Letters to the Editor
saintzak
Published Letters: 1459 Editor's Choice: 147
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"If today's first effort is any indication, that won't be Pelosi's style"
[Read the article: Pelosi's first press conference]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think one of the reason's for last night's results were that people are sick and tired of it all, and not just Iraq, but the bullying, swaggering, braying confrontational attitude and tactics of Bush and his crowd. Americans want real, thought out solutions not just more slogans.
Good for Nancy Pelosi for behaving like a thoughtful, intelligent adult not a pompous schoolyard bully.
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impeachment
[Read the article: Reports: Allen to concede Virginia Senate race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't expect it. It would backfire on the Democrats,and they know it. The American people just want to get things back on track not 2 years of psycho drama. Let nuetered George Bush his way into history and everyone will be happy. there will be hearings and investigations galore, and Bush and Cheney will slink away in January 2009 covered in their own slime.
Investigate, shine a harsh light on the reality of Iraq, Halliburton, secret energy task forces, the sticky evangelical fingers touching the highest levels of the administration, K Street, all of it. Lay it bare for the the public to see then leave them exposed and disgraced. That would have much greater impact than a bruising impeachment ordeal.
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Lieberman, Part 2
[Read the article: Allen concedes defeat in Virginia]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have a feeling his affiliation is up for sale. He'll sniff around and sees who is offering him the best deal.
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The only place for him to go now
[Read the article: Say good night, Ken]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hear the Log Cabin Repulicans are always looking for people.
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Newt Gingrich deserves no kudos
[Read the article: The GOP in 2008: As Allen convalesces, Gingrich unloads]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Congratulations are in order for Newt Gingrich, who appears to have just awakened from a 6 year coma to find the man occupying the White House to be a smirkingly disingenuous, thoroughly incompetent boob."
He's a self-serving piece of trash. He only had a George Bush epiphany because they lost. If the Republicans had held the Congress he'd be singing a different tune.
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Give Carville his own reality show with Newt Gingrich
[Read the article: The chairman can't win for winning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...then they can be the centers of attention all they want. James Carville is a dinosaur well past his expiration date, and he sould just stick to being a cable news shrieking head.
As far as Harold Ford goes, Everytime I've seen him he's come across as smug and unlikeable. Even a very symathetic Bill Maher didn't seem to have much patience for him. Barrack Obama he aint.
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He's just following that old saying:
[Read the article: Silent Dick]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all.
I have a feeling he licking his wounds and biding his time. His patsy is the one who has to out and make nice with the winners. Just wait until the Democrats start flexing their muscles on Iraq. then we'll see Cheney come slithering back. But now he's like the later period Elvis: a bloated wrecked shaddow of his former self playing to the backwater bible belt.
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Harold Ford Jr.
[Read the article: Do Democrats need the South?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Harold Ford Jr. ran hard to the right, talking incessantly about how powerful "my Jesus" was, filming a campaign ad in a church, boasting that he was pro-life, denouncing the New Jersey same-sex marriage ruling, and wearing a camouflage hunting cap on Election Day."
Next time let him run as what he is: a Republican. As a Democrat I will not support a candidate with his views, no matter what party.
I would rather see a true Republican win than a Democrat who does not support what the party stands for. We do not need to be polluted with right wing candidates.
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Barack Obama...
[Read the article: For 2008, a hypothetical Democratic victory]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...would pulverize John McCain. His star is rising so rapidly there would be no stopping him if he ran in 08. And if he doesn't run in 08 he's stupid. In 2012 or 2016 he's just another Senator.
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Maybe a magic wand
[Read the article: Iraq deadline quagmire]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Let the Iraqi government disband the Shiite militias that are terrorizing parts of Baghdad. Demand that the nation's elected leaders make political progress in reconciling the various ethnic groups. Give the Iraqi police and military more time to take over security."
We are constantly in a state of the "critical next six month," and the situation just gets worse and worse. We needed a change in our political leadership, and we also need a change in our military leadership. Anyway you look at it, everyone involved in this fiasco has been an absolute disaster. Abizaid said nothing more than "stay the course." That is no longer an option. Abizaid offered nothing. No plan, no insight, no honest appraisal. He needs to go.
Obviously we can't simply pack up and leave overnight, but an orderly well-timed exit is essential. The Iraqis must choose their own direction and fate.
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Next fall?
[Read the article: The Bush plan for Iraq: A few more troops?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't count on it. Bush's Iraq plan is to run out the clock. He'll snarl things up there for the rest of his term and leave the mess for the next president to deal with...and take the blame for.
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to me...
[Read the article: If you didn't get it, you don't know Jack]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...it sounded like a desperate passive/agreesive way of saying. "CALL! WRITE! VISIT!"
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One word.
[Read the article: The wrong egg]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Adoption.
I feel no pity for these sef absorbed people. There are plenty of children who need to be placed in good homes.
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Onward Christian Soldiers
[Read the article: Bush family-planning pick: Marketing contraceptives demeans women]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Christian right has already drawn their line in the sand. They want their asses kissed big time or there will be hell to pay in the 2008 elections. Bush will spend his remaining time in office kissing their asses. He's certainly not going to address Iraq in any meaningful way.
I think the public as a whole is finally becoming tired of these Christian fascust bullies and they are strating to be marginalized. Bush and whatever Republicans who chose to cater to their extreme whims will find them selves further and further removed from mainstream America. Michael Jordan, Maddonna, Fonzie...they all had their moment and then outworn their welcome. The christian right's shelf life is starting to expire.