Letters to the Editor
tom payne
Published Letters: 1101 Editor's Choice: 3
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Bullcap
[Read the article: Calls come in for Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For the record, oh master of condescension, I'm a 61 year old Vietnam era veteran, grandfather of four, father of four, married to the same woman for almost 38 years. I worked on the Robert Kennedy campaign in '68 when I was 21. I've been waiting since then for someone to spark that same kind of energy and positive sense of common purpose. I thought I saw it in Gary Hart, a little. Nope. I thought I saw some in John Edwards, and I still do. But Obama's campaign is charting new waters, not the turgid Potomac that Hillary swims in. It's not that she's not a qualified candidate, or a good woman, or a fine Senator. It's that she does not inspire; never has, never will. It's a gift. You can rain all over the parade and join the Billary Bunch in claiming he's all talk and she's all action. That's not the point. The American people- you know, bill, WE the people- need to be galvanized into taking some very drastic actions. the Bush years have been an unmitigated Katrina sized disaster in every arena. Global warming requires immediate, sacrificial change. Yeah, that word: change. It doesn't mean four quarters for a buck, bucko. It mean the ability to make folks believe again that this country can rise toward its long unmet ideals. Maybe you and Cindy McLame are proud of this country no matter what, but I'm not. I'm not proud of Iraq. I'm not proud of Guantanemo. I'm not proud of crumbling education and infrastructure. Change, bill. Change. Hillary is not it. She should see beyond herself, and get busy making November a reality. It's going to take all of us. The fascists will not relinquish power without a bloody fight. I'm ready. How 'bout you, bill?
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billcap
[Read the article: Calls come in for Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Nice straw person. Hillary is the one saying that she's all action and Obama is all talk. Of course, a well trained lab rat would be a step up from Bushit. I do think Bill, first, and now Hillary, are triangulators by trade. Enough. You don't start a compromising process by capitulating before the bargaining begins- or giving King Georgie (who is, undeniably, a poopie head) a blank check for Iran in the same way she signed one for Iraq. She has yet to apologize or admit a mistake. She began this campaign with a huge lead in money, name recognition, and double digit leads everywhere. Gone. All gone. Obama out worked her, out thought her, out organized her, and kicked her ample ass from coast to coast. I doesn't take a keen eye to discern a pattern, but it apparently escapes you. Smells of hydrogen sulfide. I don't pretend to take all this chat room banter seriously, or to pen anything Payne-esque. I'll leave the bloated egos to the Clintonistas. It's all they've got left. Hey, if the ol' Hillster can win by 20 points in both Texas and Ohio next week, she's almost back to even in delegates. Wanna bet on that one, billy boy? She might win; I doubt it. But if she does, it'll be by two or three points. Game, set, match Obama. You can count, I presume. Count Hillary out. Sleep tight. love heywood
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blank expression
[Read the article: The "plagiarism" problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]everyone borrows from the common lexicon every time we speak. we unconsciously quote Shakespeare, the Bible, and the French (mayonnaise, anyone?) every time we open our yaps. You make it sound as if Obama ripped off the Magna Carta. He borrowed and paraphrased from a friend with whom he shares a close advisor and contributor to speeches by both the governor and Obama. It is an index of just how desperate the Klinton Kampaign has become that this mindless trivia has been bloated to a major moral issue. Get real. Get out.
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McLame's Already Screwed
[Read the article: A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey, this is a guy who was porking his then mistress, now arm candy wife, while he was married to his previous wife. So, it would be no moral stretch to see him screwing the lobbyists who screw us. It's nothing new. At least it wasn't in a airport men's room. Go, John. You're a walking mumbling Viagra commercial. And being shot down doesn't make you a hero. Respect, yes. Heroics, nope. Bad luck. You go, John Boy. Just leave them sheep behind the barn alone.
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Obama Can Write, and Does
[Read the article: The "plagiarism" problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Books. and he speaks extemporaneously for 45 minutes without notes. We all borrow phrasing. The people of Wisconsin told us how important this drivel is. The Hillster lost by 17 points in a "toss up" state. Bye, Clintonistas.
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Heffalump Droppings Again
[Read the article: A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey, elephant boy, McCain opened himself up to this line of inquiry with the fact he was porking his mistress, now wife, while he was still married to his previous wife. You guys sure know family values, and airport restrooms. So, if he was cozy with a foxy lobbyist young enough to be his daughter, flew back and forth to Phoenix with her, and did favors for her company, pardon me if I think that might be a slightly larger deal than Obama paraphrasing a friend and supporter in a speech. Tell us again why McLame is a big hero. He got shot down. He spent time as POW. For that, all due respect. What has done since, especially since 2000? Spent most of his time with his nose up Bushie's tushie. Straight bullshit express comin' through. love heywood.
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which anal is which?
[Read the article: A new face for American diplomacy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]how much foreign policy experience did JFK have? Ray-gun? Big Bill and His Big One? Just about zero. Being brilliant helps. Georgie the Moron had zero foreign policy experience, and he was proud of it. Still is. If we wanted foreign policy experience we should have nominated Madeline Albright or Bill Richardson. We need a leader, not a freaking resume with legs. Obama is 5 years older than John Kennedy when he was elected. Richard Nixon had a resume to die for, and 58,000 americans and many times that number of Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians proved it by dying. love heywood.
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Elephant Crap
[Read the article: Dems join in lobby story fundraising]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]McLame is a piano player in a whorehouse. It's your whorehouse, heffalump.