Letters to the Editor
John Anderson
Published Letters: 582 Editor's Choice: 6
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What, no Paglia?
[Read the article: Does Madonna still matter?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I used to listen to her a lot (Madonna, not Paglia), because I used to listen to the radio a lot...like, 25 years ago.
These days I don't listen to the radio much...and going down to the record store for a Madonna cd is about the last thing I'd do.
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Obama is sunk
[Read the article: Obama "outraged" by Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]in your dreams!
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"She'll be studied in gender studies classes, but not in the way she'd probably wish."
[Read the article: Obama "outraged" by Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I come here not to study Joan Walsh, but to bury her...under a growing pile of electronic correspondence.
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blatantly abusive language is a classic troll
[Read the article: George Bush is John McCain's Rev. Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]this person may just want to make Obama supporters look bad.
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brewmn quote from the archive
[Read the article: George Bush is John McCain's Rev. Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary will have my vote in the general, but not before. I think the best candidate to do what you're suggesting, dress up progressivism in a way to make it seem mainstream, is Obama, by far.
If he's telling the truth, he is willing to vote for a woman (which disproves AKA's point).
If he's lying, he's a troll...and maybe not the best example of an Obama supporter.
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having interests versus advertising them
[Read the article: You are not your bookcase]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I would like to point out that people are constantly constructing personas for themselves, and the "interest list" is just as valid a technique as any other.
Also, those people who seem most in need of this "advice" will likely ignore it, while the true enthusiast will not even understand what you're talking about.
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"What is it about Obama that attracts such truly nasty disciples, anyway?"
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's big, brass ... fortitude]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Promoting the "disciple" meme is almost as bad as using foul language, in my opinion. Typical of your posts, though.
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Clinton's gas plan
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's big, brass ... fortitude]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Experts and editorial boards have given the idea a thumbs down, reasoning that such a tax break would actually make people drive more.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-nacamp03,0,4478421.story
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"I assumed she was insane"
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's big, brass ... fortitude]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Now you're getting the hang of it.
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"It's sort of unsurprising that somebody like Palfrey could feel driven to suicide -- because of the shame of being in the sex work world."
[Read the article: Death and the D.C. Madam ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The interview I read said she was concerned about doing hard time.
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you can take that $30 gas tax savings...
[Read the article: Obama is wrong about the gas tax]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and use it to buy a week or two of your mandated healthcare plan!
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for AKA the sweetest three little words
[Read the article: Michael Wolff on sex and the Dems]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I reject you"
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"Are you talking to me?"
[Read the article: Michael Wolff on sex and the Dems]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do you see your name in my post?
No.
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AKA
[Read the article: Michael Wolff on sex and the Dems]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I like it when you pick.
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there you go again
[Read the article: Michael Wolff on sex and the Dems]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Always with the extremes!
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please don't be confused by this apparent victory for Obama
[Read the article: Clinton says "full speed on to the White House"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the REAL battle is in...uh, Oregon?
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"Did you read the post?"
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do we have to?
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the flaming etc.
[Read the article: Clinton says "full speed on to the White House"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the pain of this primary will continue...
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tv is better
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]with the video part
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the sigmund5 smackdown
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]this whole web site is "stirring the pot".
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What Hillary wants is to be president
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What it would take for her to concede defeat is not the various consolation prizes listed in the article.
Instead, she would have to be convinced that there is no possible way she could win.
Since this is not currently the case, she will continue.
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"Her gig is up."
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are wrong...Joan Walsh will be here FOREVER!
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KateTexIndex
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The KateTexIndex is the weighted percent value representing KateTex's probability of voting for Obama.
The KateTexIndex is currently estimated to be 0.00%
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"Have any of you people ever taken part in a real campaign?"
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I ran for student government in college about 20 years ago...the experience was very much like the Salon letters section.
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waiting for Joan
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]so I can say something clever.
maybe she's upset...a period of mourning is in order.
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by all means don't go
[Read the article: I don't want to go to my college friend's wedding]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You get all your social needs met through your partner...why mess with these "drinking buddies"? You can just drink at home. Especially if your partner ever leaves you.
The main thing is: don't get out of your comfort zone. Remember that the computer can always be your friend, if it ever comes to that.
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change of personality while drinking is one indicator of alcoholism
[Read the article: I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The paradox of alcohol is that while it seems to make some things better, it is actually making everything worse.
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Begala make a point near the end about who he would vote for in the general vs. the primary
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There is this unexamined assumption (some people have already mentioned it, but it bears repeating) that the voting patterns in the primary will somehow be recreated in the general election. Of course this is not true.
Sen. Clinton has herself noted that blacks tend to vote Democratic in presidential elections; we can expect that many of the "hardworking, white" voters Clinton has identified would do the same for Obama.
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"I have seen it as an outsider, and that's enough."
[Read the article: I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, I've seen it as an insider, and the person trying to keep me out was wrong.
The mental health system is the lesser of two evils, the greater being the criminal justice system.
Certainly there is stigma attached to being an inpatient or even receiving therapy...but life is long. The LW is only 28...will it be better when she's a violent alcoholic at 48?
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"Her point was that she had made inroads into a voting bloc that the Republicans have controlled for some time by using social issues as wedge issues, resulting in lots of folks voting against their own interests on bread and butter issues."
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My point is that better numbers in the primary against Obama are not the same as better numbers against McCain in the general, regardless of the particular demographic.
As for the "nasty Obama poster" issue...many people have brought this up. But I'm not convinced that my opinion has any influence on them at all, whether that opinion is presented politely or not. Of course the undecided voters might be influenced...although I don't see many of those here.
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"Senator Clinton actually noted that while African-Americans have a consistent history of voting for Democratic candidates, while white working-class voters do not have that same history"
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To me, it sounded like you made the correction to make the further point that while the Democrats already have the black vote, Clinton would bring in the white working class.
I don't know what evidence exists to support this, besides the primary results...and the primary results don't really predict the general election results.
No, I have never used the dreaded C-word here...I'm not sure what other unwritten rules I might have broken. However, I was once told to FOAD (f*ck off and die) by a Clinton supporter. So I guess I should just generalize this to represent ALL Clinton supporters.
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<sarcasm>So I guess I should just generalize this to represent ALL Clinton supporters.</sarcasm>
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-ja
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one possible explanation
[Read the article: The Brazile-Begala smackdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When you correct someone, but don't really address the point they were trying to make, you're not fostering good communication. You're obviously not interested in the ideas in the post...you're just trying to make points on someone you perceive as a threat to the "truth", and create a springboard for presenting your own ideas.
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"I think in 2008 many people have more complex ways of categorizing ourselves than the way the government categorizes us."
[Read the article: Can Democrats learn to talk about race?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Having looked at a fair amount of demographic data in my work, I can say that the above statement is probably right. The government is definitely lagging behind the culture in terms of accurate ethnic categorization.
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she could start campaigning for Obama
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]hey, it's just a thought