Letters to the Editor
Simmel
Published Letters: 2
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Dirty tricks?
[Read the article: The GOP attack plan for Barack Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Madden's column seems to insinuate that the right wing "attack dogs" are the only ones who are going to attack Obama. As a moderate Democrat, I think the interrogation of Obama's past is perfectly justifiable and necessary. The Democrats are putting forward a man who is vastly inexperienced and whose judgments about whom he associates with are deeply flawed. American voters have a right to know about the "unknown Obama, and Democrats especially should not be kowtowing to this inexperienced neophyte . I mean, really, shouldn't moderate Democrats be concerned that this "wonderboy" considers Rev. Wright to be his spiritual mentor. How could anyone really thing this man could be elected against the stalwart McCain. Another case of Democrat suicide, putting their stock in bad candidates, not even being able to beat Bush in the last election. For shame. If this guy is the nominee, McCain will win by a landslide.
Madden acts like Obama didn't do anything "wrong" and doesn't deserve the attacks he's getting. Give me a break.
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Puerile nonsense
[Read the article: Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn't the problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How does patriotism come into it? You have not established a connection between peoples' legitimate concern about a raving mad religious as a cause and patriotism as a cause. I think most people are just thinking that in dangerous times, however it is we got here, here we are and people are legitimately concerned that Obama's close and spiritual association with a nutjob like Wright is an issue. Why is that concern ridiculous? I mean all of the left has been so worried about religion in politics and now we have a bona fide connection between the leading Democratic candidate and a religious hate monger, so where are your criticisms now? It's the fact that Obama has everyone fooled that concerns me.
So why is patriotism, a legitimate love of one's nation (and not necessarily policies) somehow worse that black liberation theology of a conspiratorial nature? As a professor, I'd say this paper demonstrates the true nature of the word "sophomoric".
Simmel