Letters to the Editor
Riversofexile
Published Letters: 76
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Mixed feelings
[Read the article: Obama "outraged" by Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I suppose Walsh is feeling vindicated, since Barack did as he was told, and came out to put Wright in his place. I've trusted the campaign to handle this the best way they could, and apparently this is what needs to be said by Barack, to satisfy the barking hordes smearing him by association. In this sense, Wright is right: you gotta do what you gotta do to win a presidential election. And I do want Barack elected President yesterday.
The issue for me is not whether Barack is sincere or not, I know he is. He is angry, but hasn't had a chance to process that anger to come to a unifying response, not yet. Clearly, this time around, the campaign feels there is no room for nuance, thoughtful conversation. That is the reality of a presidential campaign. I trust the campaign on that, and trust also that this topic will be revisited, in depth, when Barack is the Nominee, and when he is President.
My own disappointment remains with the media, who seem to have taken nothing from the Philadelphia speech, and continue to disrespect their audiences with the kind of stupidity Walsh/Salon dish out about this campaign daily.
Hopefully a more consequential conversation can be picked-up again, once Barack has solidified his national presence a bit more, and the press has had a chance to mull this over in a more considered way. Because the issues raised through this fake drama aren't going away anytime soon, and the country is not moving forward until they are dealt with.
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Pitiful
[Read the article: George Bush is John McCain's Rev. Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No matter how loud she and the rest of the media dogs bark, Americans aren't buying what they are selling. Not.This.Time. Barack's medicine against rabid dogs is slowly, but surely, inoculating the American people from the toxic press, and its agenda driven, devious ways.
Yay, yay, yay, America!!! All we want, all we need is honest, steady, consistent leadership. Enough with the breathless drama over distractions, enough with needless attempts at destroying good people trying to do good by this country, enough, enough, enough.
Walsh is left twisting herself into knots still trying to somehow make an issue of Rev Wright, now asserting his acquaintance with Barack is equivalent to - wait for it - Bush's third term in voters' mind. Kinda laughable, in the face of it.
PS: did anyone catch Walsh on hardball last night? I turned on the tv, and caught a glimpse of her tragic face and pained smile on my screen as the segment ended. Curious as to what she had to say. I bet it was scintillating, given this latest bit of genius here.
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cut her some slack?
[Read the article: George Bush is John McCain's Rev. Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't think so.
Walsh has demonstrated consistent bias, tendentious analysis, disregard for Salon readers - she's told us many times she doesn't read (most of)us, not to mention insulting us, Barack's supporters - and our candidate - many times over, as she and the rest of her horde try to depict us as ... well, anything that might stick, all for crude political advantage on behalf of her candidate.
This is an egregious use of her function at Salon, one that must be addressed, and forcefully, if not by Salon itself, then by the paying members, until our grievances with Walsh are properly addressed, by someone other than her. In the meantime, she needs to shut up about "the media" because her "contributions [sic] to the discourse" have been part and parcel of the ugliest of them out there.
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hold the mirror to the "snob, elitist" epithet
[Read the article: George Bush is John McCain's Rev. Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My fear is that Barack won't have the guts to keep other countries remembering what we can do to them. Barack acts like a snob to his own people, but I bet he will show various kinds of respect to evil countries. That worries me.
He'll do just fine on foreign policy, with his usual self-confidence, depth of knowledge and understanding, dignity and integrity.
"Snob, elitist, etc." are how his brilliance, gentleness, and class may translate to some insecure or simply twisted folks. It's a poor reflection on them to feel so threatened by Barack's gentle, yet confident and assertive, personality.
It will take another paradigm shift to envision the actual possibility of an honorable, smart person as a President, someone who is not a liar, and a crook - someone we, as a people, can look up to, who will make us proud representing us.
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No deal, let her keep running
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She's done anyway, why negotiate with her? She wants to keep going her, let her.
And most certainly, do NOT use my hard-earned donations to Barack to pay off her debts.
Let her finish herself off, she's been doing a terrific job at it, then let her take responsibility. Let her, and her acolytes, show us what level of dignity they can muster.
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BS
[Read the article: Some thoughts about West Virginia ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We won't read this in Salon:
h/t Andrew Sullivan:
"Gary Langer, the director of polling at ABC, sorts through the numbers. Money quote:
It’s fair for the Obama camp to point out that he doesn’t do significantly worse against McCain among working-class whites than Clinton does, and that he does better with their upscale counterparts. And Obama’s numbers are nothing like John Kerry’s and Al Gore’s; they lost working-class whites to George W. Bush by 24 points and 17 points, respectively.
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And Salon, get it straight: racists are the scum of the earth - end of story - they shouldn't be coddled in any way. F*ck that, thank you very much. Barack will win despite them, and Walsh's nauseating posturing.