Letters to the Editor
mintosh
Published Letters: 70 Editor's Choice: 8
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Ready on Day One
[Read the article: Obama's got ground game]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"said Obama strategist Robert Gibbs. "For the candidate or the campaign that seems to discuss that they're ready from Day One, they didn't seem to have a plan from Day One for this campaign." "
This point hasn't been made nearly enoguh. I mean - how are we really supposed to believe that of Hillary now? Given her arrogance in not preparing for any eventualities beyond Texas ? If she were to win, where else would this arrogance raise its ugly head? Is she really ready to go from day one? Is she really ready to take dealing with congress into the 10th inning should she have to? To take dealing with a national crisis somewhere beyond lowest common denominator expectations (now pushed even lower after Bush/Katrina)? To take crisis talks about nuclear (dis)armament with Russia as far as they need to go? To take talks between Palestinians and Israel as far as they need to go? Or will she arrogantly go into all of these things with only half a game plan? And so – yeah – sure – Hillary may well be ready to go on day one – but given the way she has run her campaign it’s not day one that I’m worried about.
And really fhunter. Why would Rove possibly do what you suggest? When every poll indicates that Obama does better against McCain then Hillary does? And given Obama's huge grass roots campaing that has every indication of outwitting the polls in a way that decidedly advantages Obama? So - why don't you just go eat your sour grapes in a corner somewhere and shut up until the primary is over. We'll take you back in the fall when you're over your temper tantrum. No worries.
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GracieGirl
[Read the article: How the fortune cookie crumbles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I grew up in the U.S. - and am very familiar with the basic chinese-american food talked about in this interview. Now I have lived in Singapore for going on three years. One of the most notable things I commented on ver early (and often, since)- is that there is not a single dish that I have tried in singapore that resembles the basic fare you get at your typical chinese-american buffett. Sure, stir-fry dishes do contain beef, brocolli, baby corn - all the things mentioned. But the presentation - the mixture of seasonings, the proportions, etc. are all very different. And yes - most of the time, it is a single vegetable - with garlic or oyster sauce.