Letters to the Editor
sajwan
Published Letters: 487 Editor's Choice: 13
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Yep plenty of embarrassment to go around
[Read the article: The dude vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Clinton campaign circulates a picture of Obama in Somali garb. ... I’m embarrassed Democrats are responsible for this.
-- slancio103
I too am embarrassed, but mostly because Obama is acting like Drudges pet parrot.
While pleased at Obamas response to the psuedo-patriots, I am embarrassed at his attacking Hillary based on a Drudge report. This is the "new" era of political discourse being ushered in?
I am also embarrassed at Obamas stupid response. The photo "scandal" CREATED by Drudge, kills two birds with one stone. It gets the photo out there so the Neanderthals can say, "See I told ya so, he's a Muslim terrurist" and it gets a ding at Hillary for being a "dirty Clinton". Republicans have been hitting home runs with these twofer type scandals it seems like forever now. Obama fell effortlessly into the trap. By pushing this as a Clinton issue in the media, he lets the Neanderthals both feast over the "terrurist" picture and also over what an awful person Clinton is. Whoopee, homerun in GOP land with GOP operatives laughing their behinds off.
While we are looking at gender bias (duh yeah, it’s a factor), racism(duh yeah, it’s a factor), and age bias (newly Obama created divisive factor), might as well throw religious bias (duh yeah, it’s a factor) in there as well. Obamas’ "I am an awesome Christian, vote for me, I love Jesus" (paraphrased) political flyer is despicable - a typical GOP ploy that involves using Jesus as a political pawn.
In the end, unfortunately nothing new here, embarassing politics as usual for all.
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In Professional Hands
[Read the article: John King with Mike McConnell: Rare journalistic honesty]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am satisfied our nation and our media is in the hands of professionals.
King is a professional idiot and McConnell a professional liar.
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Probably not...
[Read the article: Obama: "We're on the same team"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yep, thats a Straight Talker ... oops someone elses slogan.
Ok then, he made a direct response that says exactly ... well doesn't say anything exactly. You fill in the blanks anyway your sweet heart wants to.
Which is what the ultimate politician is - one who can talk out of all sides of his mouth at once. But wait, thats not new! What is new, is people idolizing a politician for having that ability.
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We've come a long way
[Read the article: May the best logo win]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obamas logo is certainly more up to date and modern, but it does lean toward the airy and trendy - another poster said it reminded them of a bottled water label.
Anyways we must have come a long way in politics when a politician is capable of branding the same way bottled water is. It's not about whats in the bottle, (it is all water) it's about the shape of the bottle, the graphics, and the marketing campaign.
Meanwhile in the real world, that is the world outside of presidential elections, the euro set new records against the dollar - 1.51.
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Everyone likes a winner
[Read the article: Should Hillary Clinton drop out?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I think he simply won it, in a mostly fair fight." - hutman
Nobody wins a debate, debates are a cross between a popularity contest and a big wishing well. Everyone gets to see what they wish for. For exmaple Obama rejected, denounced, Farrakkans views, but wink-wink will accept his followers votes. To me thats a big "lose" to Obama, but to others I am sure looks like a big "win".
"Enough. I want a black man to be elected president in my lifetime -- but not this black man. He's been bad news from day one, reeks of the divisiveness and power scheming, and turns my stomach with his posturing, faux aggression and tacky campaign strategies. Bleh. The man is smart, strong, etc... but that's not enough for me anymore. I want someone real, someone different, someone who gets it. -- pixiecita
See just change "woman" to "black man" and it says said the same thing - absolutely nothing.
"It's middle-aged ignorant numbskulls like you who are handing over a broken country to us. We may be young, but we can still see and smell the sewage around our ankles, sewage from your 30 years of insular and completely uninformed choices." --self-described young and informed annonymous
It's not that you may be young, its that you are young and immature. It's the middle aged numnbskulls, that raised, protected, and fed your sorry ass, heck those numbskulls were even stupid enough to wipe your ass for you when you needed it. But rebelling against the "elders" is fine, it's natural, but don't mistake that for maturity or smarts. Being young does not make you smart or wise as being old does not make you smart or wise. So if you want to blame middle-aged numbskulls for creating a sewer, fine but will you also blame them for your selfishness and ignorance which is part of the sewer you speak of?
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Pollsters scrambling
[Read the article: No Hail Mary for Hillary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's great the second coming of the uniter (sorry Obama supporters, Obama is not the first, Bush Jr campaigned as the first great uniter), already has a leg up on devisiveness. Leaping over race bias, he lands squarely on whats needed for hope and change: age divisiveness.
Whoopee for unity.
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Friends, people at work, everyone I hear talk about the healthcare issue doesn't like the idea of "mandates." -- saintzak
Well thats certainly a scientific poll: "friends, people, and everyone I hear". Rasmussen and other pollsters are scrambling to catch up with this new polling paradigm. BTW, do "friends, people, everyone I hear" know that Obama has mandates in his plan as well? Do "friends, people, everyone I hear" also know that BOTH plans suck?