Letters to the Editor
Joan Walsh
Published Letters: 438 Editor's Choice: 15
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yeah, I kind of thought you'd feel that way ds, since you can give as good as you get yourself at times. But I hate the Jewish slurs, my kid is half-Jewish, and I was just of a mind to clean up the filth. I really appreciate the Obama supporters who stood up for AKA, although she, like you, can stand up for herself.
Maybe in a thread this crazy this makes no sense to others, but having read so many thousands of letters on this basic topic over the months, I'm struck by the real dialogue that's going on between people who might disagree on the candidates, but who are truly trying to explore the differences in politics and personal experiences that have led them to make different political choices.
As much as I've whined about my treatment here, there are at least a dozen of you who honor me by hanging out here, trying to understand me or help me understand you. I appreciate that, a lot.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]weeping, you drive me to distraction regularly, but I appreciate your good heart.
Re: Matthews, it's totally unscripted. Normally, for the two-segment thing I do at the end on Wednesday, they'll give me four possible topics, of which we'll only discuss two. And then, I'd say half the time, they'll throw one thing in that we hadn't been told about. It's really all about what Chris feels is interesting at the very end of the show. With the Madison debate, they called me to see if I felt Clinton was being treated unfairly, because that's the POV they were having a hard time finding (make of that what you will; either I'm crazy or MSNBC is as slanted as I think it is.) They've rejected me as a debate participant if I don't conform to what they need; they've never tried to get me to say anything I don't believe, and they never tell me specifically what to say.
It's very improv, and totally scary, to be honest.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Suze26, have no worries, because I won't be replying to you! Strangely, some people here, even some Obama supporters, appreciate the dialogue.
HarvardPhiBeta, every time you post, Obama loses a supporter!
Good night, people of good faith on both sides.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks, NYShooter, you're right, I should have gone to bed before my last post addressing people who don't deserve an answer. I'll try to keep my attention on the people who do.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]XH, just a point of clarification: I covered Nevada myself. I met and wrote about Culinary Workers Union members who were intimidated by union leadership, and/or prevented from registering to vote or getting time off work to caucus. So Taylor Marsh had that story right. If you didn't find that in my archives, I'm not surprised you didn't find posts criticizing Clinton.
And gee, I'm glad you like me, because I can't imagine what you'd do if you hated me, given that you just flagged a post calling me a liar and said, "This bears repeating!"
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: A Scott McClellan flashback]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]C. Mosby, I hope you had a nice dinner. You obviously didn't have time to examine my Nevada coverage, but hey, everyone deserves to eat dinner!
I wrote multiple pieces on Nevada, three blog posts and a story. I found Sylvia Antuna and confirmed Taylor Marsh's story, though I hadn't yet found a pattern. The next day, in this post I quoted other CWU workers who said they'd been harassed:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/01/19/clinton/
I also wrote a cover story about it, quoting more CWU workers. Sadly, the entire story looks quite prescient now:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/20/nevada/index.html
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: The other 18 million]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks, CrunchyFrog...we can dream, right? And thanks as always doloresflower, CeliainSF and AKA Smith. They will need people like us someday; just not right now. I never dreamed of a response like this to this piece. But it will all be fine, I promise.
Just keep on keepin' on, everyone, and try to think about what you would do and say if you had just one chance to make your case for Obama. Thanks, everybody.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: The other 18 million]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey, I'm confused by your assault, whatever you'd like to call me is fine.
After this experiment a bunch of us will come up with recommendations, and they could be ignored....whatever. But I know my next move, which is helpful.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: Clinton endorses Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Cuttle, Hillary Clinton is going to be working her heart out for Obama. I'm a journalist; I'm going to be telling the truth, not shilling for any candidate. I praised Obama's overall economic plan on CNN, but I told the truth about his health plan: It lacks a mandate, and that's a problem.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: Oh no they didn't]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sandra M, that's a good point, and why my head started to explode as I tried to wrap my mind around what Fox was up to. In the completely unimaginable situation in which the Democratic nominee was NOT married to the mother of his children, I would not support Fox or anyone else making that an issue. Of course. But I don't think that was really the point -- this was just a quick, handy, multipurpose way to diminish a black woman (oh, yeah, and just in case anybody hadn't noticed, with all the Jackie Kennedy comparisons: she is black!)
In my opinion, that is. I can't speak for Fox.
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From Joan Walsh
[Read the article: Obama's first week, one-on-one with McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No mention of baby mama? I talked about it in my last post, on CNN last night, and yes, here too:
Of course, Obama didn't have to do anything to ignite outrage about Fox News calling Michelle Obama his "baby mama"; that spread like wildfire on its own. But the fact that Fox executives had to call the "baby mama" headline a "mistake" on the same day Obama launched a Web site devoted to fighting smears helped set a tone that the campaign wouldn't put up with tawdry GOP and media attacks.