Letters to the Editor
Buffalonian
Published Letters: 371 Editor's Choice: 74
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[Read the article: "Penn should have been let go"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank God. At least we know that it is not Hillary's fault. I mean, we could have guessed that, because it is NEVER Hillary's fault. Or Bill's. It's clear that she's just been the victim of bad advice.
Of course the fact that she chose and retained a charlatan like Penn to direct her message might make rational people question her executive management skills. I am sure this in no way reflects poorly on her ability to be be President from day one. When her foreign policy goes poorly, she will ignore it for months and months and then blame her Secretary of State who will decided s/he wants to spend more time with their family.
This is Bush redux. Loyalty trumps competence, except that loyalty is a one-way street. Ask Patti Solis Doyle.
I used to think these long campaigns were a detriment to democracy, but I am starting to think that they are valuable after all for revealing the character of the candidates. I started this campaign off thinking that Hillary would make an excellent president and now I am convinced not only can't she win a general election, if she did, she would be a disaster. She is all the worst parts of Bill without the charisma.
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@ Wes
[Read the article: Ron Paul finally ready to drop out of presidential race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh Dear Wes, I almost hate to ask, but this is so off the wall (even for you) that I have to.
How exactly did Ron Paul destroy the GOP? I mean, I hope he did. I'd send more money as a tip for a job well done, but c'mon.
The GOP has been a fragile coalition for decades now that exists only because the constituent parts have trained themselves to hold multiple mutually contradictory ideas in their heads simultaneously. Fiscal conservatism and ballooning deficits. Individual liberty and the surveillance state and the destruction of the constitution to suit a religious minority. Minimal government and the surveillance state, the criminalization of consensual adult activity, etc.
Ron Paul didn't do this. Atwater and Rove and their ilk did.
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And the elbows come out...
[Read the article: Obama advisor calls Clinton a "monster," apologizes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Clinton surrogates have been trashing Obama for months then offering half-assed non-apologies. remember his COCAINE PROBLEM that they weren't going to talk about. No sir-ee, we're not going to talk about OBAMA'S COCAINE USE.
So, the Illinois politician fights back a little. Good for him. Let the academic advisor call her a monster, issue a strong apology and let a few news cycles run through whether she should be fired or not, each time having them repeat the comments. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, no?
Cinton-ites will say "Oh, what about hope? He's not playing nice." Well, as I tell my son, play nice, never hit anyone even after the first time they hit you. But eventually if you keep getting punched, hit back.
Maybe Obama's years in Illinois politics were not completely wasted time.
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Good riddance!
[Read the article: N.Y. Gov. Spitzer linked to prostitution ring]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Spitzer may be the tough guy hero of many Dems, but he is as much of an authoritarian as Rudy Giuliani ever was. He is equally vindictive and self-serving in his prosecutions and showed as soon as he assumed the governorship that he couldn't be trusted with the levers of power when he used the state police to try to catch his political adversary (a complete scumbag named Joseph Bruno who is the leader of the State Senate and a republican, but that is besides the point) misusing government services.
Good riddance to him. He may not have to resign and he may even win re-election someday, but he's never going to be a serious presidential contender and that is a relief.
The rule of law is all we have as Americans to unite us. We're not culturally, racially, linguistically, ethnically, culturally homogeneous. We do however have a Constitution which says ( in essence) that this is the law and the law is king. Any assault on that law -- whether it is (obviously) George Bush's criminal regime, or Bill Clinton lying under oath, or Ken Starr's vindictive witch-hunt or Spizter locking up people for doing things that he is doing himself -- needs to be fought with all of our power.
Bye bye Eliot. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.