Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 10
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Thank You John Edwards
[Read the article: John Edwards exits with honor]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your campaign highlighting the awful truth about poverty in this nation brought this situation into the light for many americans. You ran a good campaign, and have ended it graciously. I'm sure I speak for many as I wish you and Elizabeth good luck,
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Looking Backward
[Read the article: Blowback from the GOP's holy war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The attitudes of this current crop on of Republican candidates on muslims reminds me of the nativist movement that flourished here in the early part of the nineteenth century. Then bigoted americans were reacting to the many germans entering america.
If we don't remember our past we are bound to repeat it.
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Good for Kate
[Read the article: What I really wanted to say to Chris Matthews]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If all women are supposed to vote for Clinton because they are her gender, then I suggest that we have separate voting booths in November; half for women and half for men. Of course, then it would make no sense to have an election, since more than half of the voters will be women.
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Hillary being Clintonesque
[Read the article: Howard Fineman, mind reader]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When I saw that interview I was shocked. I have long considered the Clinton ability to stoop to anything for personal gain as especially toxic to american politics. The most scurrilous story about Senator Obama, that continues to circulate is that he is an adherent of some form of Islam. HRC was so obviously trying to add fuel to that little fire, without actually being liable for a blatant lie that I could practically see the gears turning in her mind.
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Hillary is harming the Democratic party
[Read the article: The GOP attack plan for Hillary Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Once Clinton went to mode of throwing the kitchen sink at Obama, the contest, which had been quite clean for a presidential race, shifted to a nastier tone. Her surrogates did what I most feared, they interjected race into the campaign. Undoubtedly Senator Obama is correct, this country needs to have a dialogue about race, this has really not occurred since the civil rights era. But I don't think the heat of a political campaign provides the optimum environment for this discussion. However Senator Obama's address in Philadelphia was a brilliant exception, and I hope everyone hears or reads it. I am a white woman of the Reverend Wright's generation and I empathize with his remarks from the pulpit. Whenever we inject stereotypes of any kind the truth tends to get lost. I hope Senator Clinton gets back on track, she is a danger to her party if she does not reform her campaign.
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Let's focus on defeating McCain
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am a female septuagenarian and I have been very disappointed by the feminists leap to support Clinton without seeming to examine her positions and character. I think that Obama is an exceptional candidate and support him enthusiastically. My support does not include denigrating Senator Clinton, I am proud that a woman is in the race. I don't feel that she has been the victim of attacks that are as severe as those her campaign has unleashed on him. Both Clinton and Obama support the issues that are paramount to women voters. Ladies ! let's keep our eyes on the prize ! All of us should focus on the goal of defeating McCain in November. in the meantime, this is a long campaign and everyone should be cautious about creating unnecessary friction over emotional issues.
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Democrats unite ! For a change !
[Read the article: Clinton: "I am in this race"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is time for Senator Clinton to look past her overweening ambition, and consider the party and what must be done to wrest the White House from the incompetent hands of the Republicans. A reality check would tell her she has lost this battle. If Clinton continues to snipe at Senator Obama, she contributes to the widely held view that the Democratic party consists of constantly feuding, disparate factions. As Obama tries to erase that image of the party, and at the same time present himself as a unifying force in national politics, she is undermining his message. Her message seems to be more reactionary as it becomes more strident, and it becomes clear that a Clinton administration means more of the same corporate capitalism. She says her support among white men and older women shows only she can win in November, but many of these voters say that if Obama is nominated they will vote for McCain.
Meanwhile McCain is running a campaign featuring statements, that appear to be uttered while he is in the midst of some "senior moments". An good example is his declaration that the economic downturn is psychological. Run out the primaries if we must, but turn the focus to his really disturbing campaign.
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Time to remember
[Read the article: Mutterings over the graves of soldiers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank you, Mr. Keillor, for some very appropriate thoughts on this years Memorial Day. I think that we might not make such huge blunders like this criminal war in Iraq, if we took the time to remember our history. Especially the occasion that prompted the first Memorial Day on May 31, 1868. It officially inaugurated a day to decorate the graves of the Civil War dead. In my youth it was still called Decoration Day, and we took flags and flowers to the cemetery and remembered the awful carnage of that war. That war was fought for maintaining the union and to end slavery. Our disgraceful foray into Iraq has no worthwhile reason. Today we mark the day with parades which in many areas are more militaristic than commemorative. This Memorial Day we should vow to never again allow the taking of lives, stupidly and carelessly again.
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America Lost
[Read the article: Would Obama prosecute the Bush administration for torture?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The foundation of our American political ethic will be further eroded, if the criminals currently holding high office return to private life without being held to account for their actions. The Constitution provides for impeachment, and this Congress has ignored this responsibility. Imagine the reaction of John Adams if he could have seen into the future to this total disgrace of the Republic. This Augean stable must be cleansed by a healing river of truth.