Very keen, very incisive analysis. I'd like to share the link to your letter quoted here, if you don't mind, in various corners of the internet where I loiter:

This accusation will resonate very strongly with conservatives, who make accusations like this all the time. It is a staple of the conservative movement, which has opposed affirmative action, trial lawyers, and welfare with the same accusation. Conservatives will take any opportunity to vilify the victim, for complex reasons that would be worthy of a discussion of their own. My theory about that can be summarized by saying that empathy for victims runs more toward an argument for a communitarian ideology and away from a libertarian ideology. You can turn to God or charity in your time of need, but conservatives do not believe in taking any sense of entitlement to the public square.

And.. the concern trolls have taken over. Time to close this one up, Ms Walsh.

I'll give you a dollar to stop posting.

You know what sounds anti-feminist to me? Someone telling someone else what they can and can't do with their vagina.

Now, if I sucked cock for money, I just don't see "tinwoman" heroically leaping to shield me from my own terrible, depraved, and morally reprehensible line of work.

If you are too much of a prude to accept that every interaction between every human being ever is a trade of some sort, and that cash for sex is not a bad thing, then good for you. Don't sell your body. More money for someone else.

As long as we can have Men's Only clubs back..

(Not that I would necessarily want to spend my leisure time with a bunch of other dudes, but, its nice to have the option).

(And its the principal of the matter.)

Having seen you and your club mates photos and blurbs (plus your hilariously misspelled protest poster), I sometimes wonder, though wincing, how do you bear the irony?

Then I remember that you are an unintelligent child of privilege and you do not see the irony of your intellectually dishonest contortions that justify your defense of poor, put-upon George Walker Bush and his ilk.

"Good luck with that," indeed. Mr Keillor, luck has nothing to do with it. Twits like College Republican and Defender of God and Country and Empire Elephantman don't play on an level playing field -- were that so, they wouldn't have to resort to calling a self-made and talented man like Barack Obama an elitist whose success can only be the result of the generous handouts of white society at large.

Not only are you a racist and a classist, Elephantman, but you are an unintentional humorist.

Anyone who uses this term is a witless twit.

I can think of no better way to disregard anything and everything some letter writer has to say than scanning for the following:

obamabot

obamaton

obamatron

messiah

empty-suite

Empty-suite is a good way to refer to the current occupant. Airhead is better.

In the sake of fairness I used to defend Bush from offhand statements that he was stupid by qualifying it: he is incurious, privileged, stubborn. I gave up.

To insinuate the same thing about Obama is simple trolling. Like him or not, you HAVE TO admit he is very, very talented and extremely smart.

This is by any reasonable measure of intelligence. So, if you want me to think you are unreasonable, please feel free to continue using terms like "obamabot." I will gladly disregard any argument you attempt to make as a reducto ad absurdum argument and discount it off hand, sight unseen.

Thanks,

And, this is what loaded right after I contributed:

1,776

Supporters 120,576

Raised $

Could it be? I was contributor 1,776? Awesome!

Obama is not putting McCain away because Republicans own the media, he's black, and he has to work against 30 years of demonizing of Democrats by Republicans.

Next.

Salon.com, unbelievably bad election coverage.

Haha, what? Some fucking scumbag Rethuglican quoting a Salon.com story in a hit piece against Barack Obama?

SHOCKING.

http://salonparody.blogspot.com/2008/08/saloncom-is-concerned-about-obama.html

I have paid for several years of subscriptions, but really, the coverage has started to grate on my nerves.

Also, let me interject that we have a candidate who subsequent to cheating on his crippled wife and mother of his children, married the harlot of low character with whom he was gleefully sticking his privileged manhood into, and enjoyed the benefits of her families fortunes and influence to launch his political career.

Also, he called her a cunt.

Cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt. McCunt. John McCain called his wife a cunt. How about that? Cunt!

..Called his wife a cunt! Unbelievable!

Just a friendly reminder.

..is concerned?

What's the matter, no golden ticket?

Is a scumbag. Period, full stop, end of transmission.

We have been a Christian nation ever since the last decent man to hold the office was defeated by that combat avoiding, sports caster from Hollywood in 1980. Things have gone downhill ever since.

This dance is necessary. Your harping, concerned, nanny-nanny-boo-boo commentary is not. We all know that this Kabuki is a shuck-and-jive that all Democrats, especially Barack Hussein Obama, have to do come election time because the religious right is a criminal enterprise that controls wealth, media and power.

The last real Christian President was Carter, he was also the last decent man to hold the office. The two are not necessarily co-dependent.

But your concerns.. well, there is a whiff of something else here, Joan, let's be honest. Why even bring it up, surely there is more exciting news than the quadrennial fealty paid to the big God scam by politicians of all stripe.

And why is this Obama's problem? What about McCain.

I'll just come out and say it: are you a crypto-PUMA?

Inquiring minds want to know. Happy Sunday!