Letters to the Editor
Uncle Fester
Published Letters: 1346 Editor's Choice: 12
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@billcap The most right peculiar Rev. Huckabee
[Read the article: "Clinton will not be able to win the nomination"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That has to be one of the funniest things I've read in here in quite a bit. Huckabee wouldn't be so bad if you could get rid of the Theocracy spiel. That's a deal killer. I'll keep my church and state separate, thank you very much.
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Where in the world is Rev Wright?
[Read the article: The Democrats' anti-momentum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I find it curious that Wright hasn't been seen or heard from.
I think I heard from Obama on Larry King that Wright is on a retirement cruise at the moment. Probably in a nice big padded suite with no phone or internet connections on a ship in the middle of the south pacific headed towards antartica.
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@madam F,
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the nation link. A scathing read.
I suppose I'm more willing to extend the benefit of the doubt.
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CAS: Always be nice to stray doggrels
[Read the article: "Clinton will not be able to win the nomination"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I that purple prose prefer
to verse bereft of vigor.
Conform thy words
And march them normally.
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@lolcait Roadblocks
[Read the article: "It is possible ... that she misspoke"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How about naming a few roadblocks to another vote in FL & MI.
Here's some on my list:
Illegal to mail vote in FL
FL doesn't want to pay for another vote
Illegal to share voter list in FL
In MI, votes have to be kept in the machines for 30 days. There's a bunch of other elections planned already.
County clerk says primary do-over likely`impossible'
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1205851812198890.xml&coll=7
They don't seem to have much to do with Obama.
Here's a site containg the memo the Obama campaign sent regarding questions about the MI vote. What do you disagree with?
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/in_new_memo_obama_camp_effecti.php#more
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Playing is not gaming
[Read the article: "Clinton will not be able to win the nomination"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Playing by the rules is not gaming them.
And if someone declares themselves the Experienced Candidate and the Ready on Day One candidate, then I expect them to kick ass and win handily, especially against an upstart, because those were the expections that were set. It's what I believed last year. The Experienced Candidate is supposed know all the stupid and arcane shit like the back of her hands. At least that's what I think of as experienced. If they don't do that, it's only natural to question how experienced and ready they are. I think it's fair to think Hillary is the better candidate, but how she has run her campaign should give anyone pause. She's not going to have much time to make corrections if she gets the nomination in August.
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@Red off the hook too easy IMHO
[Read the article: "Clinton will not be able to win the nomination"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Obama campaign accused the Clintons of being racist.
I think this is letting the Clinton campaign off the hook too easy, especially with lots of other evidence lying around.
First, even if I agree the race card was played and first played by Obama, if the Clinton campaign was really badass realpolitik and good field generals of the political stripe, they would have antipicated the "race card", and had one of several of Hillary's much vaunted plans ready to deploy to counter it. It's something I would expect of a planner.
Second they ran predominately a Big Blue state only campaign. Hillary even said that the campaign would be over on Feb 5th on a talk show in Dec. The timing of expenditures in her campaign showed they spent all the money for Feb 5th. Obama had more offices and people on the ground in states like Wisconsin, Wyoming and etc. because he planned to run in all contests from the start. Take away just a few of his victories between Feb 5th and March 5th and the race starts to look very different.
Finally there's no reason Hillary couldn't have positioned herself as the change candidate or sought the youth vote, or emphasized internet fund raising from the start.
My 0.02 euro
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doc5467 Stuck in the middle
[Read the article: "Clinton will not be able to win the nomination"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Obama is better at politics than we thought, Hillary is not as good as we thought. Even if she doesn't get the nomination, second place is no small feat. She beat out Biden, Dodd, Richardson, Edwards, (etc). I acknowledge there is little credit for second place in our politics, but still. I personally think there still great accomplishments in her future.
And once the dems eliminated all the "safe white male" candidates and picked Hillary or Obama, we were headed into some type of conversation about racism or sexism and a potential train wreck. I disagree with Bill Clinton; a McCain vs Hillary contest would not be a genteel discussion of the issues. It would be a knockdown drag out blood bath. Probably not much different from a McCain Obama contest. So I hope everyone saves enough righteous anger, bile and vitriol for the general.
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Matthews is a journalist?
[Read the article: Matthews rails against "Clinton-centric world" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Since when? It's clear to me that he's always willing to give his opinion, and he doesn't try to hide it, or appear "impartial" like other media sources. I wouldn't call his show, Hardball, "news" either.
So find another way to discredit him. It probably won't be hard. Just remember, did the media focus more on how the Clintons reacted to the Richardson endorsement than how the public views it? Or who else has complained about the erasure of the Scooter Libby pardon from the media's consciousness?
Feel free to shoot the messenger, but save some bullets for the message.
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Madam: Easy for you to say
[Read the article: "Clinton will not be able to win the nomination"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Less easy than you might imagine
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The Beard
[Read the article: Matthews rails against "Clinton-centric world" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've wondered about the beard, myself. I think it means that Richardson got his mojo back. He certainly seems more relaxed, engaging and charismatic. He also reminds me of U.S. Grant:
http://www.alomani.com/knowledge/history/us/t_union_general_grant.jpg
It's human nature to focus on stuff like red dresses, flag pins, hair cuts and beards.