Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 191 Editor's Choice: 9
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"I enjoy being a (black) girl"
[Read the article: Dowd: Are (Hillary's) women necessary? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I didn't have as much of a problem with the column, but then again, I'm not a Hillary supporter.
I can say that I have been called a traitor, to my face, because I voted for Obama. I have spent a disproportionate amount of time in my life trying to battle racism and sexism whenever I perceived it, so to be called a traitor by middle aged white women, still stings a little. Make no mistake, in my experience, none of the black women I know who are supporting Hillary have thought it was appropriate to label other women traitors. The charge has been from white women who claim to have waited all their lives to be able to pull the level" for a woman. These women have been waiting since Geraldine Ferraro to have another chance, but who somehow didn't think it was necessary to rally behind Shirley Chisholm.
I will say that Rebecca is right about one thing. These women seem to be having a lot of fun destroying any pretense that American feminism is or has been a color blind movement.
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@damnthatxanadu
[Read the article: Dowd: Are (Hillary's) women necessary? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am black and I am an Obama supporter and I have a problem with anyone who is black voting for Obama ONLY because he is black. I don't know anyone who is black who is voting for Obama ONLY because he's black. For a lot of people, it's the thing that sealed the deal, but it is not the ONLY reason. The belief that black people see a black candidate and immediately want to vote for him or her, is why the Republicans keep trying to prop up unqualified black candidates for local elections (Michael Steele, anyone?) and why they all fail so miserably. To suggest that black people don't consider the issues and vote "race" ignores the failed campaigns of Jesse Jackson, Shirley Chisholm, and even, I hate to say it, Al Sharpton, and is both ignorant and hateful.
No one I know is complaining about women who have considered both candidates, who decided based on the issues AND on her gender that Hillary is their candidate. I am tired of white women who decided to vote for Hillary ONLY because she is a woman, who then felt justified calling other women traitors, and who are now crying that it's not fair that people think these women are being ridiculous.
According to you, that makes me hateful of women?
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@Katetex
[Read the article: New Clinton camp spin contradicts old Clinton camp spin]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You keep bringing up Rezko and you keep lying about Obama's explanations of their relationship. Obama has repeatedly said that he has known Rezko since he was a law student at Harvard. He has answered questions about Rezko in the SunTimes in 2006. Glenn Greenwald posted an excellent piece that repeats that a) there are NO allegations that Obama did anything illegal during his relationship with Rezko and that none of the crimes for which Rezko is standing trial relate to Obama in any way; and b) that by repeating the word Rezko over and over you are validating the worst kind of "guilty by association" smear.
This kind of smear will only come back and and damage Clinton who has SO much more to explain than one allegedly corrupt campaign donor and friend.
You have received repeated answers about this and yet you continue to ignore them.
LET. IT. GO.
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answer
[Read the article: What Clinton once said about tax returns]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"In 2000, Clinton was still first lady, and vying for an open Senate seat in New York with then-Congressman Rick Lazio. Lazio entered the race in May of 2000, and was ALMOST IMMEDIATELY pressured to release his tax returns by the press and by the Clinton campaign. NOR WAS THE CLINTON CAMP PLACATED BY LAZIO'S PROMISE THAT HE WOULD DO SO BY THE END OF THAT SUMMER. Instead, a man in an Uncle Man suit dubbed "Tax Man" followed Lazio to campaign events, and Howard Wolfson -- now the communications director of Clinton's presidential campaign -- showed up at a Lazio stop in Harlem to present Lazio with Clinton's property tax bill, ask, "If he says he can release them in 15 minutes, why doesn't he?" and comment "The people of New York have a right to know what he's hiding. Rick Lazio's 15 minutes are up -- HE SHOULD STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND COME CLEAN WITH NEW YORKERS. (the caps are mine)"
It means that Clinton thought it was appropriate to hound him from the beginning about releasing his taxes. It means that she is using a different standard for herself than she applies to other politicians, especially political opponents. The issue is her integrity and whether she actually means what she says when she takes a "principled" stand on something. The issue is with an easy to research long history of saying whatever is political convenient, can she beat McCain and his reputation as a straight talking moderate?
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More double talk from Clinton
[Read the article: What Clinton once said about tax returns]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From her press conference this morning:
"Calling McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee a good friend and a "distinguished man with a great history of service to our country," Clinton said, "Both of us will be on that stage having crossed that threshold. That is a critical criterion for the next Democratic nominee to deal with."
She is talking about the same McCain who wants to stay in Iraq for 100 years; who wants to repeal Roe v. Wade and who said, "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno,” right?