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Don Coyote

Published Letters: 48

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 04:56 PM

One detail...

You're overlooking the fact that he's bi-racial (half-white, half-black) though according to the one-drop rule, he'll always be viewed as black by those blinded by color.Tiger Woods has the same problem (though he's half-black, half-Thai) that he's viewed as the first black professional master golfer. Nevertheless, he's shown that he's no fluke and has shown his true excellence in his game. I'm sure that Barack Obama will be in the same situation until he's shown that he can transcend the color-blind and get everyone to focus on issues important to all of us. As the father of a bi-racial girl (she's half-white, half- Japanese) I hope that he will show that race is merely another quality in a many layered person.

Friday, February 29, 2008 01:13 PM

Delegate count

He hasn't lost any state if you look at how many delegates he's won in each election. Clinton is the one who has lost every election since Iowa according to delegate wins. Let's remember who votes for the candidate at the convention...

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 04:02 PM

Next week's prediction

With the cape and the deep dark wood, I guess Kansas is going to meet up with the Big Bad Wolf next...

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 01:13 PM

Bush's favorite word

Once again he talks about the "stakes", a word that must be in his every speech if not his every breath. I think he's not so interested in running the country than in running a poker game!

Monday, March 17, 2008 04:08 PM

Depends on your Definition of "Success"

Over a million Iraqi dead, 4000 dead American soldiers, $3 trillion wasted dollars -- all based on thousands of pages of lies. Cheney can't admit that he's one of history's worst monsters. Instead, he tries to sugarcoat toxic waste. How can any reporter even listen to him anymore without bursting into raucous sneering or hiding their face in shame? It all comes down to one factor only: to the corrupt businessmen getting billions of dollars of no-bid contracts, it's a rousing success. To the rest of us, it's an unqualified failure threatening the stability of the entire globe for years.

Friday, April 11, 2008 06:11 PM

Not at all like Bush..

Bush gives his slimeballs a kick upstairs. Clinton just keeps them around. Nice to know there's such a big difference there.

Monday, April 14, 2008 05:14 PM

A way to spread the word

Note that you can spell "torture" with the seven "principals" names:

Tenet

POwell

Rice

AshcrofT

BUsh

Rumsfeld

ChEney

I throw this out there to anyone anywhere willing to distribute this message whichever way you want. I'm printing it out and showing it around everywhere I go because this simple fact is certainly never going to come out in the news. This is a good way, as well, to remember the bastards. Just remember the thing that brings them all together: TORTURE!

Monday, April 14, 2008 05:22 PM

Follow up

Of course, line up the names so they spell out the word. I had it in my earlier comment but it didn't stick...

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 07:50 AM

Check spelling

You wave the flag, but waive taxes.

Thursday, April 17, 2008 04:20 PM

Bow your heads for another casualty

Yeah, those good PowerPoint presentations have destroyed many a good man...

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 04:25 PM

Another right-wing politician with no concept of the human body...

So, how would this rape anklet protect exactly? After all, a rapist isn't going to go after a woman's foot, is he?

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 04:13 PM

Come on!

I find this pretty pathetic. Is this the only way that we can fight against Bush is by naming sewage plants after him? And here the Senate is ready to give me the power and authority to spy on all of us anytime they want. No wonder Bush wins so many battles. He goes after the real power while his opponents are busy thinking of lame jokes about him.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:38 AM

As well...

Add to the fact that his peons screen any crowd for any disturbance (protestors, signs, t-shirts, etc.) that might ruffle his tender little ego.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 04:25 PM

Consider...

Just think what gas mileage a Smart Car with hybrid technology would get?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 04:10 PM

Don't forget...

Never underestimated the Republicans' ability to cheat people out of their votes. That's helped their last candidate considerably the last two times...

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 07:51 AM
Original article: The two Richard Cohens

Experience is no judge

Look at how well Herbert Hoover did after all. He had one of the most impressive resumes at that time. It didn't help him at all during his presidency, though, as he was thrown out of office fours years later.

Thursday, July 31, 2008 01:04 PM
Original article: McCain defends "Celeb" ad

Sinking fast

It's hard to believe that McCain is spending millions of dollars everyday on such a pathetic campaign. Honestly, comparing Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? His wife looks and acts more like them than Obama does. Meanwhile, we have $4 a gallon gas, out-of-control healthcare costs, an insane executive branch, and billions wasted on war upon war. Welcome to the real world already, McCain!

Friday, August 1, 2008 01:12 PM

The Crooked Talk Excess continues

McCain has confused himself again. The person who thinks he's anointed by God nowadays is George W. Bush, not Barack Obama. Of course, pathetic attacks are McCain's forte. He just can't see that the worst economic disaster since the Depression is happening, that we are embroiled in two wars we have already lost but will still spend trillions of dollars on nevertheless, and that the corruption in Washington infects everything in this country. Instead, he dwells on fantasy comparing his opponent to Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and now to Jesus Christ. I do believe that for the first time in history we have the first senile candidate for president (Reagan was the first senile president, of course).

Monday, August 11, 2008 06:17 PM
Original article: Blow blows up race race

Think...

Consider that 24 percent of Americans still think Bush is doing a great or good job. There's always going to be that group out there that will never be convinced no matter what how much evidence is in front of their eyes. It has nothing to do with reason. All I can say is we should try to appeal to these people but don't give in to them. A lot of them just have to come to terms on their own. The same thing is true with having a black president. In the meantime, let's get this country back and find out exactly what's been happening these last eight years. Then, I doubt anyone will care about what color Obama is.

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