Letters to the Editor
red_gti2000
Published Letters: 368
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@Pantanal
[Read the article: Hillary at twilight]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No, sir. The decision to give up the race is hers alone to make. You may rail at it all you want -- it is not up to you, and this is still a Democracy. And I would venture to guess that the great majority of her supporters want her to go all the way. Because this is what we believe in, this is what she has always been about. Never give up, even against the greatest of odds. You should wish that Obama were made of the same stuff.
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Please get real, people
[Read the article: Brand-aid]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fact: All sovereign countries operate in their self-interest.
Fact: The United States of America is a sovereign country.
Conclusion: The United States of America operates in its self-interest. An elected member of the U.S. government who does not adhere to this maxim is betraying the trust the voters put in him/her.
Vital Caveat: The interests of the U.S.A., more often than not, intersects with those of other sovereign countries. But not always (this is an important point).
Fact: All human beings operate mainly for their own self-interest.
Fact: All human beings would like others to cater to their own self-interest.
Conclusion: All non-Americans would like a U.S. President to cater to their peculiar self-interest. Hence their wish for the American Public to elect a president that would cater to _their_ self-interest.
Unfortunately for them, U.S. government officials are elected by U.S. voters to govern U.S. citizens. Foreign citizens do not enter into the equation.
This article is a straw-man argument for Obama. There is no argument in the first place. An elected U.S. official governs Americans -- no one else. Whether he is popular with foreigners does not matter.
And to all the non-Americans who read this, please replace U.S.A. in all the sentences above with your country of origin. It should be something you demand of your own government officials the next time they meet with the representatives of a foreign government or corporation. They work for you and should always negotiate with the sole interest of your nation at heart. If they don't then it's your country's problem, and no one else's.
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@X Hutman
[Read the article: Brand-aid]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]lol. Am I sensing an effort to "appease" Clinton supporters, hoping maybe for their support should Obama clinch the nomination? Now that he's looking much closer to becoming the candidate the tone of your messages is certainly friendlier and less accusatory. How transparent. Sorry to burst your bubble, but you're not fooling too many people...
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@X Hutman
[Read the article: Brand-aid]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Uh-huh.
Yeah.
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Oh dear
[Read the article: The numbers crunch Hillary in Texas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ahhh... complaints, complaints from the Obama supporters. Why doesn't the witch just die? She's destroying the party!!! etc., etc., etc.
Well, here's my complaint:
Clinton would have had a 100% chance of beating any Republican candidate, period. This recession -- which will be the mother of all recessions -- would have guaranteed it in November. The Democratic Party had a shot at 16 (!!!) years of the White House: first HRC and a BHO VP, followed by President BHO. Coupled with a Democratic Congress and Senate, the path would have been paved for _really_ changing the way this country is being run.
But, no -- your megalomaniac of a candidate just _had_ to mess things up. And, worst of all, right from the beginning his followers used the _worst_ knife in the back attack against HRC: that half of the country hates her, therefore she is "unelectable". Straight out of Karl Rove's cookbook. Thanks a lot. That will not be forgotten.
So now HRC has to continue the fight. Her goal? Take the Democratic Party back from the Loony Left and the Latte Liberals who fooled BHO into running. So she loses this nomination? No problem. Back to NY -- where she is still well-respected -- and wait for 2012. Let's see if the Democratic Party wins this election without the support of the backbone of the Clinton followers: centrist moderates. Obama's activists weren't around when the Democratic Party had to fight the big fights against the Crazy Right Republicans during the Clinton years -- they're too young for that. If they succeed then they will own the Democratic Party and it will become synonymous with the Liberal Left. If they don't, then she will have to work again to move the party back to the center -- which is where Bill Clinton dragged it, kicking and screaming, to win the White House.
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@R Malocchio
[Read the article: The numbers crunch Hillary in Texas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Deny it all you want. Anybody who takes the time to study events from years back -- ever since Al Gore lost to GWB, knows what I'm talking about. Everything that has happened since the start of this campaign is static and noise -- and your example of Obama being called a closet Reaganite is exactly that. Something you and other Obama supporters who are new to this should understand -- the Democratic Party is a living organism with a very long history. Political trends and fashions come and go, and the Party is always in flux, with many factions struggling to control it. But the end result is always the same -- if a political party does not win elections it will eventually wither and die. Will Obama win this one? We shall see.
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@Person
[Read the article: The numbers crunch Hillary in Texas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Calling me a neocon! Wow, that's rich. Take the time to read my letter history before you start calling names.
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@Person
[Read the article: The numbers crunch Hillary in Texas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, my second choice is McCain, and read all the way down to one of my very first postings on Salon to find out why. You see, unlike some of you, I do believe that the USA should not let its guard down with regards to security. And I do not equate McCain with the NeoCon movement. I know them all too well, and I believe that he is too smart for that.
Oh, and for all of those who doubt that McCain would want to end the violence in Iraq, some news: his son is stationed in Iraq. Being a father, that fact alone is telling.