Letters to the Editor
juneausmog
Published Letters: 230 Editor's Choice: 10
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retribution?
[Read the article: A window into the Abramoff investigation?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The only reason I can think of why McDermmott is getting hassled by the Justice Department is that Boehner, the new majority whip, has asked them to. A little known fact, Boehner is suing McDermmott, making history for the first time of one congressman suing another. Boehner has asked the Justice Dept. to investigate McDermmott before hand as well, and when that didn't work, he took his problems to the courts and it has been won, overturned, won and appealed over and over (with McDermmott doing the winning).
Why is Boehner suing McDermmott? Because he is a petty, hateful man. McDermmott provides the full story here: http://www.mcdermottforcongress.com/boehnerfacts.aspx
I'm shocked the media has never picked up on this story. It's really fascinating and also, really ties into the history of corruption and lack of ethics these GOP leaders have shown over the years. It would be great if Salon did a report on it.
In a nutshell, Boehner is suing him because McDermmott made public a taped conversation between Gingrich, Boehner, Delay and other high-level republicans conspiring to disobey the terms of the settlement that was reached during Newt's final controversial year (and it is what eventually led to his downfall and exposure of no ethics).
If Boehner can implicate McDermmott via falsely lumping him in w/ other Abramoff connections, then it's just another step closer to burying that knife in his back Boehner so wants to bury.
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fight absurdity with absurdity
[Read the article: Look who's "fancy" now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I love this! The Daily Show & Colbert Report have found a similar strategy that just works: fight the absurd with the absurd. Not only does it absolutely difuse the seriousness the inital agressors are attempting to make their point with, but it really drives the point home in a clever and ironic way; something uniquely liberal. This level of humor is just way too above the heads of conservatives to appreciate. That's why they stick w/ their Blue Collar TV, while we libs gobble up Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert.
I think the above posters take themselves too seriously. Humor and irony are very useful tools, and we should use more of it to fight these unethical hypocrites.
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WTF does he mean
[Read the article: Why Cheney won't go]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]he didn't ask for it? When Dubya asked him to find suitable candidates to be his VP, he came up with one conclusion: the best candidate was him.
Does he think we're all stupid? What a complete ass.
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McCain is an agent of intolerance
[Read the article: McCain's Falwell flip-flop]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That interview w/ Tim Russert was the best interview by Russert, and the worse interview by McCain. I was struck at how Russert went after his inconsistencies, his lame defenses at his new positions and how he is cementing the 'sad clown' that he has become. But the zinger for me was at the end, when Russert asked him if he espoused a constitutional amendment for gay marriage (prevention).
He was against it. *Phew*, right? No. He was against it because he believes that it should be a state's right to choose. In fact, he is supporting one such bill in Arizona now (as he stated in the interview). But what blew me away, was that he declared if it was passed in a state, and then the courts found it to be unconstitutional, THEN, he would support a consitutional amendment. So his love for state's rights only bars his bigotry temporarily. As soon as that goes away, he becomes a discriminatory bigot.
Yeah, like McCain...that makes a lot of sense. Only if you cherrypick the bulk of what he says and does.
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Farhad
[Read the article: Jon Stewart, John McCain and "Bullshit Town"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Remember a month ago when McCain called Obama 'disengenious' and accused him of using the ethics reform issue for "self-interested partisan posturing."?
The irony in that accusation was ball-shaking to say the least.
McCain's appearance on 'The Daily Show' only showed him being as earnest and sincere as he will be when he is interviewed by Brit Hume or another uber-conservative. Will the real McCain please stand up? How does his display of 'sincerety' on the Daily Show jive with his display of crazy-base loving?
Yeah, that's cool he can come on 'The Daily Show' and get admonished by Jon Stewart. You gotta appreciate that level of self-deprecation. But that isn't the issue, is it? That is a distraction for the real problem with John McCain.
I am deeply confused by your admiration for this man. On one hand, you declare he shows principles and convictions few democrats are willing to show. And on the other hand, the disingenuity he displays should cancel that belief out.
The irony in your support for McCain is ball-shaking to say the least.
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Farhad
[Read the article: Jon Stewart, John McCain and "Bullshit Town"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Remember a month ago when McCain called Obama 'disengenious' and accused him of using the ethics reform issue for "self-interested partisan posturing."?
The irony in that accusation was ball-shaking to say the least.
McCain's appearance on 'The Daily Show' only showed him being as earnest and sincere as he will be when he is interviewed by Brit Hume or another uber-conservative. Will the real McCain please stand up? How does his display of 'sincerety' on the Daily Show jive with his display of crazy-base loving?
Yeah, that's cool he can come on 'The Daily Show' and get admonished by Jon Stewart. You gotta appreciate that level of self-deprecation. But that isn't the issue, is it? That is a distraction for the real problem with John McCain.
I am deeply confused by your admiration for this man. On one hand, you declare he shows principles and convictions few democrats are willing to show. And on the other hand, the disingenuity he displays should cancel that belief out.
The irony in your support for McCain is ball-shaking to say the least.
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Matthews is just
[Read the article: Chris Matthews hearts Tom DeLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]a more exhuberant version of McCain. I see no difference in how he acts like a lapdog to the right, then offers small gestures of bipartisanship to the left when caught in order to be exonerated by "moderate" critics.
And yes, I'm talking about you.