Letters to the Editor
spoon daddy
Published Letters: 30
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As if gender is the reason people have issues with Hillary
[Read the article: The race vs. gender war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There are a lot of reasons to have serious issues with Hillary that have nothing to do with gender.
1) Her Iraq war vote
2) This divisive 51% polarizing approach
3) Hillary represents the last 20 years of the presidency that include the names Bush and Clinton
4) Hillary represents the old DLC guard in the democratic party and folks want a change
5) She's just not an inspirational campaigner. At the end of the day, how a candidate makes you feel can be pretty influential in regards to how you feel about a candidate. I personally find her approach to be as likable as Gore's in 2000
The list can go on. Let's be real and realize that a lot of the issues folks have with Hillary are based on more than her gender
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Joan, just come out and say it!
[Read the article: My sanest conversation on TV, ever]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The whole concept of race in this years politics was started by the Clinton campaign. The whole drug fiasco with Mark "I didn't just say the word Cocaine 15 seconds ago" Penn and the Shaheen debacle started it. Additionally, while the media may have had a role in promoting race, without a doubt the Clintons thrive off it. Hell, SC is already framed as a non-loss because of the black vote. Joan, just please stop with the veiled support of Hillary and say it aloud. You want Hillary and not Obama because she's a woman and you want her to continue the fight of 40 years ago and "stick it" it to the man in a horribly divisive partisan way. Every day I see this crap is another day that makes me reconsider my vote for Hillary if she gets the nod.
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How to judge a candidate
[Read the article: Obama and the Kennedy legend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm absolutely befuddled by anyone who suggests they will vote for Clinton based on her gender to help continue the fight for women's rights. I'm unclear which policy position that Clinton holds that suggests she will do more for women than Obama or even Edwards. If you look at each candidates positions on their web pages(please read them) you won't see drastic policy differences. An issue here or an issue there, you'll find a difference but overall you'll be getting very similar policies(which is unfortunate in some cases, i.e. Gay Marriage). If you see large differences in policy that are so dramatic as to swing you one way or another so be it, that should likely make your choice and I respect that. However, for many of us the differences aren't significant
As indicated above it seems insane to choose any candidate based on race or gender especially when we can clearly see the damage that identity politics has done to this country. To me, the next thing to evaluate is a candidate's ability to deliver on these policies. What then do you determine who you will vote for. For me, I'm tired of the same old 50.1% = victory strategy that we've seen for the past 16 years and that's pretty much what Hillary brings to the table especially if you look at her senior campaign advisor Mark "I didn't just say the word cocaine" Penn. I just don't think Clinton has the ability to deliver on the policies she promises. I think she's far too polarizing of a figure in politics and while she'll get some things accomplished, I think it will pale in comparison to the man who convinced cops that it's a good thing to video tape confessions and who co-sponsored a bi-partisan bill that allows the american tax payer to see how our money is being spent.
On a final note, it's clear as day that we have a generational gap, especially if one looks at this thread. I'm reminded of Harry Truman's speech in 1960 where he spoke directly to Senator Joseph Kennnedy(his misquote, not mine!) and said "Senator, are you certain that you are quite ready for the country, or the country is ready for you?". I feel the collective 60+ crowd is asking the same of Obama and the answer for me is an emphatic, yes.
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Obama and drivers licenses for illegal immigrants
[Read the article: Obama and the Kennedy legend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Immigration.htm
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This experience thing
[Read the article: Obama and the Kennedy legend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sweet jebus, please, drop the experience meme. This 35 years of experience line Hillary and Bill keep citing really amounts to "I'm older than you". She's older than him but is that really the crux of her point? All 3 candidates lack in elected experience when compared to past politicians and Hillary has no claim to "superior" experience. She has a lot of professional experience but so does Edwards and Obama. And please don't cite her time as first lady, the NY Times(that bastion of anti-HRC) covered that http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/us/politics/26clinton.html
If you want to get into fine points, then answer this question, which candidate has spent the most time as an elected official? I'll let you google it.
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re: experience
[Read the article: Obama and the Kennedy legend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This quote..
Still, I would be inclined to give Obama a closer look if he had the kind of experience that JFK and RFK had when they ran for president. He doesn't; that's a very serious issue for me,
Indeed, no one said 35 years but frankly that's what Clinton is running on and the above quote set me off in particular. Additionally, this thread is full of folks citing the experience or lack thereof factor. I agree, compared to McCain they all pale in comparison so it's a moot point.
However, McCain's experience is irrelevant., I think it's pretty clear there are strongly support republicans who will GOTV. There are only 2 viable candidates, Romney and McCain. Romney, well, he's a joke and the easiest to beat. If relatives are any indication, Heck, my anecdotal experience says that Texas may be in play if Romney is the candidate(I can dream, can't I? :) McCain won't have a base to support him and he's not conservative enough for them which will contrast strongly with Hillary or Obama who *will* have a strong base to work with as I can't see a significant number of democrats not coming out to vote given the past 8 years of hell we've all experienced.