Letters to the Editor
mountain girl
Published Letters: 53 Editor's Choice: 5
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Obama says what people want to hear
[Read the article: The politics of not nice]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My son and I watched the Democratic "debate" last night. We heard only shallowness in Obama's words. It is easy to say what the American public thinks it wants. For years Americans have said they want to get rid of partisanship. They want us all to work together. Yadda, yadda. When Congress actually gets a bill out, most Americans do not like it because it is so compromised that it is often virtually unrecognizable from its original intent. Then is Bush signs it, he adds a signing statement that makes it completely unrecognizable. And no one says anything about it. That is the result of bipartisanship.
For years Republicans have made fun of Democrats, saying we all want to sit around and sing Kumbayah, and that it exactly what all this love of Obama sounds like.
Hope will not do it. We need a donkey that digs in its heels and refuses to be dragged in the wrong direction. Only Edwards fills that bill.
I have been hoping Obama would sound better, but he is just sounding worse. He needs more seasoning. He needs more reality.
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It's Illya Kuryakin
[Read the article: On Fox News, your morning dose of apocalypse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's Illya Kuryakin. Please spell it right.
Actually, as much as I love U.N.C.L.E., I think this is a job for Bond. Unless maybe you should call in Maxwell Smart.
Seriously, how can anyone stomach fox noise in the morning, or in the afternoon, or in the evening, or at night? Or any other time?
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No one seems to notice
[Read the article: The Senate's FISA agreement]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Once again, our rights are being taken away and no one in the MSM notices. All we get are analyses of the Clinton/Obama debate, endorsements of McCain, and an occasional note about the economy.
I have read all Glenn's essays on this FISA issue, and still cannot fathom how Reid and lots of other Senators just want to give away the right of the people for redress. What power do the telecoms have, other than financial, to convince supposedly educated and rational Senators that these telecoms are so picked on?
Our Senate in action. How disgusting.
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Inspiration will not win
[Read the article: Undecided '08: Should I vote for Clinton or Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am another of the now disappointed Edwards supporters.
I have long admired Hillary. Not because or or despite Bill, but because of what she accomplished. On her own.
She gave up a lot to marry Bill and move to Arkansas. She would probably have had an illustrious career in Washington on her own if she had not followed her heart and moved to Arkansas. She went to law school when very few women did so. Do not underestimate her.
I worry what the MSM and the Repubs will say about Hillary. But I doubt there is anything new to add to it. If elected, she would be able to fight the Repubs and kick them when they were down, if necessary.
I am becoming more and more concerned about the Obama candidacy. I have no idea about what there is about him out there, but you can be assured that the Repubs will find some of it, and if he is elected, they will keep looking and lying. We saw what they did to the Clintons, this would be even worse. The Repubs have gotten much better at opposition research and at attacks.
After so many attacks, Obama will not look so inspiring. And those inspired now may not stay inspired through the election.
My biggest concern about Obama is this inspirational bipartisan stuff. The Repubs will never let a President Obama do anything. They will just make his life miserable. They will obstruct everything. He will be ineffective. Then they will defeat him in 2012. The Repubs will take over and start destroying the country all over again.
I think that if they try to do that to Hillary, she will kick them where it hurts. And then kick them again just for good measure. And that is what is needed to get the point across to Republicans.
Neither Dem candidate is particularly electable. That is my biggest concern. Both have groups that will hate them. And McCain will get the lovey-dovey treatment from the MSM.
I spent years as a Republican operative, but now am a very liberal, progressive Democrat. I know whereof I speak.
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Will Obama supporters stay?
[Read the article: Goodbye, Super Tuesday]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Hillary gets the nomination, will the Obama supporters stay and help her in the election? Or will they decide to just stay home, not work to get a Democrat elected, and not vote for Hillary? I am afraid the latter. The Obama thing seems more and more like a cult of personality.
I have no doubt that the Hillary supporters will support Obama if he gets the nomination. They know the danger of electing a Republican. The Obama supporters do not appear to understand this. They want purity. They want to be inspired. That has gotten us nowhere in the past.
I hope I am wrong and everybody can work together so we can get a Democrat elected this year. No matter what they say, the Republicans will work together. The Dems must beat the Republicans, no matter which Dem gets the nomination.
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Democrat strategy
[Read the article: McCain apes Bush on Iraq, as Dems stand passively by]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Democrats are trying to ignore Iraq in hopes that they can run on the economy, health care, etc. This is just playing into Republican hands. The Dems will be painted as surrender monkeys, etc. and the Repubs will come out looking strong, patriotic, etc.
This happened before. As I recall, in 2002 the Dems were desperate to get Iraq off the table, so surrendered on lots of war stuff. They did this so they could campaign on the economy, etc. The Repubs ran on the war, Repubs could protect us, etc. They slaughtered the Dems. Apparently that worked so well that the Dems want to try it again. Will they never learn? Probably not.
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Democratic strategy
[Read the article: McCain apes Bush on Iraq, as Dems stand passively by]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I should have called it Democratic Strategy.
I would not like to sound like a Republican, which I was a long time ago.