Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 497 Editor's Choice: 25
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@Glenn & DC Law
[Read the article: Democrats' strategy: Strength through bowing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let the record state that I unequivocally agree with both of your last posts to me. We are on the same "side" after all!
I'm just saying, as simply as I can this time: Let's hammer the other guys for a while. They deserve it more. Its productive. And, hell, we like doing it!
Let's, as a liberal constituency, pull a "Costanza" on this one (do the exact opposite of what your gut reaction is) and see how it works out this time.
cabdriver: I've got no idea what you're on about..
Cheers and goodnight!
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You guys can't even get the filibuster thing right..
[Read the article: Learning to live with the "new" Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Actual quote (not from Obama, but from spokesman Bill Burton):
"To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies."
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/10/obama_camp_says_it_hell_support_filibuster_of_any_bill_containing_telecom_immunity.php
Support a filibuster. Not engage in his own filibuster. Its really that simple. Notice also how I provide a link instead of talking out of my ass..
Parsing one's words is not an invention of Obama's. It's not even an invention of Bill Clinton's (although one could argue that he brought it to a national level). Its what is required to be a lawyer - to write and understand laws.
That being said, do we know that he DIDN'T supprt a filibuster? We know that one was attempted but that cloture was invoked and passed with far more votes than needed. I can see if Obama's vote was the one that put the cloture vote over the top, but it didn't.
There's a great majority of you who need to educate yourselves on parliamentary procedure and well as how many actual progressive principles were passed by Clinton in his 8 years in office.
Also, let's remind ourselves that we've won NOTHING yet. Let's get a Dem in office first, with all the executive power that entails, and THEN we can start worrying about policy.
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@syphax
[Read the article: Learning to live with the "new" Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Maybe it's that I realize that for all his imperfections, Obama's policy, worldview, and leadership style are, for me, far preferable than the alternative(s)."
Amen, brother. That's what I've been trying to get through people's heads for the last 2 weeks: NONE of us are going to get EVERYTHING we want from a politician. So what's with all the teeth-gnashing and rending of garments. Where was all this outrage when Clinton was deregulating everything under the sun during his last term? That's caused us more harm in the long run than this FISA bill ever will.
Also, I like your Lincoln comparisons. Here's another politician who did what he NEEDED to do (suspension of habeus corpus, hello?) but who has been deified beyond all objectivity by history. There's a lesson in there for all of us.
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OK, bucks4mccain, I'll bite...
[Read the article: Obama: "My plan for Iraq"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Since you're so skeptical of any diplomatic progress being made in the Middle East, what is your solution? Permanent war? Kill 'em all, let God sort it out? Force fields? Lava moats?
Enlighten us...
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@brightstar
[Read the article: The end of men]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Today, with women in actuality cryptically running things, men are forced to compete with each other for the few alpha women's affections. With no women to fight over, to show off for, to woo or impress, this impetus would evaporate.
That depends. Would the porn disappear too?
Back on topic: I just read the final trade (which is what this article has been discussing, the single-issues finished up months ago) and I have to say, as a man, the end (not the little-to-cute "epilogue") actually made me well up. That's good readin'.
It's also nice that the "Y" series actually ended! Most great comics, I find, are either stories with an ending (e.g.,"Y", "Preacher", "V for Vendetta") or self-contained episodes with in an ongoing arch (e.g., X-men "Phoenix" saga, Spider-Man "Venom" saga, Daredevil & Elektra saga). I wish the comics industry would take note of this trend - the serials are getting tired and the storylines are so convoluted as to be only understood and remembered by real-life comic book guys. And even then they'd have to employ a dry-erase board for diagramming purposes. Give me more well-written, self-contained stories with good art, please!!
Speaking of which, "The Walking Dead" needs to start thinking about what it wants to be when it grows up, 'cause I got about 3 more trades in me until I'm done. Let's wrap it up, people!!
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@indy08
[Read the article: Clinton die-hards want floor vote at convention]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're being hyperbolic. See if you can follow the logic:
1. There is no law or constitutional requirement on choosing a NOMINEE for president. You can flip a coin if you want. The Green Party has no state by state voting process to choose its candidate. If it did they probably would have gotten Nader again.
2. Disenfranchisement can only occur if you have THE RIGHT as DEFINED in our laws and constitution to vote and then have it taken away from you. You don't have a right to have your vote counted in a primary. No one does.
3. Hence, the citizens of Michigan can not be disenfranchised when it comes to the Democratic primary. In fact, the DNC is not obliged by anything other than its own rules and decisions on who they think should be their nominee. Its really that simple.
4. Comparing people to Karl Rove is soooo 2006!