ which derived from two of the oldest Christian denominations in America.
Salon might be interested in libelous attacks that are being made against Obama's home church in Chicago. http://www.ucc.org/news/thomas-denounces-smear-1.html
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Hillary?
[Read the article: Betrayed by John McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She was in the headline but not much in the article. So let me fill in. If McCain has one thing going for him, deservedly or not, he has a reputation for honor and integrity. Hillary Clinton, deservedly or not, has a reputation for being self-serving and insincere. On the other hand even conservatives think Obama is a a man of good character.
I don't know what is going to happen Tuesday, but concievably Obama could win the most votes, while Hillary clinches the nomination with the most delegates. This will create resentment among Democrats and weaken her support further. Of course Iraq is the big issue that can kill McCain's chances, but this is the country that elected George W. Bush twice.
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Maybe some day
[Read the article: "Because I love America ... I have to now stand aside"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Voters dumped him to go with Huckabee because Romney is a weathly Mormon from Massachussets, three things the "Republican base" hates. Maybe some day he'll have an epiphany that he was a victim of the same narrow-mindedness he allied himself with.
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Conservatives for McCain
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just want to say if there's anything that will get those right wing Christianists to vote for John McCain, it's the idea of Hillary Clinton as president.
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Beyond tokenism
[Read the article: Clinton "firing" fallout?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think minorities need to pay attention to the issues that affect them, not to getting a member of the minority in a high position. I know it's important to prove that blacks, Hispanics, women etc can be accepted in leadership roles but I think we're beyond that, even G.W. Bush has minorities in his cabinet.
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Half truths
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Santorum got some of his history right. A minor footnote, my relatives were Italian Catholic immigrants and always voted Republican. Now when did the Dem party embrace the ideas of the 60s? On social issues, the only liberal presidents we've had since Roosevelt, were Kennedy and Johnson, whose embracing of the black civil rights struggle ended Democratic domination in the South. Now as far as war and peace issues, no democrat has been on the peace side, not Roosevelt or Kennedy or Johnson.
Bill Bennett, whose politics I despise, made an intelligent comment on CNN. The liberal Democrats bit the bullet in 92 and elected Clinton who was more a centerist because that is where the country was heading. Now Santorum, Huckabee and the rest of the right wing cannot accept McCain because he is slightly to the left of G W Bush. That is one reason we will have a Democrat in the White House next year, well, unless Bush pulls some trick to cancel the election.
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Old Hat
[Read the article: John McCain is running for sissy in chief]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Conservative right wing views, even with a cute title are still the same. Yeah, the problem with America is that we don't have enough brash, macho types speaking their mind and killing innocent people. Puhleeeeze!
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Now that I think about it...
[Read the article: John McCain is running for sissy in chief]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Camille Paglia has basically said all this stuff, and although I find a lot of her points equally offensive, at least she did it with intelligence rather than name calling.
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Not compared to
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not compared to the let down this nation had from G W Bush. In 2000 even I was willing to give him a chance, and he couldn't be much worse than his father. So, seven years later even my Republican friends are sorely diappointed.
Surely if people pin all their individual hopes and dreams on Obama, they will be disappointed, but we know what he stands for a what he will do. Obama himself tells people they have to bring about the change, if they have an issue that is not on his priority list they have to take responsibility and do something about it.
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Not advancing the cause
[Read the article: The gay marriage slump]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This article is probably the best reason why gay marriage is not legal. While some straight people became very supportive when gay rights were a matter of life and death (the AIDS crisis) most people, and especially liberals don't consider the right to marry very important. I am curious of the statitics of how many heterosexual couples choose not to marry. In fact for some the legal disadvantages do outweigh the the advantages. Those who have children and those who like me support their partner financially do stand to benefit. These two situations are much more likely for heterosexuals. Then there is the added benefit that hetero marriage is recognized in all 50 states and it brings social acceptance to what would otherwise be labelled a sexual relationship.
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Only two sides?
[Read the article: Are you going to hell?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why is it that you are either an born-again evangelical or you are a secular agnostic? Most people I know belong to liberal Protestant churches or are liberal thinking Catholics (including most priests and nuns). And yet they get very little press. We are out there.
Also I am suprised when someone's faith is destroyed by witnessing tragedy. For many, tragedy has the opposite effect.
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What tie?
[Read the article: A non-paranoid's guide to superdelegates]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We're not looking at a tie, and if such a thing could actually occur, there should be provisions for deciding. Superdelegates could annoint the person who lost the popular vote as well as the delegate vote. That is not a tie-breaker. By their very nature superdelegates are a conservative force, they are there to preserve Democratic party principles. Obama is the candidate of change, and that is why his supporters are so opposed to the idea of superdelegates.
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A pragmatist
[Read the article: Newsday's cheap shot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, this is a lawyer's job, but every lawyer does not have to take every case. Refusing cases, however, could put a black mark on a young lawyer's career. So, here is the essence of my problem will Hillary Clinton (and her husband too). She's a pragmatist, not an idealist. She'll compromise her values to get things done. Sometimes America needs a president like that, but not today.