Letters to the Editor
ljwalker53
Published Letters: 559 Editor's Choice: 9
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@ SueNJ97: A Brief After-thought to Your Post
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]However, it's also the case that they have been told by many younger Obama supporters, and by many people who openly support him in the media that they are just bitter old women who want to grab power, now, and really, what discrimination did they ever face except they weren't paid the same as men? They never really contributed much that was useful to society, after all. An entire generation of women are been told they are, basically, irrelevant. Anything they did to open doors for others is SO yesterday and didn't really count. Go away. If you won't support our candidate, NOW, we think you have nothing useful left to do with your life.
This is a huge wound that keeps getting ripped even larger by Obama and his followers and one that seems to merit no consideration, respect or understanding among young Obama followers. They are joined, frequently, by older men (on these very letters threads) who also give fuel to the fire that we are useless, irrelevant, bitter, angry [apply your own adjective here]. It is disgusting, rude, short-sighted and, frankly, seems to reek of revenge against ANY strong older women.
My own analysis of this behavior? Such attitudes scream "fear": of the way things are; of the here and now. However, instead of looking at this reality and how to get beyond it, the attitude seems to be, "Ignore it, it will go away and then we'll have the 'post [fill in the blank] society' that we want."
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@ tom payne: Proving the Point...Again
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Love dealing with one dimensional thinkers. So literal, so retentive, so dull.
Yep. Like I said: "Napoleanic And Stubby"
As always, your insulting "headline" shows where you hide your brain. CLUE: It isn't in your head and probably never was. Stubby is as stubby does.
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How Refreshing!
[Read the article: Obama and Clinton plan to cool it]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This IS a real issue and one that has just dropped between the cracks in all (?) of the debates and on the campaign trail -- based on what the media reports.
It is exciting to see that both Democratic candidates have a real grasp of the problems and are already seeing beyond the most immediate.
Romm is correct, though, about getting China (and India) onboard any U.S. policy/actions in the future. That alone has really hurt climate change and environmental policy since the 1990s. If we (the U.S.) lead in important directions on policy and initiatives, it might induce these countries to join us, but they aren't "followers" and like to be seen as leading the parade, not as a "me, too."
Anyway, great and informative article. I have read through both candidates' environmental policies and again have to say there isn't a huge difference at the moment between them.
GO DEMOCRATS!
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@ tom payne: Tom Paine You Ain't
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And if you're the "best" Obama has to hope for, we're in deep trouble.
Thankfully the theory of evolution left you by the road...
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KcM: The Oz Theory of Politics
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The thing that's so pathetic about many virulent online Clinton supporters at this point is that they've completely fled the reality-based community. They display exactly the same type of wingnuttery and endless parroting of transparently false talking points that we heard from the Dubya folk about Iraq.
Nice try, KcM, but this is just beneath-the-belt fear-mongering on your part. You can work very hard to connect us or compare us to what Bush has wreaked, but it's still a low blow and not at all true. This isn't like you. I really do expect a little more from you than the "wingnuttery" I see from Obama's followers on this board and others. Frankly, it's way over the top and disappointing.
Well, I doubt this will pierce your protective bubble, but guess what? It's over. And mind you, I take the bold tag very seriously.
It isn't "over" by any stretch. You can repeat it ad nauseum, but that doesn't make it so and it isn't. It isn't necessary to paint Clinton supporters into some groupthink mentality, accusing us -- basically -- of being stupid/inept/deluded/unsophisticated [fill in the blank]. We simply don't "hup-to" for Obama. No need to patronize us for "fundamentally" disagreeing.
You (Obama followers) think you have all the answers, all the points, all the justifications, all the excuses for him: his less-than-stellar U.S. Senate record, his appalling lack of judgment (Rezko, Wright), his flip-flops on Iraq, inconsistencies and political convenience (or conversion) on many other issues, and his ducking votes in the Illinois Senate and the U.S. Senate. But birds do come home to roost.
It always amazes me that the far left of the Democratic Party never seems to learn a thing from election to election -- the definition of insanity -- and manages always to shoot itself and the Democrats in the foot every single time! Intriguingly, this election looks more and more like no exception. So don't frost that "Obama presidency cake" just yet.