Letters to the Editor

• Please AKA Smith...pendeja? Really?

  [Read the article: Paul Krugman criticizes Obama supporters]
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  And Obama supporters get called childish, immature, that we're members of cult, we're fascists, we're drinking the kool-aid, we're racists (i suppose for the black ones like me.) etc, etc, etc. I thought pendeja meant asshole? I think you're thinking about culo...

  And I'm sorry, if that's NYAMIGA, she's been baiting Obama supporters constantly.

  You know what I'm really sick and tired of? It's Clinton supporters whining about how attacked their poor victim-canidate is. I can't take it anymore, and it's one of the reasons I switched to Obama; 4 years ago I was sure I would vote for Clinton, but now I can't stand all of the whining, her husband making snide comments (a canidates spouse is just supposed to smile and look pretty...and support his woman. Not act like a bulldog.)

  For the past 6 months I've been reading emails about how Obama is 1) a Muslim 2) a member of a black African church which wants to take over the U.S. 3) Went to a madrass kindergarten.

  I've read where bloggers make sure to call him Barack Hussein Obama (with an an emphasis on his middle name) just to make sure the people in this country know he's not real American.

  Don't any of you guys think Obama receives a shit load of death threats? Remember how they increased his security detail? Has he ever said, those widdle redknecks are mean to me. Why do people hate me? He doesn't sit around saying, everyone is picking on me! Oh the horror, people like Clinton more than me? WHY!!!! It must be the politics of personal destruction or a MSM conspiracy! If Obama, as a black man, started talking that sort of nonsense...he wouldn't have made it past IOWA.

  Clinton and her supporters need to, excuse the term, grow a pair. If you think these little firefights are bad, are vitriolic, etc, wait until Clinton wins the nomination. And that 35 years of experience statements becomes an anchor around her neck for someone like McCAin, who has 20 years of real experience in the Senate. The victim mentality doesn't play very well in red states.

  Permalink Monday, February 11, 2008 11:34 AM

• Whatever, AKA Smith

  [Read the article: Paul Krugman criticizes Obama supporters]
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  I am really sick of all of this b.s. on both sides. Please, vote for Hillary if you like her politics. Heck, you can vote for her if you want 1) a woman president 2) think she has more experience and is therefore a better choice 3) think she's hot. Just like I can vote for Obama because I think a man with big ears is dead sexy. If Obama supporters choose NOT to vote for Hillary (or vice versa) that's their choice as American citizens. If like susansunflower, you see Obama's campaign as divisive because it's not coming out and saying, vote Democrat not for Obama, then don't vote for him. Stop bad mouthing, characterizing, sniping at, making gross generalizations about, the supporters and what sort of people they are. Stop saying I'm following Jim Jones and am ready for my kool-aid and maybe I won't be so quick to call you all a bunch of shrill old douchebags. It's funny, but I thing people are getting so passionate about the whole thing precisely because their policies are very close together. So it's really come down to personality and experience, more than anything else.

  And another thing; I think, AKA, we can all go through the letters section here on Salon and find instances of where Obama supporters are mean and where Clinton Supporters are mean. If you want to quantify it, then I expect you to do a percentage of mean to Obama vs. mean to Hillary with strict definition of what constitutes as "policy disputes" vs. "character assasination."

  If you read Shapiro's letter thread, It starts out attacking Obama, and then, most likey, because his supporters started getting pissed, it evolved into a free-for-all. There was even someone who said they would vote for Huckabee if Obama became the nominee (though I think someone later on in the thread said they must be an Obama supporter in disguise...)

  So there. Just drop it AkA. You are entitled to vote for whomever you want. If the women fighting for the vote let the fact that men were mean to them and made snide sexist comments stop them, then neither of us would be able to vote. If my foremother hadn't have fought for civil rights in the face of real threats of violence...you get the picture. This is going to be a dirty, knock down, drag out presidential race. It's a good thing.

  Permalink Monday, February 11, 2008 12:02 PM