Letters to the Editor
Taliesan
Published Letters: 880 Editor's Choice: 17
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Rocky57
[Read the article: Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can say good things about Hillary too.
This race has been, from the start, a sensationalist's dream. Any criticism of either candidate is suddenly written off as being racist or sexist, whether it is or not, and any response to that is labeled as being playing the race or gender card whether it really is or not.
This latest statement by Hillary is undeniably racist. It is the latest in a trend of increasingly borderline statements - from the start where Hillary expressed a view on LBJ that was largely overdramatised, to when Bill's Jesse Jackson moment, to Ferraro trying to paint Obama as the affirmative action candidate to this one, where Hillary finally jumped the line.
The next step is probably going to be the Clintons dressing in white hoods. When that gets criticised it will be called playing the race card too.
There hasn't been the same degree of escalation with Obama, in part to be honest because he is winning, and it would lose him votes rather then winning him some. Obama is no saint.
Now I can't pretend that this side of the fight is blameless because we are not. A lot of the anger was generated by constantly being called various variations of stupid cultists - which left us thinking that the average Hillary supporter was in fact a stupid cultist.
And thus we started to shout back.
The young shouted back at the old "Screw you, you guys are the ones whose SUV's gave us global warming, you guys are the ones who want to leave us with the debt, you guys are the ones who landed us in two wars you expect US to fight. Some responsibility!" and the black vote shouted at the blue collar white vote "Well if you don't want us to vote for you, we can give you your wish honky!" and things descended into a vicious cycle.
Obviously, a Hillary supporter will say that the Obama supporters started this flame war so don't take my word on this as gospel.
But that said, when one side goes to the other side with this whole "You naaasssty DemocRAT" it tends to annoy me just a wee bit. There has been an awful lot of divisiveness in this election.
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AKA Smith
[Read the article: Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you can claim Obama supporters are a nasty lot I can respond by pointing out cases where Hillary supporters have been just as bad if not worse.
You might not have any power over what other posters of your political alignment say or do, but you cannot claim moral superiority to your side when it has engaged in pretty much the same thing.
For every bad thing you have to say about Obama and his supporters I can respond with bad things about Hillary and her supporters.
Now Hillary can repair the damage fairly easily: Simply come out and clarify her statement. A "I appologise for how I said that, I did not mean to imply that black and educated voters aren't hard working Americans" and while her hopes in this election may be done, the degree of hard feelings over it would fade to some extent.
Heck an appology, if heartfelt and eloquent enough may even help her more than the statement hurt her - she might actually start winning over a little bit of the black vote that feels she has no interest in them.
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ProudTexasGirl
[Read the article: Clinton: "I am in this race"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The truth is there is only one thing in the election that could have aroused that degree of hatred in you - you feel Hillary was robbed of votes that she deserved and worked for and OH GOD WHY AREN'T THEY VOTING FOR HER!?!?!?!?
Stop, breathe, think for a moment. You are not Hillary Clinton, this vote is not about male-female or black-white.
A vote against Hillary is not a vote against you, it just means your candidate hasn't convinced the Democratic base that she is the best bet for the general.
This is about who should run America, and just what is at stake.
And yes, Roe v Wade is at stake. It is the personal hobbyhorse of the religious right - and the Democratic Congress isn't exactly known for standing up to Republican presidents. The Supreme Court is a major issue in this upcoming election, so is the war, so is healthcare and so are a whole host of other issues which you want to sweep under the carpet.
Stop taking it so personally because ultimately, all you are achieving is making a fool of yourself.
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Adesuwa
[Read the article: Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Umm, sorry?
If Hillary was the stronger candidate she would be the one in the lead, not Obama. That she isn't kind of does away with the claim that she is a better candidate - as running a good campaign is the core of it.
Now as you are a black woman I am sure that you are a hard working American posting online. I am just as sure that you resent the idea that white blue collar Americans are apparently the only hard working Americans out there if you read what Hillary said.
It was a racist statement, and it requires an appology. While I am sure Hillary is no racist, particularly seen as racism is what turned her away from the Republicans, her statement in its current form is racist - and speaks of a certain degree of desperation.
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siebecker
[Read the article: Obama basically concedes two upcoming primaries]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You would be right if...
Hillary hadn't endorsed McCain. By doing that Hillary ended any and all hopes that the two could feasably run a campaign together - because the attack add would instantly kill their chances.