Letters to the Editor
sigmund5
Published Letters: 319 Editor's Choice: 1
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Enough Punditry already!
[Read the article: Mississippi turning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Joan,
We all have our hobbies and obsessions, but give me a break. Who are you addressing with your political blogs and to what point? People who don't read or think about these things? Although I can't believe I am saying this with all the trolls, I think you are selling your audience short. Your posts are NO different and in their pretentions worse than msm accounts.
I don't mean to be mean, but after reading Glen's work, esp. his taking Friedman to the whipping shed and Olbermann's trenchant and important tirade last night, you are a bore. I guess I am asking too much.
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self important pundits will rule the world
[Read the article: How will Barack Obama get to 270?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Amazing that this myth of Hilary being able to win the nomination has the hold of marginal media pandering to dorks. We get more and more hashed theories and hopes to feed the frenzy of the mediapopulists who think they are serving the project of democracy.
How about instead of these pointless articles we move on? All the self-righteous morons talking about the middle class might want to think about the poor and the working class. Despite Salon's claim to talk about the issues, the main difference of how the "middle class" is define is obviously ignored. Oh wait, it is easier to pander to the fears and desires of each side in this futile project than consider the implications of defining the middle class as 75K rather than 200K when in fact the median income is 42K....
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Finally one interesting thinker presented and...
[Read the article: In the land of believers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And people get out their small knives hoping for a 1000 cuts. IF you want to pick out an idea he SUGGESTS, out of context so as to hone your self-righteous go at....seems like a waste
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purple Indiana is closer...
[Read the article: Mississippi turning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Much closer to blue this year in 4 decades....if we go blue Ohio and Michigan are gonna be landslides
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The sentiments and concern is well placed...
[Read the article: Have we fallen behind our parents?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The problem is the POOR and the working poor. OMG...we have limits put on us? Our education was to inoculate us against these problems....
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@Peter Maranci
[Read the article: In the land of believers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He might or prolly is what you say he is. I read some of your posts and you do have some chops.
The "interview" here was the first time I have run across him., so I am enjoying thinking about what he said in context. Might we chat via email since there is no discussion here? sigmund5@hotmail.com
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@glorious girl
[Read the article: In the land of believers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What you said!
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@kickstart
[Read the article: MoveOn ad: correction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"What kind of assholes spend their time making a video like that and then have the bad taste to submit it in a contest and attach their names to it? Very bad taste. I'm almost embarrassed and that takes a lot."
What kind of asshat spends his time to respond to something that is creative and asks people for some thought even if it isn't up to your amazing interpretative skills
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@ weeping for brunnhilde
[Read the article: In the land of believers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Taibbi and Hitchens...
...must have some fast times."
Naw, I think that is a cheap shot
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@joan...
[Read the article: How much can John Edwards help Barack Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I doubt even an Elizabeth Edwards endorsement could change the math that almost certainly dooms Clinton's candidacy".....
Almost certainly? That you even consider this as a variable says very much about your credibility or thoughtfulness. This message and the siren cry is a pandering to a select portion of society,half of which make less than 42K, that makes this place sound like an echo chamber. oh wait, we don't talk about class here.
Bringing up Elizabeth is interesting however. This following and support of Hilary because she has somehow overcome a great tragedy, that empowers women in general, is quite ridiculous and has nothing to do with the experience or tragedies of 'everyday people".
The Edwards have faced something human that compared to the crosses that Hilary has had to bear seem to put things in perspective.
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@C. Mosby
[Read the article: How much can John Edwards help Barack Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree go figure....thanks for the facts. I am also interested in the number of hits since Joan has chummed this feeding frenzy that she has refused to moderate. Go figure? It seems that it is some people's interest to ignore the facts and help their career.
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@XH
[Read the article: How much can John Edwards help Barack Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"make the full bet. The math dooms Clinton's candidacy, period."
An interesting challenge you issue. The other interesting question is why an editor is so.....ahhhh? I think the question of a bet is interesting. You are asking Joan to make a career bet, which we don't have to consider.
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@h_lance...great post
[Read the article: How will Barack Obama get to 270?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"2) BS - "All my liberal friends in CA and MA say that they won't vote for Obama""
I agree that is the craziest statement that people think is real...How does this crazy message continue to be discussed? hummm... go figure
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on no she didn't....
[Read the article: How much can John Edwards help Barack Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Wow, as I've said before, I love Obama: Some of his supporters? Not so much. Disrespect Elizabeth Edwards if you want. Insist that Salon ignore the small chance that Clinton can win the nomination, if you want. Mock Clinton supporters, if you want. Call me a racist, if you want.
But if the wider world of voters ever tunes into these lines of argument, I promise you, McCain will do the near impossible, and win."
Let me get this straight...the hard fightin work ethic of the Hilary supporters means you roll over on your tummy, thinking you are dismissing every arguement, as a way of evading any responsibility. Might it dawn on you that the NARAL endorsement was a signal to the irrational Hilary followers to give it up and start a different project?
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@ljwalker..your limited vision
[Read the article: How much can John Edwards help Barack Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]ya, certain demographics tend toward some candidates, but if you think youtube, facebook etc are the driving force of this election or society...you have to be kidding right? if things were only that simple
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@Missouri Dave
[Read the article: How much can John Edwards help Barack Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Great post! The question of fighting poverty is interesting in how these issues are discussed in terms of how middle class is defined. One of the big differences between the two, that is ignored, is how class is defined. Obama has said 75k is the limit..which is VERY different than Hilary's 150-250K.