Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 497 Editor's Choice: 25
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Ahh, here it is..
[Read the article: The GOP attack plan for Hillary Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Madden apparently phoned this one in... I can name a few things the Repugs could use against a potential Clinton nominee. They were easy to find, really..
Here's a few peeks at what her "good friend" John and his Repub cohorts have in store for Mrs. Clinton:
•Hillary can't be a feminist because she didn't leave Bill after the Monica affair. She is obviously so power hungry that she'll ignore her own husband's infidelity to get elected. Extrapolate any personality flaws you care to from that.
•Hillary is a closet lesbian. Just what is personal aide Huma Abedin's job anyway? Stress relief specialist? Extrapolate any personality flaws you care to from that.
•Peter Paul vs. Clinton: nothing like trying to run a general election campaign while being sued for wrongfully taking $1.5 million in campaign donations. Extrapolate any professional flaws you care to from that.
•Mehmet Celebi, one of her "HillRaisers" produced a film called "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" - a 2006 movie that depicted a Jewish doctor removing the vital organs of civilian prisoners to sell to wealthy transplant patients overseas. Why does Hillary hate the Jews? Extrapolate any professional flaws you care to from that while remembering that we're looking at a 10,000 vote Florida margin of error in the general.
•Whitewater, Travelgate, Paula Jones, Lewinsky, Mark Rich et al. Progressives may think these "scandals" are water under the bridge, but a majority of Repubs believe they are not and will be using them anew in the Fall.
•The Vince Foster "Murder", selling secrets to the Chinese, what Sandy Berger was shoving down his pants in the National Archives: Progressives may know these as distortions or outright lies, but a majority of Repubs believe they are true and will use them to turn out the base come November.
•Crying won't help. Calling the attacks "below the belt" or other "poor me" defenses will no longer work, because Repubs don't care and, honestly, they WANT to make her cry.
•There will be a 527 that will run a non-stop ad with Hillary comparing herself favorably to McCain this fall. That will be all it takes to reassure the soft 20%ers in the middle that a McCain presidency wouldn't be too bad.
Thats' what she's up against this fall. Most of these points have no credibility and might be believed by 5% of the electorate. But when you're starting at a rock-solid 49% unfavorable and an even worse trustworthy %, you don't have 5% to give.
Now was that hard?
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At what point does Lieberman un-hitch his wagon...
[Read the article: The return of Joementum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]..from the Not-so-straight-talk McBush? I mean how delusional does McBush have to get before Joe thinks "Oh this guy's obviously playing without a full deck..."? Does Joe think he can stand behind McBush forever, feeding him "facts" for the entire campaign?
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Go ask "Loud"..
[Read the article: Obama's plan to change the economy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Where's your father, son?
"Maybe the economic destruction has come from Bush and not Greenspan."
This sentence, in a nutshell, illustrates why no one takes you seriously on these boards. Look, I despise Bush as much as the next liberal, but to say that the President (a position, by design, that carries NO ABILITY to legislate, sans "approve" or "deny") has more sway over financial matters than the FRIGGIN' PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE(!) is just insane and baseless.
Admit it, you just log-on and troll for ANY negative Clinton quotes to attack, regardless of whether you have any clue what you're talking about? You know I'm right...
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Kate didn't get the memo...
[Read the article: Polls: Obama weathers Wright controversy ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...that all the Southern Democrats were supposed to switch to Republican after LBJ forced them to accept the ni**ers at their kids' school...
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This is too "meta" for me...
[Read the article: Rum, Romanism and James Carville]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Or does the fact that I've learned of most of these "scandals" in the pages of Salon itself not lend any credence to the one column that takes "the media" to task for covering only these "scandals"?
All is forgiven now, I suppose..
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And this is a selling point how?
[Read the article: McCain camp debuts new Web ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"My family, for generations, has known nothing but war and killing.."
Well that's all good and well... if we were looking to GET INTO MORE WARS!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't his family's entire existence predicated on a need to kill? And to make sure there's someone to kill?
Otherwise, where would the "Family Business" be?
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How come the so-called "compromises" ALWAYS end up with a net gain for Hillary?
[Read the article: New Michigan delegate compromise offered]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What kind of compromise is that? Hey, I won't cut off your hand if I can cut off your foot!
These compromises always work from the assumption that if a primary was held tomorrow, the outcome would be the same, but that's entirely false.
In Michigan, the large populations of students, blacks and Muslims who didn't bother to vote because IT DIDN'T MATTER, could possibly fall Obama's way. In Florida, a ballot cut down to 2 candidates (Edwards was on the initial, discredited ballot) would almost as likely prove to produce a smaller margin of victory for Clinton.
These are the things the Obama campaign has to take into consideration when presented with these "compromises". I'd say "No" too.
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Bowling? What is it, the 50s?
[Read the article: Bowling for Pennsylvania]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Everyone know the millennial way to settle disputes is a dunking contest! Or Texas hold-em... neither being Hillary's strong suits...
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Bad Judgement, Indeed
[Read the article: Penn out as Clinton's chief strategist]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Penn resigned "under pressure from an angry Sen. Clinton, who believed that Penn had recused himself from any clients who might pose a conflict for her campaign."
This is why you shouldn't hire lobbyists to work on a campaign! Do you know how many clients a lobbyist would have to recuse in order to have no conflict to a national campaign? Better to not hire lobbyists than ask one to basically shut down their business for the remainder of said campaign.
Given these facts, how can we believe anyone who says a lobbyist who joins their campaign is fully recused. A bit naive?
On the other hand, half of DC would have to leave if lobbyists were outlawed, and that wouldn't be good for Washington's economy. All of the remaining campaigns have lobbyists on their staff. Well, maybe not Ron Paul.
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Quicker version...
[Read the article: Why Hillary Clinton should be winning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"If the rules weren't the rules, but some other rules were the rules, then Hillary would win."
I'm still onboard will the winner-take-all dunk contest, for the nomination AND the presidency... you know, while we're wishing for different rules that'll never happen.