Letters to the Editor
peeps1
Published Letters: 743 Editor's Choice: 8
-
to moderation...
[Read the article: Committee reaches decision on Florida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You don't like 'mysogeny' but will vote for an admitted foot soldier of Reagan who started the march to dismantle a woman's right to choose, and who proudly proclaims he will continue to do that.
Nice going, great logic.
There will always be crossover voters. Whatever you need to convince your inner Republican is your own business, just don't blame Obama for that. That was your own choice. Get ready to be a foot soldier to help eliminate choice for women.
-
to Moderation
[Read the article: Committee reaches decision on Florida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am a Michigan native, am in that state quite a bit, know people who are active Democrats, and everyone I knew KNEW the primary wouldn't count!
Did you think with most of the candidates off the ballot that there some some sort of pratical joke going on?
Do you REALLY think a Primary without the candidates on the ballot is fair?
Spare me the woe-is-me scenario and the conflations with Katherine Harris, unless you want to conflate Granholm with Harris or the rest of the Clinton supporters who moved the primary up and thumbed their nose at the national party.
Go ahead, vote for McCain I mean, the last few years have been so good for Michigan haven't they?
-
to Drewonimo
[Read the article: Committee reaches decision on Florida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your point is well taken, and I support today's comprimise because of that.
My exasperation is with comments (here and at the proceedings today)that Clinton somehow "won" delegates and deserved all of them, not just half, which in itself was very generous.
-
to moderation...
[Read the article: Committee reaches decision on Florida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not that we are ganging up on you (well, maybe we are) *S*
Regading Father Flager...Father Flager is a priest in a Chicago Church, St. Sabina. He is famous/notorious (depending on your POV) for being a neighborhood activist. He has led protests against liquer stores on every corner in many poor inner city neighborhoods when people have no place to buy a head of lettuce, he agitates for gun control, and has led marches and organized neighborhoods against gang violence which in itself is a huge risk. He is well known in Chicago.
(I have not googled any of this to check facts but this is all from memory.)
His remarks at Trinity were regrettable. I think he should have kept his mouth shut but the fact is Father Flager IS a loud, upfront, and never keeps his mouth shut. He can be a verbal loose cannon. We saw that of course last week...
I admire Father Flager. Not too many people work in the inner cities and stand right up to some of the forces that wreck those neighborhoods.
-
to -- Drewonimo
[Read the article: Committee reaches decision on Florida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can understand people feeling like they were left out of the process but in reality those that are agitating the most are Clinton supporters, egged on by the Clinton campaign, who want to take advantage of the problems (admittedly huge) with the process this year. The Clinton campaign agreed to the process and then started talking points that somehow voters were disenfranchised (which as we know, this is a primary, not an election, so they cant really be disenfranchised.) Left out of the process? Yes, but that is not the same as disenfranchisement nor is this some sort of civil rights issue. Conflating this to civil rights dishonors those that actually suffered from true disenfranchisement.
-
to moderation
[Read the article: Committee reaches decision on Florida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I find it interesting that "Thug" caucus operations offend you but Clinton taking credit for a primary in your own state which didn't count is OK.
"Tearing down" a former first lady is called competing campaings. He was much much less negative than she was.
It was hers to loose being a front runner. But the fact is, millions of people never wanted her in the first place. Once a viable alternative showed up people breathed a sigh of releif and went for it. She was never that popular.
I beleive once Obama starts actually campaigning in Michigan you will have more than Clinton and McCain talking points. In fact, I am convinced if Obama had campained actively in the Primary he would have won Michigan.
-
to realitycounts and veruca salt
[Read the article: Committee votes to accept Michigan compromise]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]realitycounts: Perhaps you missed the months of endless whining about some of the most rediculous things (periodically = menstration?) and perhaps you missed the very bad performance of Clinton suporters today, and perhaps you missed the demographic. Frankly, yes there are some angry bitter women and irrational to boot. Morover, many have already stated they will vote for McCain. Are we to NOT take them seriously? Are they just being hysterical? Wouldn't that be sexist to assume that?
Veruca Salt: I am of that demographic. We will need them. We will need younger people to vote also. I hope they do.
-
to veruca salt
[Read the article: Committee votes to accept Michigan compromise]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Indeed, this is the larget crossover phenom I have ever seen myself.
Onward :)
-
No realitycounts, this is the SAME PARTY
[Read the article: Committee votes to accept Michigan compromise]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The difference is the leading candidates weren't white men.
The difference is because of that, people have emotional investments in these candidates they normally wouldn't have.
Can you seriously argue that a campaign that has a middle aged woman as a candidate is more sexist than all the previous campaigns? Moreover, that candidate was the designated front runner?
I will say the Party is different this way, people didn't just accept what was offered. That I think is pretty fabulous but certainly not for Clinton, being she is losing and all....