Letters to the Editor
Blue Jean
Published Letters: 16 Editor's Choice: 1
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Poor Mr. Shaw....
[Read the article: Inside the Creation Museum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't have the heart to tell him that abortion, drugs, homosexuality, etc. were around long before Darwin set sail (much less that a lot of the evil on earth is perpetuated by Biblical literalists.)
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Hello?
[Read the article: What Democrats need to learn about power]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hello? Clinton did not call a press conference for the express purpose of saying he was still relevant. He was asked a sneering question about his relevance while he was at a press conference. More research and less RNC talking points, please.
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Of Course, He's Arrogant
[Read the article: War, chaos and Bush's faith]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Brilliant article. Of course, St. George is arrogant; every time he's screwed up, somebody's always been there to save him, whether it's Daddy's, Daddy's friends or the Supreme Court, or fate itself. Get bad grades in school? Daddy will get you into Harvard. Drunk driving and other arrests? Daddy's connections will bury the bad news. Mess up the businesses Daddy's money got you? Daddy's friends will bail you out. Goof off during the Presidential campaign, come off as a lazy jerk, and come up short in the vote count? Your brother will jigger the ballots. If all else fails, Daddy's connections on the Supreme Court will fix the law just for you. Is your stolen Presidency failing because you spend more time golfing than reading policy briefs? 9/11 to the rescue!
So why should we be surprised that he blundered into Iraq? He's sure God will save him. But will God save the rest of us from him?
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Because Clinton Wasn't For The Corporations..
[Read the article: Gloria Borger & the media's reverence for Karl Rove]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yeah, the press was far more hostile to Clinton, but that was because there's no such thing as a free press any more; it's all corporate owned. Shrub is the corporations' boy and he gave the wealthy more tax breaks, so of course, the press worships him. Clinton raised taxes on the rich and tried more corporate regulation, so the press sought every way possible to bring him down.
Fortunately, the American people (and the world at large) are smarter than the press gives us credit for; that's why Shrub's ratings are sucking sewer water no matter how many fawning articles the press writes for him.
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W=FDR?
[Read the article: Two Georges, one king]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's see...
FDR and W=both born wealthy
OK, so far, so good...
FDR=taxed the rich to improve life for the downtrodden, the poor and the forgotten
W=taxes the poor to take care of the rich
FDR=sacrificed his party's interest to unite the nation
W=sacrificed the national interest to build his party
FDR=when his nation was attacked, he asked Congress for a declaration of war, then took the fight to the enemy.
W=pretty much ignores Congress, tried to find the enemy, and then when he couldn't, declared war on another nation that had nothing to do with the attacks.
FDR="We have nothing to fear but Fear itself."
W="Terror Alert! TERROR ALERT!"
FDR=Four years after Pearl Harbor, the leaders of the Axis were either dead or imprisoned.
W=Six and a half years after 9/11, Osama Bin Laden is alive and free.
FDR=Paralyzed from the waist down.
W=Paralyzed from the neck up.
Other than that, the similarities are uncanny.
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Because Shrub Can't Even Spell "Nobel", Let Alone Win One....
[Read the article: Is it still Bush vs. Gore?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...so NP's reverse dream had no chance of coming true.
However, it was gentlemanly of Shrub to refrain from "resenting" the true winner of the White House, who was victimized by Shrub's robbery.
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The Lazio Manuver
[Read the article: How bashing Hillary backfired]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hereby dub this phenomen "The Lazio Manuver" after Rick Lazio, whose sterling moment in the 2000 debates cinched Clinton's Senate win. It's defined "where extreme hatred for one's opponent backfires by driving one to questionable behavior and thus creating sympathy for said opponent." much like Lazio's crossing the stage to force Hillary to sign a pledge; he didn't look strong, he looked like he was mugging her. In that moment, in the eyes of many women voters, Hillary became Every Woman, and Lazio became every man, whether father, brother, boyfriend, etc. who's used his greater size and strength to intimidate her, whether he was aware of it or not. The (mostly) pale male press was jumping up and down with such glee, they became every coach, every boss, every boy who's ever put up a "NO GURLZ ALOWED" sign on his tree house.
I don't think we should count Hillary out because she drives her opponents crazy. Let's face it, any Democrat who wins the nomination is going to be instantly villified as if s/he was a cross between Lucrcia Borgia, Vlad the Impaler, and Attila the Hun. The main reason that Obama is enjoying a honeymoon right now is because he's the "Not Hillary." The moment that the real Hillary is gone, it will be open season on whoever's got it. At least she's been there before, and knows how to take the inevitable flak.
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Poor Tweety....
[Read the article: Chris Matthews' mea culpa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's just so hard to be a WASP man nowadays, ya know what I mean? What with women running for office instead of staying in the kitchen and all. You even have to treat her as a serious candidate instead of just telling the broad to bug off and go iron her husband's shirts, and it's just so hard, it's hard!
Of course, it might be a little easier for all of us these days if Tweety (and the rest of the press corps) hadn't pimped so enthusiastically for the twangy frat rat with the thin resume, and tried a little harder to be fair to the nerdy future Nobel prize winner, but I doubt Tweety's little brain comprehends that.