Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 498 Editor's Choice: 17
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Is this a joke?
[Read the article: Paul Krugman criticizes Obama supporters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From what I've seen here, neither side walks aways clean. I've heard both sides' dirty talking points so many times I don't know why I bother reading the comments anymore. If I could turn off the "anonymous" posters altogether, I'd be a happy little boy (c'mon, Salon).
Here are your marching orders depending on which side of the fence you fall: Clinton is Satan. Obama is Jim Jones. No go out and find any articles that allude to these candidates and post this ad naseum.
Is Krugman blind, stupid, or deluded?
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"Cult of Personality"
[Read the article: Paul Krugman criticizes Obama supporters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]World leaders, particularly Western republics like our own, need strong, charismatic leaders who will be able to rally as many people as possible behind them if they want their legislation to see the light of day. Reagan did this for the republicans, which is why is revered as a hero amongst that ilk. Bill Clinton could fall under this category as well.
Hillary may be sharp and strong, but she does not have half the charisma her husband did, but is somehow twice as divisive. She will have to fight tooth and nail to get even the smallest things done because like it or not, there is a knee-jerk resistence to her from all sides. For this reason, America will be in tatters and even more polarized when she is done with it, and the backlash is going to be unlike anything we've ever seen before.
This is why I'm an Obama supporter. Not only is he smart, ambitious, idealistic, and politically savvy, but he has the charisma to bring people who would otherwise not get involved to his side to get something done. One only needs to look at the energy of his supporters, most of whom have been completely shut out of the democratic process, to see that this is true.
If that's a cult of personality, so be it. Give me my grey sweatsuit and white sneakers and let me know when the comet is approaching.
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@ncawley
[Read the article: The Shuster fallout]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Lets go back in time when all americans were informed by Colin Powell that there were Weapons of Mass Destruction. We all believed him...he had the pictures of trucks that were supposedly carrying them, he had maps of where they were and he had pictures of the warehouses they were being stored in. How do you think the people in the Senate reacted to these pictures? Have you ever asked? Why did Colin Powell go to the United Nations with these pictures? Did you ever ask that question? WE WERE ALL LIED TO!
What bothers me is that Clinton has never accepted any responsibility for her vote, unlike many of her democratic cohorts who openly apologized to their constituents for allowing themselves to be duped by guy who can't pronouce three syllable words. Think John Edwards here.
Instead Clinton has done what the Clintons do best in these situations. Shift the blame elsewhere. Squirm your way out of any accountability. Refuse under any circumstances that you ever have done anything wrong EVAR.
I'm sick of this way of doing politics. I think many voters are with me.
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@Clinton supporters
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How will it feel when your candidate has gone against the will of the people effectively stolen the election the same way Bush did in 2000? I mean, it's not that big a surprise to me because I never saw much of a difference between HRC and Bush anyway, but you guys seem to think otherwise.
Outwardly you will be happy, but I like to think for your sake that deep down you will know that her "victory" will just be another nail in the coffin of American liberty.
Superdelegates, my ass.
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Here's come the parade of anonymous pro-Clinton posters
[Read the article: Clinton won't release tax returns yet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Didn't mean to use the plural as they are probably all done by the same person.
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What is she hiding?
[Read the article: Clinton won't release tax returns yet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The ________ dollar question.
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Huh?
[Read the article: Clinton won't release tax returns yet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Like your candidate, you are a misogynist pig. I expected nothing less.
Not that I condone any childish namecalling in these discussions, especially from anon trolls, you're going to have to back this one up.
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@cythera45
[Read the article: Clinton won't release tax returns yet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You must not have expected me to actually read those articles because I don't see anything in them that's sexist, thought it did seem like the writers really wanted me to.
Obama says "the claws come out." Big deal. I've used that expression to describe men I work with. It's a pretty common expression.
Ditto the "likability" quote. He was asked directly if she was likable, and he answered it. What is so sexist about that word.
So yeah. Send me more if you've got them. Preferably some real examples that don't require Herculean stretches of the imagination and a desire to find something that isn't there.
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By what margin did Obama win?
[Read the article: Barack Obama wins Virginia; Republican side too close to call]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Throw me a bone, y'all.
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I'm looking forward to the Texas campaign too.
[Read the article: Barack Obama wins Virginia; Republican side too close to call]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Everybody's writing Texas and Ohio off as Hillary's, but it doesn't look that way here.
Of course, we Austinites vote so differently from the rest of the state, maybe it's not good for Obama that he seems to be doing so well here.
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@timbuktom
[Read the article: Barack Obama wins Virginia; Republican side too close to call]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because the obvious answer seems to be "NO."
I don't think she could stomach it.
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The big question...
[Read the article: Election results: Who's ahead in the delegate race?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Obama wins the popular vote and more delegates, do the superdelegates have the gall to go against the will of the people and corronate Clinton?
And this is democratic how...?
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Yeah, Clinton would like that, wouldn't she?
[Read the article: NAACP head wants Florida, Michigan delegates counted]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Especially considering that Obama wasn't even on the ballot. Typical power-grab attempt by the Clinton camp. Nothing new here.
She'll still get her chance to steal the election when the superdelegates have their say and corronate her despite the will of the people.
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@Rose
[Read the article: Defying Clinton campaign's predictions, Obama takes delegate lead]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't know what you are talking about. Hillary was being called the frontrunner the moment she declared her intent to run. It was such a given, it'd have been redundant to mention it this late in the game.
The only reason Obama's move to the front is being talked about so much now is because hardly anyone predicted it.