Letters to the Editor
kaweahdave
Published Letters: 140 Editor's Choice: 10
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This is the time for Democratic leadership to step in
[Read the article: Barack Obama's epic win]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pelosi and I think Reid have said that the process should end when the primaries ended. Well, they've ended. I think they have a role to play in telling Hillary the simple fact that she has lost. Losing and winning: it's not nearly as difficult of a concept as she and some of her supporters here think.
And all this egotistical "ME FIRST" clinging to the spotlight will ensure a McCain victory. If she really cares about the issues she says she cares about, she will throw her full support behind the Democratic nominee and do what she can to ensure he gets elected. Sadly, she seems more interested in herself.
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@karenn22
[Read the article: Did Clinton wait too long to concede?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"In 1980 Ted Kennedy was 600 delegates behind and three million behind in the popular vote, but he went to the convention. Why is the first female candidate being forced to get out?"
And how well did that work out for Kennedy, Carter, and the Dems in 1980?
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Blame, blame, blame...
[Read the article: Penn spreads the blame around]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Penn's to blame. Obama's to blame. Her other staff is to blame.
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada...
Maybe HRC just wasn't the best candidate the Dems put forth this year?
That's why I didn't vote for her. Mark Penn and company could only have done so much to persuade me and other voters that she was better than the other candidates. In the end, I did not believe that she was as good of a candidate as Obama or some of the others. Penn made some mistakes, but there was also a limit to the number of HRC could attract this election.
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@Jameka
[Read the article: Penn spreads the blame around]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"@kaweahdave
If Hillary was such a lousy candidate that everybody hated, please explain how she and Obama are literally tied in the popular vote? I've yet to see an explanation ot this from the Obamabots. But none is forthcoming."
Where did I say everyone hated her?
Oh that's right, I didn't say that.
Maybe she just wasn't as good of a candidate.
Difficult concept, no?
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@Jameka
[Read the article: Penn spreads the blame around]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fair enough. Thanks for not putting words into my mouth.
Now, back to the Kennedy example. Kennedy took it to the convention. Did he win?
No.
Did Carter win? No. Carter was probably headed for defeat anyway, but this infighting certainly didn't help him.
That's what the DNC was afraid would happen this fall.
What would she have accomplished by going to the convention? Would she have won? I don't see how that would happen. At the end of the primaries, after all the elections were finished (and btw, I supported finishing the elections) Hillary had fewer delegates and momentum was not going her way. She was losing.
Would she weaken the Dems chance of winning in November? I sure don't how see how a prolonged campaign would help. The DNC is interested in winning in November. Now that all the votes have been counted, I'm glad they worked to persuade her to end the race.
Obviously, Clinton was not my first choice. Neither was Obama for that matter, although I voted for him. But had she won, I would've voted and campaigned for her because on the issues, she would've been 1000 times better than McCain. And that's our goal, at least that's what our goal should be: to end the disastrous policies of modern Republicanism.
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@Jameka
[Read the article: Penn spreads the blame around]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with a lot of what you say, except for a couple of points.
I don't agree that Clinton was "bullied out." I definitely would not deny that there was a lot of sexism in this election, just as there was racisim that Obama faced. But Olberman is also not part of the party leadership.
I think the overriding mission of a political party is to help its candidates gain seats in elected offices. Had Clinton continued until the Convention, what would have been accomplished, besides increasing bitterness, depleting funds, and allowing McCain to campaign freely with minimal challenge? I think the DNC did the right thing by not (for once) ignoring the lessons about the futility of recent intraparty fights. Saying the DNC bullied her out also overlooks the fact that she was trailing Obama in the delegate count and was still poised to lose even more ground as had happened the previous several weeks.
Anyway, I agree with you about defeating McCain.
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Cool!
[Read the article: The new racist, anti-Obama fashion statement]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Stuff like that exposes the ugly wink-wink, nudge-nudge, whisper-whisper racism of the Republican party and puts it out in the open for all to see.
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Alex, you said...
[Read the article: Cindy McCain, cookie thief?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The rules of decorum forbid me from giving away the family brownie recipe, but let's just say it's not any more respectable."
Where did you get the recipe?
High Times?
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They're running it in Alaska?
[Read the article: Obama camp releases first general election ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do they seriously think Alaska is in play?
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I realize that Stevens is only a tad more popular than a turd in a punch bowl
[Read the article: Obama camp releases first general election ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But looking at the past few primaries in Alaska, dems lost by 10% in 1992, 8% in 1996, 31% in 2000, and 27 %in 2004. This is not favorable ground for Democratic candidates.
Interestingly though, Obama is only trailing in a poll taken on June 16 in Alaska by 4 points: 45-41.
(info from electoral-vote.com)
I suppose that spending tv money in Alaska is much less expensive than larger markets. But still, I'm sure it isn't cheap.
Maybe it boils down to what was said above: forcing McCain to defend places he shouldn't have to defend and spend the kind of money that his campaign simply doesn't have.
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Oops
[Read the article: Obama camp releases first general election ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I meant general elections in my post above--not primaries.
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What planet have these women been living on the past few decades?
[Read the article: Some GOP women are defecting from McCain ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What Republican nominee for President has not been opposed to reproductive rights?
Have they even bothered to read about the viewpoints of the candidates they supported?
Nice to see they finally get the message, but wasn't it obvious in 2000 and 2004 that Bush would, if given the opportunity, appoint justices who were hostile to reproductive rights (which is exactly what he did)?
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If Dems were smart
[Read the article: Conservatives worry about McCain backslide on immigration]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They'd propose another immigration bill similar to the last one, just to put the Repubs and McCain on the spot.
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Cindy McCain makes me puke
[Read the article: Mean Old Party]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And it's not just because of Bridget. She completely lost me last night when she talked about the poor downtrodden people around the world, and those who are struggling economically in the U.S., while wearing a $300,000 outfit and showing the sincerest, most caring look she could muster. What a phony!