Letters to the Editor
darknesse
Published Letters: 46 Editor's Choice: 1
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No Chance.
[Read the article: You've got a friend in me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Even if Hatch said that he was 100% behind the AG, kissed him on the mouth and wiped his mouth off with the corpse of a new born baby, he would still be re-elected.
Trust me, I live in Utah. When he stomps the ground, people die.
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Obama + The Bully Pulpit
[Read the article: Barack Obama's nouvelle vague]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To those of you that think that Obama will somehow be helpless in the face of monumental right wing obstructionism, think about his ability to speak to his message to millions of people. You have heard it, and for those of us who are not incredibly bitter and cynical, you cannot help but be moved.
We all recall this from the DNC keynote address, where he reached out looking for the best in all of us, not just those who already believed his message, but to those who, while disagreeing, also had an open mind.
Now picture this power being broadcast on every network, this time from the Bully Pulpet.
I just don't see the right standing up to that any more than intolerance has ever stood against to the exceptionally eloquent on a national stage.
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Huh? Treatment is bad?
[Read the article: Barack Obama's nouvelle vague]
[Read more letters about this article: Here][quote]I heard him say yesterday to put drug offenders in treatment. I take it he meant, adjudicate them and treat them as lesser beings but don't necessarily put them in prison.[/quote]
How did you possibly read that he meant "treat them like lesser beings"? Unless you have some distaste from him to begin with that is clouding the statement, I can't figure it out.
Alot of the negatives I am hearing from people about him have the same kind of slant to it, so I am not surprised.
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Heard the speech from Obama.
[Read the article: "We are ready to believe again"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Honestly, it gave me goosebumps. When I think on the power of a great orator, it makes me believe strongly that Obama behind the bully pulpet could be a power that could change America, and in doing so, change the world.
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I Promise.
[Read the article: Twenty-nine innings of firewall?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If the DNC goes back on it's pledge and seats those delegates, there would be hell to pay.
It would basically be flouting the will of the people to try to hand a victory to the establishment.
That's how we lose elections. We should start a campaign to make sure Dean knows this.
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My people... vex me, at times.
[Read the article: An endorsement that might matter]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As an African American (of mixed ancestry), I can tell you that nothing, NOTHING happening in this race is upsetting me as much as the polls that show that African Americans believe far less that America is ready for a Black president than whites do.
There is a seeming culture in my people where we drag each other down, say that they are "not black enough" because of an education. That they "talk white" when they are articulate and well spoken.
It all speaks of a lack of hope for a better future. The thought that the African Americans of South Carolina might do their best to stand in the way of our first Black President twists in my stomach, because I feel that it's more of the same old "dragging each other down instead of holding each other up" culture rather than a decision being made on the relatively minor differences in the candidate's stances on issues.
Looking to the past with Hillary is like looking to the past with our own history as a people. While we can accept the bad and cherish the good of that past, we NEED to move forward to the future as a people, and as Americans.
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Really?
[Read the article: Mid-debate update]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am surprised to see that many people who say Hillary won this debate.
She just seems disingenuous, and kinda button pushy, as if she was weighing each answer with polls and numbers.
I am sure that the establishment will all say Hillary won, but I believe the people will disagree, as the poll posted before says.
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How about more substance, Salon?
[Read the article: The Democrats defeat the media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why do I have to go to Yahoo to hear about certain issues like the Clinton campaign being in favor of disenfranchising potentially thousands of caucus goers in Nevada?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080115/cm_thenation/45270622;_ylt=Al2fXKxT1SiG3c0nHOmfwjw__8QF
To the rest of you, how can you support a candidate who would do that? Bill, I am sorry to say, has fallen...
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The Problem with Hillary
[Read the article: Bob Johnson's after-the-fact apology]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary Clinton said simultaneously Tuesday that she thought Johnson's comments were out of bounds and that she took him at his word when he offered his innocent explanation.
This is the sort of thing that is why I cannot support Hillary. She tries to have it both ways, seemingly on everything. She says that she is "for the people" and then lets her campaign try to disenfranchise voters to help her win.
Not only do I refuse to support her during the Democratic Primary, I am now considering if I can support her in the General.
If she is going to only stand up and fight for the rights of those people who are supporting her, then how is she any different than those Republicans who disenfranchised african american voters in Ohio in 2004?
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So what about Reagan?
[Read the article: Bob Johnson's after-the-fact apology]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Instead we get a blurb which begs the question, has there ever been a before-the-fact apology?
Obama was right about that. If you listen to the WHOLE QUOTE, boys and girls, you hear that he says that Reagan changed the trajectory of the country, in a way that Nixon and Clinton did not,because the country was ready for it.
That's totally true. Have you ever heard the term "Nixon Democrat"? No. Have you ever heard the term "Clinton Republican"? No. Have you ever heard "Reagan Democrat"? Yes. Why, yes you have, if you have any education at all about that period of time.
Because Reagan, for one reason or another (and mind you, he was a horrible president in many ways), managed to trancend party lines unlike the presidents before or after.