Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 217 Editor's Choice: 9
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@stormfront
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, as I see it, Hillary was in a hard-fought campaign, for many months, with millions of dollars spent and person-hours spent and voters registered. And then, she lost.
And she didn't lose because of sexism. She lost because she didn't plan as well as Obama for the February primaries.
It comes down to that. With or without whatever role sexism played - if she'd planned better for the February primaries and won even *1* more state, she probably would be the nominee now. Maybe another $6 mil out of her pocket, but she'd have won. That's the simple facts of the matter.
So, yes, there's a lot of nasty stuff in blogs and in the media. Which Obama himself faced. How long did the networks obsess about his frickin' pastor, or flag pins, or "whether or not" he was a muslim?
(And what was Hillary's response to that? "We should take him at his word." Oh, great. Way to stand up against slander...
Then Bill Clinton dismisses entire states that went to Obama, because he's black; and then Geraldine Ferraro says Obama's had it easy because he's black - and he can't win, because he's black. Any Obama higher-up ever say "Hillary's had it easy because she's a woman?" and then follow it up with "She can't win"?)
Which is all even besides the point. The blogs didn't stop Hillary from planning and organizing in those states. And neither did MSNBC, Chris Matthews, or anyone else. That was her decision to make, that she screwed up.
And that is what cost her this election.
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@indigo218 - Obama and Iraq
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama spoke out strongly against the coming invasion of Iraq, when he had already lost a bid for the US congress, and was in preparation for his Senate run in 2003.
And this speech was made at a time when Bush had record-high approval ratings. That takes courage as well as judgment.
Meanwhile, McCain and Hillary both blew it on the most important foreign policy decision of the past 20 years. So, they failed in either courage or judgment - take your pick. I would lean more towards judgment - as neither Hillary nor McCain were facing an election that year, or the next.
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@icedcoffee and @Timelagged
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]- icedcoffee, thank you - agree totally.
- timelagged - yes, a peer ratings system such as Dailykos has, would work wonders here. Or something similar. It's a great way to weed out the crap and get to the substance.
Dailykos and huffingtonpost.com also have a comments system set up, so that commenters can reply directly to other commenters, and these comments become nested and indented. This is also a great help for sorting out a discussion, and actually leading to a productive point among readers.
Salon sysadmins, please take note!
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@pandas - woo.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]"NO SELF RESPECTING WOMAN SHOULD WISH OR WORK FOR THE SUCCESS OF A PARTY THAT IGNORES HER SELF"
~SUSAN B. ANTHONY
Why does Obama defeating Hillary, mean that the Democratic party is ignoring women?
For Obama to have won, doesn't that mean that quite a lot of women had to vote for Obama too? Yes or no?
They screwed us big time and we are more than willing to return the favor in Nov!
Please explain exactly who "they" are, and how "they" screwed all women.
Hillary lost - but "they" made her lose? How did that happen?
Did they take over her mind, and force her to not plan well enough for the February primaries? Or is she her own woman, who doesn't need any man to help her - which makes her responsible for her own mistakes?
Because THAT's why she lost. If she had won *ONE* more state in February, then she probably would now be the nominee.
Sexism or no, if she had plunked down another $5 mil or so, and poured it into a better ground game and/or promotional push,she would have won. You do realize that, right?
And you should also realize that this view of Hillary losing because of sexism, is just victimization in another guise. Either she is responsible for her own actions, or she's a helpless female. I think she's the former. How about you?
Funny how Obama won only with the party insiders help,
Exactly how did the party insiders cause Obama to win more non-super delegates than her, more states than her, and more popular votes?
Hillary won the popular vote, which is the will of the people!
No. SHE DID NOT.
Do you understand? She did not win the popular vote. She simply did not. More people voted for Obama - even if you include Michigan, where he didn't campaign.
The trick Hillary pulls is, she *includes* Michigan and *doesn't* include states that were caucases, where votes weren't recorded directly.
But people voted. Shouldn't every vote count? Yes or no?
How is Obama's nomination historical? Which part of him is making history? The half white part or the half black part?
How about all 3 parts - the black, the white, and the fact that he's a mix of black and white??
I mean, wow.