Letters to the Editor
John Anderson
Published Letters: 511 Editor's Choice: 6
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the sexism charge
[Read the article: The dude vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The sexism charge is an ultimatum: see it my way, or you are garbage. There is no legitimate discussion of diffences, because it should be obvious that Sen. Clinton is a stronger candidate than Sen. Obama.
It's interesting that Obama's supporters are characterized as "cultish", since the real cult is the cult of Sen. Clinton: "Hillary 08".
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all that wisdom and experience
[Read the article: It's OK to vote for Obama because he's black]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and she still voted for the war in Iraq.
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"I originally supported Obama"
[Read the article: The dude vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why?
If you let yourself be swayed by lies, you'll never vote for anyone.
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sexism, or just politics?
[Read the article: The dude vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]However, what can possibly explain why people who want the war to end would be willing to vote for a man who says he is willing to stay there (50-100 years) over a woman who, although she voted for the war initially, at least now clearly recognizes that it had deteriorated into a no-win civil war and wants to begin to extract troops within 60 days of the beginning of her administration.
It can be explained by the idea that many of these people are just McCain trolls, not democrats who want to end the war.
This demographic - the "if Hillary takes it from Obama, then I'm voting for McCain" - is an internet phantom. If it fuels your gender relations theories, then so be it.
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"Do you think they are part of a Rovian plot?"
[Read the article: The dude vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think the correct term is "vast right-wing conspiracy".
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"Because if Obama gets the nomination you will have a fight on your hands..."
[Read the article: Should Hillary Clinton drop out?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not "WE will have a fight on OUR hands..." Of course.
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"Should Clinton lose, I am also inclined to lobby for McCain among friends and family."
[Read the article: Should Hillary Clinton drop out?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As you are lobbying here, in a backhanded way.
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"Am I missing something?"
[Read the article: Kansas O'Flaherty ... Secret Agent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Someone wrote in to Salon...the rumour is that the strip will be cancelled in March.
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"...being half black doesn't make you entitled to anything at all."
[Read the article: Who wants to be a Democrat?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]At this point, isn't Obama ahead in delegates? What does "entitled" have to do with anything? He's winning as a candidate in the mainstream process.
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@RJforHRC
[Read the article: Daily Kos writers' "strike" gets ugly]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What do electoral college votes have to do with the democratic primary?
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Joan Walsh's viddy
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]On Friday I went to see Sen. Obama speak to a crowd of several thousand in Portland, Oregon. He was eloquent, fair-minded, warm and enthusiastic. The crowd loved him. There was no evidence that his former pastor has cast any sort of cloud over his candidancy.
- a typical white person
ps nice porno soundtrack on your video Joan.
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brilliant logic AKA
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because we can't talk about racism without going into fear-space (just look at Joan)...
...and because the democrats can't win coming from fear-space...
...we can't talk about race and win.
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"...but I know damned well that he cannot attain it if he is cast as an angry black male."
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama sounds like anything BUT an angry black male (your choice of "male" over "man" is revealing in and of itself). Eloquent, yes. Empassioned, yes. Blunt, yes, sometimes.
Unfortunately, people like you are wired to see "angry black male" when your worldview is challenged. Sort of like HRC.
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it takes two to tango
[Read the article: Single mothers are ruining society!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Something like 40% of the children in this country are growing up without a father -- not because of Parson Jim's fantasy of an "evil family court system", but because selfish and immature men want sex without consequences.
Something like 100% of young women know that sex without birth control can lead to pregnancy. Unless we're talking about rape (and I doubt even you would claim that 40% of children in this country are the result of rape), some of the responsibility (half, maybe?) lies with women on this one.
It's your body, and your choice.
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"No, there is nothing to base that on, as far as I know."
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Different words, similar smell.
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the reality
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The DLC yuppie hacks will find a way to parse the rubble and make Billary the Supreme Nominee. I will vote for her, but will not be surprised when she loses.
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deeper truth
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Go ahead and triangulate your way to failure with Sen. Clinton. It's true that she's a safer bet militarily: McCain wants 100 yrs in Iraq, Obama wants to get us out now...maybe Billary will say "yes we will" to fifty. Unless we go broke first...hopefully her pals in the insurance industry will lend us some cash.
Billary 2009 - Yes We Will
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I wish I could loan my grandma to Obama
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama and I are about the same age...unfortunately, my grandma is dead. She used to make us brown sugar sandwiches, and I never heard her say anything bad about "the darkies".
Because Obama's grandma was not a perfect grandma like mine, he was able to make a very small point in a speech, using her as an example. Oh dear...stop the presses.
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deeper truth - the same old garbage from Ferraro
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race," she said.
Washington Post, April 15 1988
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/A_Ferraro_flashback.html
Keep up the good work, spinning the garbage.
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deeper truth, maybe you should change your name to pollyanna
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Everyone knows that for Democrats you could never win by being racist. It denies and defies even the most basic commonsense logic.
Have you ever heard the term "southern democrat"?
As for Ferraro, an decent person would have said: Obama is standing against Sen. Clinton because he beat out about a half-dozen worthy competitors, not "well of course it's because he's black" or whatever.
I think Ferraro's situation as vp nominee was a bit different from Obama's...the democrats were specifically looking for a woman to broaden the appeal of the ticket. Correct me if I'm wrong. So no, she was not sexist for saying whatever it was that she said about her gender...I guess.
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"none of your business"
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From "Media Bias, Types of Bias", Wikipedia.org:
Political bias, including bias in favor of or against a particular political party, candidate, or policy. (Often, people complain of the "liberal media" or "conservative media".)
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Yes, Joan will be writing an expose...
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...about Sinbad's traitorous comment!
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dog blog
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]maybe odog is one of the contributing editors:
http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_Obama/ObamaWife.htm
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@RC
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's dishonest to present oneself as impartial on a particular topic/candidate, when one is not.
If I write an editorial saying A has problems regarding this and A has problems regarding that, and of course I would vote for either A or B, but did you hear about the problem A is having with this other thing, and this other thing, and oh by the way A has a problem with this other thing...
I dunno...maybe this is the kind of writing you respect.
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RC
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Basically, you have no reasonable argument as to why anyone should respect the biased editorials of Joan Walsh.
ps look up ad hominem in the dictionary, if you're going to be giving writing lessons