Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 646 Editor's Choice: 32
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@John McCall re: Vice President Clinton
[Read the article: Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You asked about Clinton holding out for VP.
I agree she is -- VP for McCain, that is.
Call me crazy, but she's been pretty complimentary of the guy, and what a great way to stay very important, maybe implement a policy or two, and stick it to Obama.
McCain can take the next few months to deny ever even knowing Bush and embrace Hillary -- then the two of them get to market themselves as a third party alternative.
Again, call me crazy... or call me prescient...
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ehh
[Read the article: I don't want to go to my college friend's wedding]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The thing about those college friendships is that as you turn 30, virtually all of them start going by the wayside. Those wedding photo albums turn out to be so much remembrance of people the bride and groom don't see anymore anyway.
Honestlyl, I wouldn't consider going to the wedding a true investment in true friendship -- they're big blowouts where you may wind up speaking to the bride and groom 20 minutes if you're lucky.
If you dp seriously value the friendship, make plans to see the couple on a more intimate basis, going out to dinner a couple of months after they're settled into marriage. Maybe meet at the 3.5 hour point. That would be far more meaningful to friendship than making your appearance and spending your money for the wedding.
(But do send a gift, unless you don't mind lots of catty gossip on that all-important subject.)
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It's so, Joe.
[Read the article: Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary's ever-expanding crassness is no surprise. She is a desperate mouse trying to find her way out of the maze.
The only thing that surprises me is how Joe got this past Joan.
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ABC
[Read the article: Obama Veepstakes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anybody But Clinton.
(He'd have to sleep with one eye open.)
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Stubbed
[Read the article: The check is in the mail]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sure my podiatrist will be very happy with my tax rebate. The whole thing is going to him for digging out an infected ingrown toenail.
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Sad for his wife
[Read the article: I'm a bisexual Christian husband and father]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't really care much about this guy either way but I'm pretty concerned about his wife.
I'm guessing she's staying with him out of hard-headed, eyes wide open economic necessity, because if it's for any other reason she is doomed.
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Whoops -- great ad for McCain.
[Read the article: MoveOn picks winner of Obama ad contest]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've spent a lot of years in marketing, and I gotta tell you: This ad is going to help McCain.
Obama is never even mentioned till the last 2 seconds. Do you know how few people bother to watch 10 seconds of an ad, even a political one, never mind 22 seconds?
Please reconsider, MoveOn. The bulk of your audience is going to hear no more than, "I liked Bush. I was in the army. I'm a lifelong Republican."
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Dig into this green thing.
[Read the article: My boyfriend has an abysmal environmental conscience]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is he thoughtful, considerate and other-centered in other ways? Is he the first to help a friend, does he volunteer/donate to causes, is he compassionate with kids and old people? If yes, try to leverage that great aspect of him: Tell him why you admire him so much and maybe flatter him into extending that part of himself into the larger world and the world's future.
Does he feel like giving in to environmentalism is giving in to you? Watch it. Some people really need to differ from their mate in some major way just to feel like a separate person. If he's that type, stop the nagging/exampling and just step up your own green for the both of you.
Do you acknowledge he's got a point? If you don't, you really need to, because he really does. The corporate mayhem that goes on is so out of control that our paltry individual efforts yield mostly psychological gains.
Finally, do you like the guy otherwise? Don't dump him for lack of greenery. The truth is, as green as you are, you are still an overconsuming, overprivileged American, just like the rest of us, and that's the fack, Jack.
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Yoon-Yun!
[Read the article: Networks call West Virginia for Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I admit it, I actively look for irony.
But does anyone else note that the victorious Happy Hillary photo could really use this caption:
"You like me, you really like me!"
(To refresh the memory, that was Sally Field's acceptance ejaculation after winning Academy Awards Best Actress for "Norma Rae," the story of, ahem, a union organizer.)
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@Elric OM
[Read the article: She's still in it to win it]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You asked, I assume rhetorically, if anyone doubted Hillary and Bill would wind up campaigning their hearts out for Obama.
Yes, I doubt it. This is a woman who listed only herself and McCain as worthy of Commander-in-Chief. This is a man who attempted to liken a primary win of serious contender Barack Obama to the novelty win of showboater Jesse Jackson.
For months, McCain has been able to sit back and relax as the Clintons do his dirty work for him. I see no end to this despicable state of affairs.
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Army of One
[Read the article: My fiancé suddenly joined the Marines]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So how does this enlisting process work? Is our military so hard up that no mental evaluation is done at all? Is there maybe any conversation at all about the potential's current living situation (e.g., if the fiancee's on board with it, etc.)?
I would think that this guy would give himself away as unstable during a conversation with a recruiter of any real depth.
But even if he passes, this "thing" about your man will show itself during basic training or certainly within a few months.
So if you want a literal answer to your literal question, I would say, no, you won't be waiting around for anywhere near 6 years.
But you've got an admittedly interesting, but impulsive, nutty guy here, and as a woman who lived with someone much like him for the better part of a decade, I URGE you from the bottom of my urging place (thank you, Comedy Central's "L'il Bush") to save yourself. You still have lots of time to get out there and seek a centered mate. (But time flies....)
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Obama drama.
[Read the article: Edwards endorsing Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good God it's about time. Of all the petty girly aspersions cast upon Edwards during his campaign, it's the coy act he's been annoying us all with that was really kind of effeminate!