Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 118 Editor's Choice: 4
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It's All a Polticial Ploy
[Read the article: Iraq group will tell Bush to change course; will he listen?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]All this "leaking" (i.e., going on Imus, Hardball, etc.) is a political ploy. The idea is to make voters believe that after the election Bush The Elder will be riding to the rescue -- again! -- and bailing out his son's, and the nation's, butt. Reason will prevail, we're supposed to beleive. Just look how distinguished Mr. Baker looks!
It's a trick! Bush The Younger cannot possibly be any clearer: the troops aren't coming home so long as he's President. He has said this over and over, and he means it. We should believe him.
Forget the Baker-Hamilton ploy: it'll bear as much fruit as the Senate's investigation into how the administration used the Iraq intelligence -- exactly none.
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This is simply too bizarre
[Read the article: 2006 political ads: The star(?)-studded response to Michael J. Fox]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...to be real.
I can't believe this isn't intended as some kind of a joke. It's just too over the top, and the non-English opener is the kicker.
I doubt any of these people intend for us to take this seriously.
"Stop Stem Cell Research Now!"
It's just hard to believe anyone thinks like this.
I remember the Good Old Days when we used to refer to kooks like this as "John Birchers." Ah, those were the days...
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Hear, hear.
[Read the article: Shame]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Finally, a meaningful thought about this terrible war. We have done a terrible thing. The very least we can do is to show contrition.
I for one concur in your apology. May the Iraqi people forgive us.
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Two things...
[Read the article: White House: Kerry insulted the troops. Kerry: No, I insulted Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]First is that the Repubs will make a stink about anything that suits their interests, whether or not it is fair or right. Have we not learned that pretty well by now? So in that sense Kerry was a hapless Republican victim.
Second, we are typically all-wrapped up in parsing his stupid joke. What the Republicans know is that it doesn't matter what he said or meant; this is just a chance to expose the image of a supremely unappealing Democrat in the days before the election. If people were 1/2 as smart as all this parsing supposes, we'd be looking at amending the Constitution to allow President Gore a third term.
Let's leave this alone and move on. All we can do now is make it worse.
P.S. I hope this ends Kerry's 08 campaign once and for all. His presence as a candidate is a great boon to the right.
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Wrong.
[Read the article: Chevy Chase does Mel -- or is it Borat?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Chase came admirably close to real acting on L&O, and given the (melo)drama of the writing, the whole thing worked perfectly well. I bought (mostly) his racial tirade schtick, in part because the character was supposed to be plastered.
I thought in the rest of the episode he did an workman-like job. I especially liked his faux-pain over selling his son down the river ("Well, the boy's always had issues").
Maybe you HAVE seen too many Vacation movies.
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And Let's Tip Our Hat of Schaudenfreude to...
[Read the article: Bye-bye, bullies!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's not forget to savor the much-deserved demise of Conrad Burns, as well as Tom Kean Jr., who defined new levels of unctiousness.
And of course Majority Leader Delay, who left one step ahead of the constable.
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Just Dumb.
[Read the article: The man who ended our Nixon nightmare]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The idea that Ford did the nation a service by ending the nightmare of Nixon's come-uppance is just bizarre. It is not less bizarre because it has been deemed the Conventional Wisdom.
Imagine a serial killer being apprehended -- at last -- and then indicted. At some point before the trial, the governor pardons him to end our "nightmare."
The fact that the President was a criminal was no kind of constitutional crisis. It did make the Washington media uncomfortable, though, much like saying that Bush is a dry drunk makes them uncomfortable.
Allowing the legal processes of the nation to work as they are intended is not a crisis. After all, we had a completely baseless and partisan impeachment and Senate trial, and we all survived somehow, the Republic no worse for wear.
Let's just all take a pledge: "I will stop thinking and saying things just because everybody else does." See? Wasn't that easy?
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One day...
[Read the article: A time for the Senate to lead]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One day, leaders like Jim Webb will be the rule, not the exception.
Bit for now, he is one of a very few that is pointing the way forward.
Hurrah, Jim Webb, hurrah.
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Poignant...
[Read the article: Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Amanda's experience just pushes me into further despair at how far our nation has fallen from its once-proud heritage.
On the other hand, it's bittersweet because reading Amanda's wonderful essay makes me realize that with people like her, we will certainly succeed in taking back our country and restoring it to its rightful place.
Too bad Edwards' former blogmaster is far more appealing than Edwards himself...
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A Little Sad
[Read the article: Fighting words]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]At first I thought Ms. Walsh was intentionally misrepresenting the "bloggers" to make some point that was essentially self-serving (i.e., promoting Salon).
Which I was OK with. No harm in a little shameless self-promotion.
But as I read, I got a little sad because it seemed increasingly clear that this wasn't intentional misreading; it was in fact not understanding that "bloggers" are not a monolithic force with a single POV. As far as I can tell, the only thing most progressive bloggers have in common is the desire to win.
If one really thinks Marcos and Jerome have any interest in replacing the current crop of losing consultants, then you are either trying to mis-characterize their (very clearly expressed) views, or you are simply not understanding something that is honestly pretty clear.
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God Bless Glenn Greenwald
[Read the article: Joe Lieberman's dishonesty: The Iraq tragedy in a nutshell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hope every reader of Glenn's realizes and appreciates what he does for this nation.
I hope I live to see the day when my kids (more likely grandkids) can attend the Glenn Greenwald Middle School, somewhere in this great nation of ours.