Letters to the Editor
jamiso
Published Letters: 225 Editor's Choice: 2
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lets get to the real heart of the matter
[Read the article: Is Obama getting "testy"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is funny how we are all arguing over parts of this debate, yet all ignoring the fact that the most important part of this primary campaign was seen last night.
It came at the end, and it has been largely ignored. I think this is the most important part, because it cuts to what this primary is really all about, and the different perspectives on leadership that the candidates have. I think the last question gave us the best real insight into what each of these candidates would be like as president.
So I will re print it here (I cut the fat but left the meat….To see the full quotes: (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/21/debate.transcript3/index.html). I will not make a judgment, but leave it to you, which you would prefer in a president:
Question: If Dr. Martin Luther King were alive today, unfortunately, he's not, but if he were alive today, why do you think he would or why should he endorse you?
EDWARDS: For two reasons. One is that.........two biggest issues that Dr. King stood for, which are the issues of equality and ending poverty in America....... I mean, I have been pushing this issue as aggressively and as loudly as I possibly can and I will do it as long as I'm alive, because it is central to what I believe.
OBAMA: Well, I don't think Dr. King would endorse any of us. I think what he would call upon the American people to do is to hold us accountable, and this goes to the core differences, I think, in this campaign.................
I believe change does not happen from the top down. It happens from the bottom up.
So that has been a hallmark of my career, transparency and accountability, getting the American people involved. That's how we're going to bring about change. That's why I want to be president of the United States, to respect the power of the American people to bring about change.
CLINTON:
......And then there was a meeting of morality and politics. And the political leaders finally responded.
The American people should not have to work so hard to get leaders who will actually help them and recognize we are strongest when we lead by our values. Dr. King transformed the lives of so many of us, and I intend to do whatever I can to make his legacy real in the lives of Americans.
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@glass on gams
[Read the article: Is Obama getting "testy"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't blame Nader, at least he ran on conviction
If Gore had not been running as Bush Jr. maybe he would have won (lets not let our memories get twisted, go to the video, Gore sucked)and as far as Iraq was concerned:
air strike 26 Jun 1993
cruise missile strike 13 Jan 1993
cruise missile strike 17 Jan 1993
OPERATION DESERT STRIKE 03 Sep 1996
OPERATION DESERT THUNDER Feb 1998
OPERATION DESERT VIPER Nov 1998
OPERATION DESERT FOX 16 Dec 1998
With continues sanctions, and the Iraq liberation act of 1998....
Wonder how different Gore would have been? Maybe just crippling sanctions and a few bombings...like the good ol'days..poor Iraqi bas%$ards
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Joan
[Read the article: Obama and Clinton on Reagan and Republicans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That was very intellectually dishonest.
VERY.....intellectually.....dishonest
you should know better
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I'll hop into the "generation war"
[Read the article: Obama and Clinton on Reagan and Republicans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm 27 and I can hardly remember a world without a Bush or Clinton in the Whitehouse, because I was in 3rd grade.
I think the baby boomers are annoying.
I am sick of their culture wars, we outgrew them! they have not...so let us take over, since apparently we are more mature.
Yes we want unity in America! You know why? because there is not just 2 americans....there are several...and they ALL HATE EACH OTHER!
This is not about getting a democrat in the whitehouse..this is not about getting even with the republican party...this is not about BS...this is not about YOU. THIS IS ABOUT AMERICA! An america that is canabalizing itself.
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@Gams on Glass
[Read the article: Is Obama getting "testy"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know that...
the difference to me is that I believe that Obama is will not use force for stupid reasons, but use it correctly
BTW: 5 million still dead in the Congo...Somalia still in anarchy and a terrorist base...800k Rwandans are still dead...
But bombing an asprin factory in Sudan sure did a lot of good. Yes ser ey.
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@Rosenkavalier
[Read the article: Obama and Clinton on Reagan and Republicans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I live in Newark NJ...I spent a part of high school in Juvey and what not...I went to the army instead of college and served in Iraq 1.5 years...I also spent a good chuck of my life in south east asia.
Yes, I'm a very sheltered person, thanks for pointing that out there.
Jeeze...
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@vmcla1
[Read the article: Obama and Clinton on Reagan and Republicans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ya, what about it?
It sound perfectly insightful? Is there now something wrong with being insightful?
You are posting something, and saying it says something that it doesn't say...but I can't argue with it because the whole argument is in your imagination
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@Anonymous...
[Read the article: Is Obama getting "testy"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]GORE COST NADER THE 2000 ELECTION.
He was a spoiler for Nader!
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New Clinton attack ad ?
[Read the article: Obama and Clinton on Reagan and Republicans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Barak Obama fathered McCain’s wife’s illegitimate black child.
Is it really that far off?
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Did I just go back in time?
[Read the article: Will whites vote for Barack Obama? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Didn't we cover this already?
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I just seems a little too Vladamir Putin to me
[Read the article: Bill Clinton looks backward]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This whole "co-president" thing.
Is it just me?
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2 points need to be made
[Read the article: In the NYT primary, it's Clinton and McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1. The senator from New York gets an endorsement from the the New York Times! No Way...I never would have thunk it.
2. What experience, for the 100000 time? It is starting to just feel like a lie that gets repeated so much that it became true.
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@-Anonymous 9:44
[Read the article: Bill Clinton looks backward]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1/2 the people who I've spoken to who are voting for her cite that as THE REASON! To bring Bill back....
if its media spin...they are playing into it, that is for sure.
and if they were not "co-presidents" in the 90s...where did Clinton get her executive experience we hear soooo much of? Isn't that why she is ready on day one?