Letters to the Editor
zulfishah
Published Letters: 18
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thanks glenn
[Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are tops. Please post some more details about the book, it's release and your schedule for it's promotion.
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huffpost
[Read the article: The worst, sleaziest press corps possible]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The article is pretty comprehensively off HuffingtonPost. No links to it whatsoever.
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nice
[Read the article: My new start-up: I Google For You]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... but surely there's a scalability issue here. I mean, if it really catches on and ALL your blog readers start using this regularly, you could get up to a dozen queries a day!
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republicans in the army
[Read the article: Is it "contradictory" to decry the right's tactics while insisting on their equal application?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One of the strongest retorts to the "Republican chickenhawks" arguement that I haven't been able to get my head around is this: most people serving in the military ARE Republicans. The politicians and media personalities described as "chickenhawks" are merely reflecting what the general opinion of Republicans is, not shaping that opinion.
Obviously being a regular reader of Glenn I can see through the arguement, but on the face of it, it seems very compelling.
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bill clinton
[Read the article: Deep Democratic dissatisfaction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Slight digression, but I'm wondering what impact Bill Clinton has on voters right now. Specifically, how many people vote for Hillary just because she's Bill's wife, esp. in Ohio, Penn and Indiana? I'm curious if there's been any discussion on how much pulling power he has. He's made a few gaffes and made a few people angry, but I believe he's still very charming in person. Is there any data out there to prove / disprove my point?
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interesting, but is it true?
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's one thing to come up with a proposition or a metaphor the way Susan Faludi has, but to prove it is another matter. She fails to mention any polling data that proves that white male voters have become MORE favourable to Hillary as the campaign has moved along. And it's hard to prove even from polls, since there were more choices at the start of the race. Another complicating factor is the race-baiting that followed from the Clintons, designed specifically to cast Obama as a 'black' candidate just to improve her standing amongst white blue-collar voters in places like Penn and Indiana.
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@jimdarling
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary's comments on MLK / LBJ were, at the very least, verging on offensive, esp. if you happen to be black (I'm not, btw). And that racial undertone has shown up a number of times in Bill Clinton's comments, in the words of their associates. Even Hillary's own "Obama's not a muslim, as far as I know" was a particularly disgusting attempt at painting Obama in this unknowable, different light which makes it harder for white, rural communities to see him as someone they can relate to. Its helped the Clintons get alot of votes, but it might just end up costing the Dems the presidential ticket.
And you don't have to be white to admire Hillary's tenaciousness. I'm not, and I still have alot of respect for her, though alot has evaporated over the last few months. The sooner she quits, the better for everyone.
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at least they have ...
[Read the article: The NYT's latest Kristol embarrassment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]a solid democrat in Paul Krugman who'll jump to Obama's defense.
Oh.
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racism question
[Read the article: Why don't those hillbillies like Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Alot of people are claiming racism, and only racism, to be the problem for Obama's lack of appeal in rural communities. To these people, I have the following question: would a charasmatic, *black* Republican presidential nominee who tows the conventional republican party line on social issues (pro-gun, anti-abortion, "religious" and "patriotic" in that conventional way) win over this voter block?
I'm not going to pretend to know the answer. Can people who have lived in rural America answer that? If yes, then the problem might partially be about message. If the answer is overwhelmingly no, then it must be race.
Another important question that needs to be answered is: can Obama win the electoral college votes while ignoring the conventional swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania? It's probably a dispassionate question of strategy: does he have to spend alot of time and energy pandering to this voter block when he might be able to become president pandering to another voting block (that might have a higher return on campaign money spent)?
Interesting article nonetheless. Pity about the title.
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hold on...
[Read the article: Defending campaign, Clinton cites RFK assassination]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm a huge Obama supporter, and was shocked when I first read this comment. But after reading the clarification, it's a bit obvious that she meant only that "RFK's nomination went into June...". The fact that she brought up the assasination was completely unnecessary and unwise considering the circumstances, but she's really not saying "i'm just waiting around in case something bad happens". There's nothing in the words to prove it one way or the other, but I think we need to stop over-reacting... it's a bit cruel to assume that she's advocating for assasination.
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@mikelx
[Read the article: Defending campaign, Clinton cites RFK assassination]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know, but that's not a good excuse to twist HER comments out of context for cynical advantage. 2 wrongs don't make a right. I wouldn't give her campaign a pass for their latent racism, but to jump to conclusions and accuse them of condoning assasination is a bit much. And I'm one who actually dislikes her and her campaign immensely!
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drudge
[Read the article: Defending campaign, Clinton cites RFK assassination]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think we all got drudge-ified here. When I checked his site and saw the blaring headlines, I interpreted the comments in the most offensive, assasination-hoping way as he intended. And all other media outlets immediately caught it and used similar headlines. Only after an hour did I see through the headlines, read the clarification and reinterpreted the comments did it make sense.... she WAS only talking about the nomination process going on till June. The assasination reference was stupid, but this is Drudge playing a gotcha game, and the rest of the press falling into his world-vision.
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@lolcait
[Read the article: Defending campaign, Clinton cites RFK assassination]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wow, you sound really bitter. If she wasn't such a horrible person generally (as has been apparent throughout the campaign), we might not have been so easily convinced. And she might have been winning. It's too bad you're clinging to your conspiracy theories and the "Obama supporters are just nuts" theme.
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@locait
[Read the article: Defending campaign, Clinton cites RFK assassination]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Barack Dukakis wins it, then we'll just have to "steal it" in November.
Wow, so is THAT your perspective? Hillary, or no one else? Why do you assume that she is the only one qualified to run the country?