Letters to the Editor

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JanetheDame

Published Letters: 10

  • The Automatic Presidency

    [Read the article: Barack Obama's breakthrough victory]
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    So less than 90,000 people vote for Obama and suddenly he's our next president? We need to seriously re-evaluate our primary process. Here's one school of thought on selecting a candidate: who would you take home at the end of the evening:

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/01/caucusing-for-president.html

  • Female Candidates: You Say Bitch Like It's a Bad Word

    [Read the article: The witch ain't dead, and Chris Matthews is a ding-dong]
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    Well behaved women seldom make history...and pundits never do.

  • Is Steve Jobs a genius? Or,

    [Read the article: It's Macworld time again]
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    Just an old-head???

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/01/lighter-than-air.html

  • Obama and the Smackdown

    [Read the article: Is Obama getting "testy"?]
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    Watching Barack and Bill is like watching WWE's Smackdown:

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/01/spousal-smackdown-political-show.html

  • Kennedy's Camelot Endorsement

    [Read the article: Et tu, Teddy?]
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    A president like her father, huh? How bout a president like my ex-husband?

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/01/president-like-my-ex-husband.html

  • How to Decide

    [Read the article: Undecided '08: Should I vote for Clinton or Obama?]
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    Dear Rebecca - I know how you feel. I was a Richardson fan. But I made a choice based on the candidates' resumes:

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/02/please-submit-your-resume.html

  • Parsing Obama

    [Read the article: Quote of the day: Obama on Clinton ]
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    It's amazing how the narrative changes when Obama gets parsed:

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/02/parsing-obama.html

  • The NAFTA Affair

    [Read the article: The chronicles of Austan Goolsbee]
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    Mr. Leonard,

    When you write, "It is highly unlikely that Goolsbee was authorized specifically by the Obama campaign to offer comfort and succor to Canadians worried about Obama's discouraging NAFTA words" are you stating fact or opinion? If it's your opinion, it should say so.

  • Virginity for the Under 30 Set

    [Read the article: Virginity: The new feminism?]
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    Why is it, do you think, that older women never talk about the value of virginity?

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-women-talk-about-when-they-talk.html

  • Hillary's Curtain Line

    [Read the article: Hillary's final curtain ]
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    Ahh, I would have chosen "Fasten your seatbelts" because it was a hell of a ride.

    Jane Becker

    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com