Letters to the Editor
saintzak
Published Letters: 1459 Editor's Choice: 147
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It was very safe
[Read the article: The Democratic response]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush's speech was so weak I have a feeling a very strong or confrontational responce from the Democrats would have just sounded nasty. Bush was uninspired and kind of pathetic. I think the Democrats treated him like a nonentity.
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guaranteed the continued existence of slavery in the South. Lincoln roundly rejected it. But, perhaps a more *experienced* candidate might've found a way to accept said compromise?
[Read the article: Obama and the Kennedy legend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I remember that compromise.
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It will make her look as desperate as the Birthday Party in Streetcar Named Desire
[Read the article: Clinton's primary night gambit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The news won't be that she "won." The news will be that she she once again plays dodgily and dishonestly. It will be more of a joke than a win. It will be one more story about the clinton's stooping to any level for their own gain. It will be one more "fuck you" to the Democratic Party from the Clintons.
She'll be on tv accepting an empty, meaningless "victory" with that Mr. Sardonacus smile plastered on her face and her souless, grinding stump speech.
She's not doing herself any favors.
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A report out of Hillary Clinton's campaign says that Obama ran an ad in Florida. Has anyone seen a follow up on that?
[Read the article: Clinton's primary night gambit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He ran a national ad on cable news stations which ment Florida was included.
I think the Democratic Party isn't getting involved in the Florida charade because it would just turn into more psychodramatic hysteria from the Clintons claiming that the entire party is out to get them. By refusing to make an issue out of a subject that was a done deal months ago, the Democratic Party is pretty much leaving the Clintons to look rather foolish without getting caught up in their little game.
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re: A Democrat considering McCain over Clinton . . .
[Read the article: Clinton's primary night gambit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why independants and some Democrats will vote for McCain over Clinton...
Using Iraq as an example. If elected Obama will pull us out. There will be fall out and ramifications, but he will end the occupation. If elected John McCain will keep us in, and the war will grind on and on as it is now. If elected Hillary clinton will put us in a nightmarish Twilight Zone of something in between. She will twist and turn and recast herself at the first sign of trouble or negative poll results. Pulling troops out, sending more in, complaining "I inherited this war!" Her husband promised, promised, on the first day of his administration he would lift the ban on gays in the military. He folded like a wet blanket and gave us the witch hunt that is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (15th anniversary today). The Clintons are interested in one thing and one thing only:the Clintons. She will turn Iraq into a bigger, murkier mess than it is now .
Alot of people might not agree with John McCain, they might not like his positions, but they know what he's about and what he intends to do. With the Clintons they'll see a tar pit of self-indulgent psychodrama and histrionics designed to maintain their own personal power. Alot of people will chose the devil they know.
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She seems kind of nutty in that Sunset Boulevard sort of way
[Read the article: Florida polls close]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And apparently the early voters went overwhelimingly for Clinton. The voters going to the polls today satrted going in Obama's direction.
And a very flat uninspiring speech
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but who will they vote for?
[Read the article: McCain wins, and conservative heads explode]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They may say they hate him, but they'll all vote for him in November. More troubling is that McCain got the "anti-bush moderate" votes. That's exactly why he will steamroll over the Clintons in the general election.
And...
Todays boomer women flocking to Clinton will be November's security moms.
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Let us not forget that Edwards consistently beat the Republican field in national surveys
[Read the article: AP reports John Edwards will drop out today]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Personally, I think those national surveys are junk. He certainly gained no traction and got tepid support at best when people actually voted.
Who he throws his support to will be the one who makes him an offer...like AG.
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"The BEST way to support Ron Paul"
[Read the article: McCain tees off on Romney]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is to read his racist, homophobic, anti-semetic news letters/
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His ultimate aim is not only to achieve nuclear power, nuclear capability, but to use it to destroy Israel and to destroy civilization as we know it
[Read the article: On Fox News, your morning dose of apocalypse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bond, James Bond. Our only hope.
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I doubt that debate changed anyone's mind
[Read the article: Blitzer: "There are no rules"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Both were cautious to a fault. They were so intent on not slipping up that it all seemed somewhat robotic to me...or maybe just too many of these debates with the same format, same questions. The healthcare plans are too complex to be reduced down to a forum like this. Considering that the Republicans will be running a pro war, the terrorists are coming the terrorists are coming campaign, they spent far too little time on Iraq and foreign policy (whicch includes alot more than Iraq). It seemed like an after thought. They need to focus on it more to combat the Republicans.
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Huckabee want to be McCain's running mate
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If McCain told him to blow Jeff Gannon Huckabee would swallow if he thought it would plant his ass on the ticket.
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Two creaky old dinosaurs
[Read the article: "Islamist extremists ... don't distinguish between Democrats and Republicans"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]McCain and Lieberman look like they should be sitting in a nursing home dining room in sweats suits and diapers waiting for lunch.
I think that's why Obama's campaign is gaining so much momentum. It really is time to retire this crowd. We're facing a host of dire problems and I really don't think the answer is turning to people who've been part of those problems for years. I'm not one who thinks the clouds parted and Barack Obama dropped down, but he would be a dramatic change from the rut we're stuck in now. He's more forward thinking, more open to ideas. Mcain, clinton...relics form the past.
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Once was bad enough, but again...
[Read the article: Clinton "cries" again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...she's Tammy Faye Baker now.
And people still have to ask why the Clintons are so disliked.
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I don't see Obama taking CA
[Read the article: Super Tuesday showdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He'll do pretty well, but I think its a safe bet for Clinton.
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"Clinton's 1 1/2 hours of hallmark channel town hall was stunning"
[Read the article: Super Tuesday showdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sure both of the people who watch the Hallmark channel enjoyed it.
Did she explain why she voted for Kyle/Lieberman?
Did she explain why she said she'd end our occupation of Iraq with her fingers crossed behind her back? (I don't know what I'll inherit")
Did she explain what one her campaign staff ment when asked about people who don't sign on to her manditory healthcare plan? (they might have their wages garnished)
Or was it just more of her "35 years" "Day one" bunk?