Letters to the Editor
OhioPlayer
Published Letters: 31
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Have to laugh to keep from crying
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]This taken from an AP story on Yahoo!:
The New York senator was welcomed to the stage by two black colleagues from her home state — former New York Mayor David Dinkins and House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel — who praised Clinton as a public servant and friend.
Polls show blacks strongly supporting Obama in the state, while Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards roughly split the white vote.
Stacey Jones, a Benedict College Dean who described herself as "a woman, an African American, a size 9 wide and any other label you choose to use," said she understood why many blacks might pause before voting Saturday for Clinton.
"For some of us it may take a very, very bold step to walk into that voting booth and focus on our community's future rather than acting on pure emotion. Let's do the right thing and elect Sen. Hillary Clinton president of the United States," she said to applause.
She was followed by Richland County Councilwoman Bernice Scott, who bluntly told the audience "this race is not about race or gender."
Scott said the decision should come down to which candidate can "feed the sheep."
"Sen. Clinton has a record that can feed everybody. And we need to be fed," she said.
This is sad and pitiful. Folks, especially black folks, need to watch Spike Lee's movie "Malcolm X" if only for the scene where Washington says "We've been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok!"
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Perot factor
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Clinton supporters please remember that Bill would never have been elected if Ross Perot was not in the 1992 election. And, I did vote for him, both times.
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Gams on Glass
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Solid!
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Perot Factor
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Notorios W.E.S.
The problem with the logic of your position is "exit polling"; the election was not just the day itself but the WHOLE campaign season. Clinton won w/ 46%-47%; if I recall correctly, the lowest total ever.
Personal question: what's up with the "Notorious"? Are you a fan of Biggie?
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2004 turnout
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]davedavis you're smokin' like Joe Frazier! Great point about 2004 turnout. Would like to add, the best thing I heard from Howard Dean was Jan/Feb timeframe of following year was Kerry campaign had X number of ground personnel in Ohio but they were NOT indigenous. Bush had X number (probably bit more) of ground personnel in Ohio that LIVED in Ohio. This reflects Democratic power base coastal bias.
Same holds true for this year. If indeed the economy has trumped the war as an issue, then perhaps Clinton has better chance - mitigated by heavy turn out to vote against her - in Ohio.
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Notorious W.E.S.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've read several of your posts and you're the last person to comment on my rationality. Instead you need to study U.S. history, closely, and NOT from a modern, revisionist perspective.
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As I was saying...
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fissures that are now on display in the tension between Obama and Clinton. For example, Clinton and her supporters’ argument that Obama is not “experienced” is grounded in the thinking - not openly expressed in a straightforward manner but intimated nonetheless - that Obama should “wait his turn”. Because when you really analyze their experience, Clinton has only a MARGINAL edge and this is only because she is older and her “experience” has been on a national stage. This also links up with Bill Clinton's assertion that John Lewis and Andrew Young endorsement of Hillary, two black men who "marched and risked their lives", somehow gives her unquestioned Civil Rights movement "credentials". Yet she really knows nothing of how later generations have attempted to balance respect for those who came before with how to implement same goals under new circumstances. And recall that Young asserted that Bill Clinton is "just as black" as Obama. Also, on this "experience" issue folks should check out Nicholas Kristof NY Times piece "Hillary, Barack, Experience".
From same AP article on Yahoo!:
The former first lady has tried to remain above the fray most of the week after an unusually rancorous debate Monday where she and Obama traded barbs. She's criticized President Bush on the stump and rarely mentioned her top rival, leaving Bill Clinton to challenge the Illinois senator more directly.
But she's gotten in her digs occasionally. Friday's came as she praised Rangel while implicitly criticizing Obama for being overeager.
"He serves as chair of the most important committee in the United States Congress," Clinton said of Rangel. "He didn't get there by leapfrogging. He got there by lots of hard work."
Later in article:
Earlier Friday, Sen. Clinton said she must respond in kind to Obama's attacks even though she'd rather keep the campaign focused on their differences on public policy issues.
"I try not to attack first, but I have to defend myself — I do have to counterpunch," Clinton told NBC's "Today Show."
She's back at the Jedi mindtricks. And Obama's effort at Harvard and in Chicago politics, and now U.S. Senate doesn't qualify as "hard work." Sounds condescending to my ears.
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Notorious W.E.S.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Still haven't address the "rationality" of relying on exit polls in your explanation. Cease and desist with attacks and speak on content.
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Exit polls
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Notorious W.E.S.
That is not what I spoke to, rather that the election is NOT just the day itself but the WHOLE campaign. The election probably would have been very different if Perot had not been in the ENTIRE campaign process prior to election day.
You have a real problem with reading comprehension.
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Speculation-masturbation
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Notorious W.E.S.
So would the fact that Great Britain handled ending slavery in a completely different fashion than the U.S. did qualify as "speculation-masturbation"?
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Notorious W.E.S.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]"And I think Hilary is hot. I do confess to that." Now I know you're crazy!
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Clintons: "You gonna believe me or your lying eyes/ears"
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]The problem with Clinton supporters, simply-stated, is they don't believe fat meat is greasy.