Letters to the Editor
AnaHadWolves
Published Letters: 477 Editor's Choice: 26
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Told ya!
[Read the article: Quarter of Clinton supporters would vote McCain over Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Over the past several weeks, I've posted several comments here that pretty much say the same thing as the Pew Research findings; based on my conversations with several hundred fellow Democratic friends, associates, co-workers and relatives who are all Clinton supporters, many if not most will not vote for Obama.
Here's the general consensus among my group:
Obama is (a) not experienced enough...at this point...to be an effective President, (b) naive when it comes to dealing with America's declared enemies and enemies-yet-to-come, (c) up to his eyeballs in the Rezko affair that has yet to play out, (d) being coy and deceptive about the Canadian Embassy/NAFTA back-room commentary, and, (e) inspecific enough about programs, members of his future administration, policies and other issues to make us leary.
As Democrats, we slam Republicans for blindly following Bush simply because they're all members of the same party; we, then, can't simply vote for Barack Obama...even if he is the nominee...just because he is a fellow Democrat.
It is, ultimately, more important to be true to principle than to expediency; voting for Barack Obama would, for me, violate my principle of voting only for the best.
He isn't and I won't.
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Principle, Determination, Intelligence and Guts
[Read the article: Most Dems want Clinton to keep running, conditionally]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary Clinton possesses those and other positive attributes in abundance...that's why I agree that she should stay, stand and fight. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.
The "nervous nellies" in the party who whine that she should quit even before anyone has reached the magic number for nomination should kindly S.T.F.U. I'm sure the Obamaistas would prefer that she retreat.
Hang tough, Hillary; we're with you, as your husband is widely quoted as saying, "till the last dog dies."
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@ MacK & LandWhale
[Read the article: The numbers crunch Hillary in Texas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]All due respect, but, the frequency with which you and others throw around the epithet "racist" when someone disagrees with your position weakens the weight of the word. You can certainly rebut what "Baron" has to say without resorting to that, can't you?
As for what he said about "votin' for the brothah", about 80-85% of the African-American vote went to Barack Obama; how did Hillary Clinton's years of working on behalf of minorities lose her so much of that vote? It wasn't her work that lost her votes.
John Lewis of Georgia, a long-declared Hillary Clinton super-delegate, was forced to switch to Barack Obama by other African-Americans who publically and privately shamed him into supporting one of their own. Expediency trumps principle.
If you don't think there's pressure on African-Americans to support Barack Obama simply because he shares a similar skin-tone, you are hopelessly naive; having said that, people who will NOT vote for Barack Obama just because of his skin-tone are wrong and should be called to task for that idiocy.
There is "racism" in this world...true; but, not all of it is generated by white people at people of color. It is a two-way street.
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@ Buffalooneyan
[Read the article: Most Dems want Clinton to keep running, conditionally]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You scribbled: "Obamaistas? Excellent. Clinton supporters continue to show that they care more about their candidate than the party by taking another page out of Karl Rove's playbook."
Umm, yeah, whatever. I'm sure the "baristas" at StarSchmucks Coffee are right there with ya on the "ista" comment.
The problem with you Obama supporters (I'd surmise that by your arrogance, tone and faux-sincerity), is that you think you are destined to rule now by some sort of odd sense of entitlement: "Clintons have been in office since forever blah, blah, blah...Bush-Clinton dynasties, yadda-yadda...we who are young know more than you, gleep, gleep..." Ahh, God bless the exuberant irrationality of a twenty-something who knows all there is to know about life and politics.
If you'd take your iPod bud out of your ear, put down the Wii controller and pay attention to realpolitik, you might learn that being "inspirational" is not nearly enough to run a country, saying "change!" every five seconds is not a mantra and having a resume replete with accomplishment DOES freakin' matter when it comes to being President!
Karl Rove? That particular "Boogeyman" only matters if you're a neophyte candidate with supporters who are afraid of the dark.
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A Hold On The Obama Coronation!
[Read the article: It ain't over yet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As it stands, roughly 50% of the primary electorate has voted for Hillary Clinton and roughly 50% has voted for Barack Obama. So, why the stampede by the Obama crowd to shoo Hillary off the campaign trail prematurely?
More and more people, having delved into Obama's record, life and pronouncements a bit further, are having second thoughts about him. Hillary Clinton is getting traction, people are taking a longer look at the two side by side and they're saying..."Hold on! Wait a minute". Obama may have peaked and may now be sliding; its certainly possible.
Look...we have two good candidates from which to choose. I'm just saying to the Obama folks...don't ice the champagne quite yet. Florida and Michigan will come in to be counted (anyone who doubts that scenario is self-delusional), Pennsylvania will go to Hillary Clinton (I've seen the internal polling data and its trending MORE toward her and not less), the super-delegates will stop their headlong rush to Obama, some will change back to Hillary and it will come down to the convention for a final resolution.
Best solution? Put Hillary and Barack on the same ticket. Think of the history of such a move and the momentousness of the victory for women and people of color...and for America. As a white man, I'd welcome that change for our country.