Letters to the Editor
maureenodonnell
Published Letters: 475 Editor's Choice: 5
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You just wouldn't listen!
[Read the article: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Last week I told you - not thatyou were listening - that I was putting a bet on John McCain as any outside observer could see that the Democrats are tearing themselves apart. I'v read a lot of the blogs and the level of vicious slander must be unprecedented. What is particularly shocking to me is the level of opprobrium that some unprincipled peope will use - witless taunting about a former White House intern whose shoddy story was bruited all over the world ten years ago. The element of cruelty in this - "sua culpa, sua maxima culpa" - indicates a ruthlessness and lack of human decency which is repellent. That woman should be allowed to live down the past but there are some supporters of one of the candidates who don't recognise any boundaries. Debate is beyond them and absolute filth is their chosen metier.
Anyway, I consulted with Merlin - you know, of course - that he is associated with Camelot - and he made some strange references to Morgan Le Fay and treachery within that magical kingdom. The code of chivalry was broken, Arthur was wounded in battle and is buried on the Isle of Avalon. When I mentioned that Americans were babbling about Camelot with refernce to Barack OObama, Merlin gazed into the depths of the forest, sighed "The Once and Future King is sleeping. Those people who know nothing about the Round Table and the Code of Chivalry should not sully his name". I mentioned a man called Chris Matthews and Merlin's respnse was "Bah". Entranced, I looked into Merlin's crystal ball. At first it was cloudy but then I saw a snowy-haired man in battedress, venerable in years and wisdom, with a pennant bearing the name of a Celtic clan. Guided by Merlin, I put my money on this man at the weekend.
Congratulations, John McCain. How could you lose when the contenders for the Democrat nomination and their supporters are tearing each other apart like a pack of ravening wolves?
It's not a pretty sight. I do have a vivid imagination but, looking at the Obama Svengali, David Axelrod, I was reminded of Rasputin. Have a nice day!
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"Walter, Walter, lead me to the altar and I'll make a man out of you".
[Read the article: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This was a music-hall song about a hundred years ago. It's pretty clear that Mr. Shapiro and Senator Clinton won't be walking down the aisle together but, having read his recent articles, I can't help wondering how any intelligent, reasonably objective, journalist has neither the guile nor the "taste" to conceal such bitter hatred for one particular candidate. When brought to book by his fellow Americans for misrepresenting what occurred in a debate involving Clinton, Edwards and Obama, Mr. Shapiro blithely ignored the protests and continued with his hatchet job. As I see it, Walter Shapiro is the Lizzie Borden of Salon.
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"The Snub" and the Gospel according to Maureen Dowd of NYT
[Read the article: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'd heard of Maureen Dowd and got the impression that she is the dominatrix of American poitics but, having read her column today, I hope I'm not being impolite in describing it as utter piffle, absolutely laughable. In making increasingly desperate excuses for Barack Obama's lack of courtesy to Hillary Clinton (remember Camelot and the code of chivalry!) Ms. Dowd came up with this gem "But Obama is the more emotionally delicate candidate and the one who has the more femine consensus management style". I'm surprised that she didn't suggest that he should wear flowers in his hair. Oh, I almost forgot; Senator Obama doesn't have much time for the Sixties as he's all about the future, nice and nebulous as that is.
I don't know how it is in America but if a woman writer has to rush to the defence of a man who believes he has what it takes to be President/Commander-in-Chief, it would be acutely embarrassing and also the topic of ribald jokes. Holy smoke! By the time they're finished with this election, your media will have destroyed your country in the eyes of the world.
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Error.
[Read the article: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maureen Dowd - dominatrix of columnists (not politics).
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In Denver, Obama calls Hillary Clinton "a divisive figure".
[Read the article: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I enjoy a good argument, free from scurrilous personal attacks, but I'm so bored with the parroting of "divisive" and "polarising", which are meaningless words without specific examples. Is Al Gore "polarising" because of his concern about the polar ice-caps? Is it "divisive" for Hollywood to favour good-looking female actors over those not so easy on the eye? Of course it is and that is the way of the world.
As an outsider, it seems to me that Senator Obama spends a hell of a lot of his time complaining when he's not making pretty speeches. He's coming across as a wimp who needs Papa Kennedy and Mamma Dowd to kiss him better when he's hurt. Leader of the free world? Aaaagh, may the Lord save us.
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Pubius maximus why don't you talk to your friend, Gluteus Maximus?
[Read the article: Obama breaks fundraising record]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]St, Valentine's Day is just two weeks away and the adoring ones could really go hysterical about The One. Just glancing through the Internet, I notice that Senator Obama wants to decriminalise marijuana. What a buzz! The afghan farmers are probably waiting to hear what the prospects are for their poppy harvest. Loudmouth Chavez in Colombia must be having a little chuckle too.
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Ah, come on, Pubius Maximus.
[Read the article: Obama breaks fundraising record]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't be a spoilsport and go off in a sulk. I'm a real Celt - not like that phoney Ted Kennedy - and I love a battle of wits, if that's possible. That pouting you're going on with seems so prissy.