Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 362 Editor's Choice: 7
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@ joejoe
[Read the article: It's OK to vote for Obama because he's black]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My support for Obama has nothing to do with either race or gender.
But be honest; Hillary Clinton would be where she is were she not Bill Clinton's wife? Do you suppose that women voters would be her bulwark if she were male?
I'm not going to vote for Obama because he is black, and I'm not going to be shamed into voting for Clinton because she is a woman.
I disagree with her mandated health insurance, her support to ban flag burning, and many more things. I'm not crazy about nepotism in politics either.
I've hired women, promoted women and supported women in positions above me much more than the average in my company. I've never been accused of sexism more than I have this year; by women who frankly should know me better than that.
I had hoped going into this political season that America may be going beyond gender and racial politics. One candidate seems to be trying to transcend the labels. The other seems to wallow in it.
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@ anon 10:35
[Read the article: Clinton camp continues Obama photo pushback]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anon says Obama "goes around concluding something is true on the basis of what Matt Drudge says is true"
And then follows this up with "Of course, SNL showed the world how our press behaves".
SNL? Really? The same SNL that has portrayed Hillary Clinton as a manipulative bitch on the halloween episode?
Newsflash: SNL is scripted television. Just like the Drudge report, it isn't reality.
Saturday Night Live was not on for a while because its writers were on strike. Shows that do political parody more often than not reflect the political views of their WRITERS, and may not be wholly reality based.
When Al Gore hosted the show, he relected on his first term as President. Again, in case you didn't understand what I said above; Al Gore did NOT have a term as President. It was a wistful depiction of what many of us wish were true.
For the life of me, I can't understand why Clinton and her supporters seem to relish media fights.
There is an old saying that one should never fight with somebody who buys ink by the barrel. I realize that electronic media doesn't need a lot of ink, but I think the rule still applies.
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Auntie Non
[Read the article: The dude vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm 60, (not too young). I understand history quite well. You'll have to explain how Obama has trashed history.
Obama has attracted a lot of youth, but I saw many young people at Sen. Clinton's rally as well. I'm not sure I've seen the generational gap. I realize many young people are voting for Obama, but so are a lot of older people too.
But what disturbs me is you don't think women should support Obama or McCain over Clinton.
Look, if you think you're too old for another female candidate to come around; first that's kind of a sexist attitude. I mean, would you vote for Condi Rice? Second, there are many MANY qualified women ready to lead. Women who got where they are ON THEIR OWN. Their are 16 women currently serving in the Senate and 8 female state governors ( most of the Democrats have endorsed Senator Obama ). When you write "I'm also too old to wait for another female presidential candidate as qualified as Hillary to come along." you're smacking them right in the face.
Finally, Obama's votes on Iraq war funding. Tell me if I'm off base here.
When the funding votes came up, both Senators Obama and Clinton were AGAINST the war. Obama says he was all along, Senator Clinton after she realized she was tricked by the dumbest President ever.
Yet the Clinton campaign points to those votes as if they are proof that Obama supports the war. Obama says he was supporting the troops, not the war. My question is this. If the Clinton people DO think those votes were PRO-WAR, why was Hillary voting for them.
If the Clintons disagree with Obama and think that someone against the war had an obligation to vote against the funding, what was she doing voting in the affirmative?
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This is Obama
[Read the article: McCain, Obama spar over war in Iraq ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've lived in Illinois my whole life (Obama was my State Senator). There is quite a bit of fight in him. He seems to have an ability to hit hard, but not look mean doing it.
I've said, I don't think voters are seeing the fighting side of Obama yet because the campaign against Hillary has to end in a way that both sides can come together in the end.
The Obama I know isn't just quick on his feet in responding, he's very capable of going on the offensive and smartly taking the fight to the other side. But again, he seems to do it in a way that doesn't turn off his opponents supporters. In that way, he often did remind me of Reagan.
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Obama pledged to stick with spending limits...
[Read the article: Are Barack Obama and John McCain hypocrites?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]after he is the nominee, that would mean AFTER the convention; in August. That's just a little over two months before the general election.
Should Hillary bow out after next Tuesday, what's to prevent Obama from continuing to run positive ads on the issues in the months before the convention, while the DNC runs ads against McCain?
He could easily agree to take public financing in September and October and run a very effective campaign.
I don't see it hurting Obama to stand by his pledge.