Letters to the Editor
juneausmog
Published Letters: 223 Editor's Choice: 10
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Men gain power because they are most qualified, right?
[Read the article: Yes, Watson can list Obama's accomplishments -- now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anonymous would like us to take at face value, the scenario that men achieve power all on their own and that's why Clinton is not a real feminist, because of her husband's power.
Bullshit. What a double standard.
Ever hear of the "Old Boys Club"? A network is a network, no matter who you are involved with to gain power. What's the difference between Dubya being president because of his daddy, or FDR with his family's political clout, or JFK from his powerful family? To condescend to Clinton because you think the "pure" way to gain power is to "Just Do It All By Yourself", is disingenious, just like your sign-off name!
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Obama is the greatest president-to-be ever...
[Read the article: Obama hits back at Clinton ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]'cause he can counter an attack ad. Woo-hoo!
Well, how about holding senate committee meetings and running for President at the same time? He can't do that, apparently. He all but admitted he can't walk and chew gum at the same time once he started running for president at the last debate.
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Obama is a triangulator
[Read the article: The chronicles of Austan Goolsbee]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Come on Progressives. Wake out of your dream for just a minute. Could it be that Obama is actually a king of triangulation? Well, the evidence is starting to unfold that he is.
Barack Obama will not "rule out" using private security companies like Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq. The adviser also said that Obama does not plan to sign on to legislation that seeks to ban the use of these forces in US war zones by January 2009.
He wants republicans in his cabinet.
He is going to talk out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to NAFTA.
He wants to pursue clean energy but keep nuclear power on the table.
He doesn't want to pursue the path to true universal healthcare.
He won't pursue public financing like he said.
I spoke with the president of a local company that was toured by Obama when he was here visiting. He spent an hour with him. He is an admitted conservative. He admitted that Obama is an "electrifying" person. However when I asked if he was ready to be president, he gave a curious answer. He said Hillary is scary to him as a conservative, because he knows she can act fast and implement policies he ideologically and fiscally opposes. On the other hand, Obama will have to come to some consensus and enact it slower, which offers up more time to negotiate. This is what is appealing to him.
At this same meeting, I spoke with an executive at one of the biggest health insurance companies in the state and asked her which healthcare plan, Hillary or Obama's, was better. She replied that we really have to mandate healthcare and that Hillary's was better.
And Krugman op/ed piece today brings up the points I am making here: And I find it interesting that the progressive wing of the progressive party has fallen in love with Obama because it is clear that he is far from being a Kucinich/Feingold, and he is looking to be more and more right-of Hillary.
In addition, he would likely capitulate or, triangulate. And isn't that ironic that our constant bitching of the Clintons was that Bill triangulated. Now we're getting an African-American version of him.
And now the Rezko trial begins and the local reporters are starting to spill the beans about Obama's real experience in local politics. It's time to vet this guy for real. Party's over. We cannot have another Willie Horton moment and hand this over to a bunch of gleeful republicans.
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@ MAC, STL
[Read the article: Jury selection begins in Rezko trial]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The only whining is coming from all the Obama supporters on this letter posting forum.
This is when adoration and reality begin to clash. The same people who have been railing against the lack of accountability in our government, throw this back on Clinton's lap??? I'm sorry, but aren't we supposed to look at Obama's actions here? That's the story, not Clinton's past.
It may very well be that this Rezko thing pans out to nothing, just like ALL of the investigations into Hillary led to. Then, Obama should be exonerated just like Hillary should be (except if you are an Obama supporter or a republican, then she is still guilty even though she's legally innocent).
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Skewed sampling
[Read the article: Brand-aid]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So, over 26,000 people have been polled to determine that over 50% of the world has a negative view of America.
But only a handful of marketing execs were sampled to pick one candidate who can "cure" the image? I see.
It's true Obama thinks like a marketing exec. Perhaps that's why they like him best. But all marketing execs I know rely on conjecture and best guesses. Hardly opinions we should rely on to hang our hat in this matter.