I often wonder, when reading through these threads, how many people have spent time thinking about what justice actually is and, for that matter, what liberalism actually is.

You strike me as someone who would like this letters area to be a salon in the traditional sense: a genteel place for the polite discussion of ideas, and polite disagreements about those ideas. Alas, anyone can see that only a small fraction of the work published here would fit that description.

As a person who actually lives in a basement and sometimes posts in his underwear, I have to admit that I take a certain glee in the pathological flowerings that happen here every day.

But I wish that this was not so.

So everyone fixates on her gaffes. Another problem is that HRC herself seems to think that she's on-message with all the current storm and fury:

I AM MORE ELECTABLE!

SEAT ALL THE DELEGATES!

I AM ACTUALLY WINNING!

etc.

This is picked up by her supporters...I went to look at Taylor Marsh and could not find a single article presenting positive information about Hillary the Candidate...as opposed to ones listing the grievances of Hillary the Conspiracy Victim, or detailing the latest crimes of Barack the Evil.

Most likely there is some factor in "societal gender equality" that is being overlooked.

I'm waiting for the video game.

I'm voting for the nominee. If it's HRC...well, the process is the process.

that are more properly within the purview of you and your friends.

it's sarcasm! sarcasm is the new...sarcasm.

The Democrats will then have a real chance to become a viable opposition party.

yes, but it's still a dumb article

although I suppose one person's pragmatism is another person's opportunism.

note that Bill Clinton won...twice.

you are a political genius

I'm pretty proud that I'm still living in 1982.

but we want to contribute anyway. So my advice is: take a long bath. Do some writing while in the tub, if you possibly can. See if this makes your writing "wetter". "Wetter" is the new "edgy".

Supppose you actually net two million...a two-percent account would earn you $40,000/yr...plenty for writing the next great american novel, or for becoming an alcoholic.

Of course the money wizards will earn you way more than that...mo money, mo money!

Note the multiple identical "letters" of red_gti2000. Are political ads allowed here?

just another republican playing the guessing game with his politics on blogs

whatever

thanks for keeping me updated

Why should I ignore your post? Do you write here with the expectation of not being read?

we are not a cultist either

then why do you keep telling us to follow whatever HRC says....at a gun point?

This is not my point of view.

Since we are not a cultist, you can't expect to use the same argument with everybody you reply to.

Maybe it will mean that more women will have the opportunity to run for president in the future.

Change is incremental. There will be other candidates who will drive the system towards reform...maybe even HRC herself in 2012.

Unfortunately, the media isn't really broken anyway...it works perfectly well for the people who own it. Continually fielding candidates and applying pressure through the political process is the only way to really get them to listen.

They're probably listening a lot more now than they were a year ago.

they just cut into profits...the poor can form personal savings plans to finance roads and schools and stuff like that.

why not buy your kids a fifth of vodka while you're at it?

oh wait it's a "lighthearted" list

none, probably

If only everyone could be so lucky.

He was no more culpable for Bush than the American public in general.

get off my lawn!!!

that would be funny

your story has become tiresome

between "An Inconvenient Truth" America and "apple pie and Chevrolet" America. He's betting one is bigger than the other.

Flip flop or not...when it comes to digging up more oil, we can't let the terrorists win (???)

guess everyone should send a clear message against FISA by...voting for McCain?

But I really don't think that an Obama administration would be worse than a McCain administration re domestic surveillance. Hence my defense of Obama.

But I read this column. It's sort of like reading the obituaries in the paper to see if any famous actor I like has died.

more articles about Hillary...more knife fights with Obama supporters...it's journalism you can believe in

maybe a 10-day waiting period on new accounts instead?

hey, here's a bored office worker...does he really want to be a concert pianist? An astronaut? Or maybe have the romance of a lifetime...

Wait, this is Hollywood. Hollywood knows that bored office workers all just want to KILL PEOPLE.

Thanks for clearing that up Hollywood!

the show of unity is also a party process...as is the call not to vote for McCain.

Hello...McCain is the opposition, as are his supporters. Who cares what you all think about Clinton's display of unity?

but the various people involved in the process of flying are not

he'll be back soon enough

When Steve gave us a black-and-white screen with MacPaint, Bill gave us a compac lunchbox with a spreadsheet.

When Steve gave us a postscript cube with no floppy, Bill gave us the brilliant mediocrity of Windows 3.0.

When Steve gave us non-linear video editing, Bill gave us Office.

Bill is the genius of good enough.

"well, Bill wasn't there...that's BAD"

"Hillary had more blue in her outfit than Obama, could be BAD."

"Did we mention FISA? Bad."

"What is this article about, anyway? Did you know that I'll NEVER vote for Obama?

"Yes, you are stupid...listen to me. BAD BAD BAD."

The political geniuses have spoken.