Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 481 Editor's Choice: 17
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I am NOT a conservative, and I don't like Hillary
[Read the article: Why conservatives love Barack Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I find her policies (you know, what she actually votes for) repugnant, and her delivery is so transparently false, I'm surpirsed she has any followers at all. I'm convinced all her support comes from her last name and the fact that she is a woman. That's it.
I will not vote for her if she gets the nomination. I will most likely not vote at all.
And there are many, many more out there like me.
Label me whatever you want. A pesky concept like the truth has never been an obstacle to Hillary and her supporters.
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All Clinton has is her gender and her last name.
[Read the article: Which Democrat is a winner?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Be honest. That's why you are voting for her.
It can't be because of her voting record (she's Cheney in a pantssuit) or her "opinons" because she doesn't have any. I mean, except for liking diamonds and pearls.
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What is it with Heather H. and vapid reality television?
[Read the article: TV Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seriously. These shows are everything that is wrong with America today, and if you think most people are watching them to laugh at the stupid, beautiful people, you are mistaken. These people are role models to leagues of anti-intellectual bovine Americans. Particularly the young ones. You know, the ones who can't find Canada on a map and couldn't be bothered to read a fucking book.
And you want to encourage us to watch this crap? You want to make sure television executives continue to shove this bullshit down our throats indefinitely?
No thank you. We're better off watching best-of SNL re-runs. At least there's one good thing about the writers strike. We aren't forced to sit through hours of boring sketches to catch the lone gem of the episode.
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It's not just you, curse
[Read the article: CNN, MSNBC: Obama wins Iowa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Edwards has been pretty ignored from the outset. The most ridiculous reason being that he "already lost once" (from these letters boards).
I'm an Obama supporter, but I'm pulling for Edwards too.
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olympia, you are avoiding the real problem with Hillary
[Read the article: How Barack Obama swept to victory in Iowa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Clinton didn't win in Iowa because she's a woman. I'm sick of this arguement, and it paints people who won't vote for her with a very broad brush. It also conveniently sidesteps any comment on her voting record, the fact that she will carefully take no stance on any issue, and many other inexplicable things about her time as a senator (like the fact that she co-sponsored the flag-burning amendment. The flag-burning amendment, for chrissakes!)
I will not vote for her because I do not like her. Period. If it makes you feel better to call me a sexist, then whatever. What does it say about you that you will trip over yourself to vote for someone simply based on their gender? Give me a woman worth voting for, and I will vote for her. (Pelosi would have been nice).
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Michelle Obama WILL BE the most liberated first lady
[Read the article: Barack Obama and his mama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Though the fact that Michelle Obama is a sharp professional lady conjures up memories of Hillary in the 90s, she's got an unambiguous and frank way about her that Hillary has never had. You know how she feels about things because she will tell you if you ask her. How refreshing!
I also like her "first lady pet project." Instead of focusing on issues that look good in the papers, like literacy or some vague anti-drug campaign, Michelle has stated that she will be drawing attention to something that actually concerns me: finding a better work-life balance for overworked and underpaid American workers. It was hearing her saying this during an interview with NPR that actually got me seriously considering Barack for president.
That said, if Hillary hadn't blazed the trail, a woman like Michelle Obama would be crucified today. I'll give credit where credit is due.
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@ ncawley
[Read the article: Listening to Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are mistaken. The RNC machine has staked all their chips on Hillary winning the nomination, and you only need to listen to what the Republican candidates were saying this summer to see that. The fact that Obama seems to have a chance now has got them scrambling to find another avenue of attack.
If Hillary wins the nomination, we may as well hand the presidency over to the Republican nominee. She is disliked by too many people on both sides of the aisle (and some would argue there's little difference between her voting reord and what the Republicans are advocating anyway).
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ENOUGH WITH THE GENDER BATING ALREADY
[Read the article: The perils of being Hillary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you want to know why Hillary can't seem to get undecided Democrats to vote for her, look at her voting record and the all the non-stances she makes on the stump. She is the cynical, calculating, and out-of-touch old guard. People are sick to death of the old guard.
That's it. If you choose to conveniently ignore this in favor of the gender cop-out, that's your problem.
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Anonymous nailed it
[Read the article: Clinton gets emotional]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It seems as if HRC is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.
Absolutely. There is little she can say or do that would convince me to vote for her because her voting record speaks for itself, and to be frank her public persona (or whatever you want to call it) is repugnant to me. If she would for once make a public stance on a contraversial issue, I would respect her more, but everything she does seems so canned, prerehearsed, and calculated. I understand that this is politics and that they all do that, but with her it is so transparent it surprises me to hear the applause from her supporters afterwards. What happened to the courage and spirit we saw from her over 10 years ago?
I think this is why she would be trounced by McCain in the general election. I disagree very strongly with McCain on a whole slew of issues, but I respect him for making unpopular stances and pleading his case to whomever will listen. This goes for his position on Iraq (unpopular with liberals like myself) and what he's said about waterboarding and torture (unpopular with conservatives). Like any politician, he will try to muddy his answers with feel-good platitudes, but here are two big issues I know his positions on.
If this scenario plays out and HRC's supporters want to know why they have to endure at least four more years under a Republican, there it is.