Letters to the Editor
Nita Martin
Published Letters: 271 Editor's Choice: 62
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The next commander-in-chief should not be someone who....
[Read the article: Why do Republicans hate puppies?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Would strap a large caged dog to the roof of his car...
Would get authorities to treat his son's sadistic behavior as a mission of mercy...
Would ditch his wife and family for someone who is capable of torturing dogs for a good sales presentation.
Yes it does matter. It speaks to character and judgement. To moral interpretation and arrogance. Perhaps the headline was misleading. This is not about cute puppie mishaps, or slight lapses of common sense.
Jeffrey Daumer tortured animals as a child. Imagine if someone had thought that was really significant. The idea that an in-your-face "Christian" and minister like Huckabee would countenance this behavior in his son without seeking help is disturbing, but not surprising.
The fact that Mitt Romney would think it is good management to hose off a terrified dog and hit the road again speaks volumes about his disregard for life and his sense of cosmic superiority. And the fact that he regards his sons' missionary work as comparable to soldiers fighting in Iraq fits right in with his views about defenseless animals who depend on him.
These are soul-less people.
And it does matter. It really does. George Bush is a soul-less person, too. And the blood on his hands is the unsurprising outcome of someone having no regard for life other than his own and those of his little self-important circle.
When the Saudi king "pardoned" a victim of gang rape, W's reaction was not of outrage in general, but he tied it to what he would feel if it were one of his girls. That's the only way he could process the horror of a cultural nightmare, by making it about him. I would imagine that if he didn't have the twins to provide an emotional framework, he wouldn't have been moved to comment at all.
I am a military mom...I'll be damned if people like these should ever have the power to inflict their lack of humanity on our troops again. (or on the rest of us, for that matter)
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P.S. Or on the Iraqi people...
[Read the article: Why do Republicans hate puppies?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I shouldn't have left them out...so before anyone reminds me...
I include them in those who are suffering, and would suffer more if one of these idiots were to succeed George W. Bush as the world-wide king of unnecessary bloodshed and illegal and immoral torture.
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We'll see how smug Republicans are in November...
[Read the article: Congressional Dems concede SCHIP fight]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]when they find out who loves spending billions on killing people and "nada" (a bow to Bush's masterery of espanol, but not empathy)on enough health care for...wait for it...kids.
Puppy torturers and kid neglecters. Whooeee. The win column is practically all filled up for those warm and fuzzy purveyors of misery and arrogance.
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Subliminal my foot!
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When I first read about the "cross like" appearance of a bookshelf in the background of this ad, I found it a little absurd. Now, actually seeing it...I have to say...I do TV ads for a living, and I know a carefully (and obviously)lighted prop when I see one.
Are they kidding???
This is over the top. And John Gibson is way over that, in a land that I don't even recognize. Oh, wait, yes I do. Unfortunately.
Pass the fruitcake. And Merry Xmas.
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"can show you the nightmare of (what) somebody else would do"
[Read the article: This is not an attack]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Works for me.
Which is exactly why none of these Republican candidates should be filling out change of address cards.
A Republican by any other name is still George Bush all over again. A little more or less religion. A little more or less arrogance. A little more or less incompetence. A little more or less dishonesty. Same deal.
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"Fear of God"???
[Read the article: Mike Huckabee's leap of faith]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]See, that's why God has no place in politics. The leader of the most powerful country in the world needs to be able to access good advice and rational thought. Earthly voices.
Waiting for God to tell you to push the red button because he is ready for Armageddon whether you are or not is pure insanity, and Mike Huckabee has demonstrated such insanity, or at least voiced it for the benefit of the scripture spouters and Jesus jabberers.
When the voices in your head tell you to invade countries and suspend civil liberties, it's bad enough. Just imagine the damage the next "hand of God" president could inflict.
I'm afraid all the evangelinuts will hop on the bus of the guy most likely to move them out of this earthly world the fastest so they can give the raspberry to those who will be "left behind" when God gives the order...and the man in the White House who next claims to be speaking for God is too afraid to refuse an order from the skydesk of his own hysteria-induced commander-in-chief.
Rapture. I think not.
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So he says.
[Read the article: So have a lot of people]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One thing Lieberman will never get out of his system is blind ambition and enormous ego over all else. And it doesn't matter what he has to say or do to achieve his own selfish objectives.
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"Huckabee, you can't deny this cross."
[Read the article: Huckabee's cross]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Priceless. And that's why writers deserve to be treated to a reasonable piece of all the action!
Behind every comic, every actor, and every politician....there is almost always a writer.
Writing is one of the most stressful jobs on earth. Because everyone thinks they can do it...and everyone thinks they can wield a red pencil with authority. But they can't. Stressful. And generally anonymous and thankless.