Letters to the Editor
Mickey Kovars
Published Letters: 101 Editor's Choice: 3
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Obama Will Go Down in Flames
[Read the article: Hillary's team crosses the line]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If all you Obamiacs think the economy, Iraq, etc. are going to get your man elected against McCain, you're crazy. Even in the case of a total meltdown -- severe depression, expanded war -- Americans are not going to turn to an inexperienced, smooth-talking lightweight with some very angry and resentful friends who would achieve power if he actually were elected.
I've seen McCain over the years, and he's shown a political deftness and elusiveness that is a wonder to behold. He is absolutely not another Bush. He Would run circles around Obama and beat him decisevely.
You have a better candidate, but you don't like her. A lot of other liberal Dems don't like her or her husband, which is why they want her out of the race. If you and they succeed, the Dems will go down in flames again.
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Edwards Knows What Would Happen to Obama in November
[Read the article: Why John Edwards hasn't endorsed Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Edwards knows that Hillary's positions on health care, the economy and foreign affairs are far and away better thought-out than Obama's. He also knows, as a son of the South, just how weak a candidate Obama would be in November. While clearly liberal himself,he knows better than to follow the path of loser Yankee liberals like Kerry, Kennedy, Leahy and Dean into supporting Obama now.
If Obama is nominated, you Obamiacs are going to get the worst comeuppance you can imagine in November. You'll blame it on racism, I'm sure, as well as anything else you can think of other than the candidate's own weaknesses. Which are: he's inexperienced, arrogant about his own ability to overcome normal political disputes, and his judgement in choosing friends and mentors is beyond horrible. The American public simply won't buy this product. Nor should they.
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Obama: It Will Be Over Before It Starts; McCain will be a very Strong Candidate
[Read the article: Why John Edwards hasn't endorsed Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]lolcrat is exactly right -- Obama has no chance in November -- none!
There's a lot of opinion here that McCain is just more Bush and the American people will reject him accordingly. Don't believe it for a minute! If you doubt me, read David Broder's column in today's (3/30) Washington Post about a recent McCain foreign policy speech, marking out several serious policy differences with Bush. He is his own man, with a far different personality and experience than Bush, and he will distance himself from Bush to the extent necessary. He is a perfectly acceptable candidate to many Dems and independents who don't want to go with Obama.
We may have lost our opportunity now, but Hillary is our only chance against McCain.
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Thanks, Obama, for Giving Hillary Permission to Keep Running
[Read the article: Obama: Clinton "deserves to be able to run"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Remember, Obamiacs, your guy hasn't won yet. If you were really confident that he'll be nominated you wouldn't be telling Hillary to bow out. Obama's comment that she can keep running as long as she wants sounds like the Pope giving a dispensation. This is not for him to say.
Interesting article today in bloomberg.com that Indiana voters aren't buying Obama's handling of Pastorgate. Nor should they. More stuff will come out. Pastorgate and Michellegate are gifts that will keep on giving.
Obamiacs, your guy is going to crash and burn. Possibly not in time to save Hillary, especially in view of her own mistakes, but certainly in November.
I want to thank you Obamiacs for giving us a candidate who can't win in November. After 8 years of Bush it would have been nice to have a Dem in the white house.
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Hillary Is Not Owed the Nomination, but She Should Get It
[Read the article: Obama: Clinton "deserves to be able to run"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Flatblonde -- as a Hillary supporter I never felt she was owed the nomination. I simply felt that of all the candidates she had the clearest vision of what to do about Iraq, health care, and other issues I care about. I also felt that she (and Bill) understand that a too-liberal Democratic candidate generally can't win in November.
As for Obama, I felt he was fuzzy about what to do in Iraq (his initial opposition goes only so far), that his health care plan was deficient, and that he showed no great understanding of the economy. Nevertheless, I was prepared to vote for him -- until Pastorgate. That whole business revealed an appalling lack of judgment on Obama's part, enough for me to question his fitness to be president. Right now I don't know if I'd vote for him or not -- McCain's no prize, I realize. All very depressing to me, frankly, since I think Hillary -- who's probably out of the picture now -- would have done the best job.
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The Superdelegates Could End It Right Now -- But They're Afraid To
[Read the article: Will the Democratic race end July 1?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Despite the view that "Hillary Can't Win," the fact is that Obama can't win either without superdelegates. However, if all or most of the superdelegates went his way right now, that would probably end Hillary's chances. So, with all the talk of how Hillary's wrecking the party by her stubbornness, the superdelegates still haven't done this. So -- why not?
I'll tell you: they are scared to death of Obama as a candidate. They don't know what else is out there that will harm him -- more Pastorgate, Rezko, whatever -- and they want Hillary to help them out by not attacking Obama any further. But that won't help them in the fall against McCain.
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So Is Bush at Ease With Himself
[Read the article: The Obama difference]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I grant that Obama seems physically comfortable with himself, even a bit graceful (a la JFK?) despite his (perhaps intentional) bad bowling. But he smokes, right? Or did? (You tell me how someone quits smoking during a presidential campaign.)
But so what!! Look at some of the presidents we've had who were or are comfortable with themselves. Reagan didn't break a sweat -- is that a good model? To say nothing of Bush -- he apparently is serene as hell with the wreckage he has caused, confident that God is on his side. My point: someone comfortable with himself can as easily be a preening narcissist as a genuinely comfortable guy. To me Obama is ambiguous -- I see elements of both.