Letters to the Editor
mynamehere
Published Letters: 86 Editor's Choice: 1
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Two cats works out pretty well
[Read the article: The cat whisperer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My girlfriend at the time wanted to get a companion for our cat because she assumed he was lonely. It's worked out well though we've noticed the second cat is less person friendly than the first. All petting is pretty much on his terms while the first cat can be agressive about needing attention. One interesting thing is that our cats are named Mac and Windows, and it wasn't until later we realized that most people assumed their names were an homage to the computers, when in fact they were named after characters in John Carpenters' The Thing.(My ex's favorite movie.)
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A very simple reason for all the contrarians about climate change
[Read the article: Bye-bye, Antarctica?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But don't you understand Lynx- being stupid is fun.
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America has a short term memory
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Everyone going on about whoever wins the nomination not being able to win the general election due to all the ugliness needs a reality check. It's just not believable.
While I agree that this contest has gotten ugly, the winner will put it behind them. It's not even April and there are ugly stories aplenty in the waiting for both general election nominees. It's called the news cycle, and it must be fed. Don't believe me. Go back four years to the stories that were being talked about in March, and then see if they had any traction. Go back four more years, lather, rinse, repeat.
I honestly think the right outcome will happen, and despite the efforts of some in both parties, the people's voice will be heard. After all, if there was real collusion going on in either party would McCain really have been the Republican nominee?
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Sloan Crosley
[Read the article: The best-laid plans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're the ginchiest.
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Point well taken Rocky57 but
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is not your daddy's election; fair or foul, this is a whole different smoke.
-- Rocky57
My point is in regards to the back and forth smearing not determining Democrat voter turn out in November. I agree that if something like a superdelegate swing taints the winner that there may well be voters who sit this one out, but that's because there would be disgust at the process, not at the ugliness I'm referring to. In that respect, this is exactly like your daddy's election.
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Shawnwm
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Troll much?
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You get the feeling
[Read the article: Reid, Pelosi get entangled in the presidential race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That no matter who would have won the nomination of either party, whether it was still between Richardson and Kucinich or Romney and Huckabee, you would have flame wars between supporters of the winning and losing contestants. It's become predictable and tiresome. There's very little substance and a lot of snarky unfounded trash talk like this cute tidbit from ShawnWM-Pelosi can find money for the bankrupt DNC perhaps from Obama's AA supporters in South Carolina.
Or perhaps Obama can lend her some of the money the GOP is probably paying him to lose this race for them
Not funny, insightful or at all amusing. Just disheartening and dull.
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@ Rocky57
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Rocky57 says -Many people, including Ford, believe that that bitter campaign and candidacy weakened Ford's general election effort and suppressed the GOP vote enough for Carter to win in a squeaker.
Let's also not forget a little thing called Watergate that also had a little to do with supressing GOP vote. I think the discrage and subsequent pardon of Nixon was too much blood on the hands of the GOP. It's hard to believe that the nation would have voted Republican again. I'm not trying to totally discredit your argument. I see it's merits, but again my point is that the media has a vested interest in seeing the two candidates trash each other. It's just good TV ya know. However, I ultimately think when the voters have the chance to vote one or the other, they won't sit it out. There's to much at stake.
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@Rocky57
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just finished reading it, and you articulate your opinion well. I understand it and think it's a pretty sound one. I just happen to think there is a lot yet to happen. Misteps yet to be recorded. Gaffes yet to be spoken. Scandals yet to be properly publicized that will make today's arguments seem like a distant memory.
We'll see what the final vote count is later this year, but I feel like despite the particular intensity being felt now in the Democratic primary, there are bigger fish to fy that will indeed be fried by the people en masse come November.
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It's too bad
[Read the article: Reid, Pelosi get entangled in the presidential race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That no candidate has nor ever will lead the model life. How would we attack that person?
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Match Game fun-
[Read the article: Time columnist: Gore-Obama in '08?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Lynx says-This is WES making predictions here. How wrong is he? He's promised to move to a new country if his predictions were wrong so many times...he finally ended up back in the U.S.
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UCLA
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This Bruins team are the definition of the bend but don't break style of play that usually sees results up until the final four game. That's when the pressure becomes a little more palpable, and the stress of making it to the finals turns those close bend games into broken dreams. We'll see.
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@ number1laing
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think you're misreading my letter. First of all, I'm a Bruin fan dating back to the Marcus Johnson David Greenwood era. My dad even roomed with Walt Hazzard when he went to UCLA so I'm a fan. I was going to add that the New England Patriots had shown this type of bend but don't break play, especially late in the season, and it finally caught up to them. I agree that UCLA has had a tough schedule. King is the one inferring UCLA hasn't played better competition. Any team in the third round deserves to be there in my mind. I'm just commenting on what I've seen throughout their season. They are an excellent team and I wasn't denigrating them, just making an observation. I hope they go all the way, but my gut tells me they're in for a close defeat just like New England.