Letters to the Editor
Picko
Published Letters: 265 Editor's Choice: 11
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Finished.
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here](Sung to the tune of Eleanor Rigby)
Hillary Clinton, stays in the race when she knows that she simply can’t win
Lives in a dream
Waits for convention, puts all her hopes on a fight to take place on the floor
What it is for?
All the stupid people
Where do they all come from?
All the stupid people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the stupid people...
Barack Obama, harks to the words of some sermons that no one should hear
For twenty years
“Goddamn America!” his minister shouts in a rant which some voters might fear
Hope they don’t care
All the stupid people
Where do they all come from?
All the stupid people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the stupid people...
Republican victory came in the fall, doomed us all to four years of McCain.
Oh what a shame
American soldiers, fighting a war which continues to go on vain.
Four thousand slain.
All the stupid people
Where do they all come from?
All the stupid people
Where do they all belong?
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Tree Hugger
[Read the article: Lee Hamilton is backing Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, with a record like that, you'd think he'd be endorsing Hillary instead.
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The Gospel According to Hunthorse.
[Read the article: Lee Hamilton is backing Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I couldn't stand Jimmy the peanut farmer so I did bail out, then the Lord blessed us with Ronald the hack actor Reagan.
And then everybody lived happily ever after.
Thank you, Jesus!
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Come on, fellow obamabots
[Read the article: New Clinton ad: "Ringing"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is exactly the sort of ad we should be encouraging, not deriding.
At least it goes after the right person: McCain.
I think it's a smart ad for her to run, because (a) polling shows that she has an edge over Obama on whom voters trust to deal with economic issues, so it reminds them of one of her perceived strengths without really attacking Obama and (b) because it attacks McCain instead of Obama it signals a shift away from inter-party divisiveness, a trend I hope will continue.
I imagine that at this point she knows that whatever happens is going to be settled in convention and the best way to reap good-will among superdelegates is to show that she's a team-player by going after the common enemy.
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somebody sent me the petition
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's petition ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and I didn't sign it because it was obviously a one-sided solution. The friend who sent it to me was a Clinton supporter, and it's hardly surprising that the usual cast of Clinton supporters (jebldmm, Rosenkavalier) are coming out in favor of it.
Now I've gone on record as saying that I would prefer to see a re-vote happen in these states, but apparently a revote is not feasible for a number of legal and logistical reasons. A hundred thousand people signing a petition are not going to remove those obstacles. To me, signing the petition was a way of saying "We don't care if a fair revote is possible or practical, we want a revote anyway!!!"
So you're left with the imperfect results from the original primaries. Now, I don't see how anyone could accept the solution of just seating Michigan delegates considering she was the only candidate on the ballot. If they are going to give Hillary delegates for her 55% of the Michigan vote, they should give Obama the 40% that voted for Undecided. Of course, that probably lumps a certain number of Edwards voters in with the Obama voters, but that can't be helped. The 4% that went for Kuccinich should either be uncommited delegates able to make their own choice as to whom to back or Michigan should just lose that porton of its delegates as penalty for disregarding party rules.
Obviously Florida is less problematic, because everyone's name was on the ballot. Obama might have done a little better if he had actively campaigned there, but it's unknowable how things might have sorted out differently.
I think there should be some penalty for Florida and Michigan, but certainly not as draconian as the one the DNC decided upon - maybe seat half the delegation, as the Republicans are doing.
I read an article that was making the case that the move to seat the Michigan and Florida delegations was as much about closing the gap on the popular vote tallies as it was the gap in the pledged delegates. Because many estimations of the popular vote presently exclude Florida, counting Florida would move Clinton within striking distance of overtaking Obama in the popular vote (granted, she would still have to perform very well in the remaining contests to overtake him). But it's almost impossible to add Michigan totals into the popular vote calculations, because we have no way of knowing how many votes Obama would have gained if he had been on the ballot.
I note that the Clinton apologists consistently omit how disingenous it was for Hillary to keep her name on the Michigan ballot on the premise that the primary wouldn't count and then immediately turn around and demand that they be counted. Basic intellectual honesty requires you to admit that this is a bit of a bait-and-switch. It makes your righteous thundering from the moral high ground ring a little hollow in some people's ears.
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@ Electro Robot
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's petition ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do you recall that as recently as six months ago it was Hillary Clinton who was set on the road towards coronation until this ugly matter of voting got in the way? It seems to me that what angers Hillary's supporters the most is that this upstart Obama interfered with Hillary's coronation.
On the subject of coronations, wasn't Hillary awarded her Senate seat (and hence her political career) because she was already Washington royalty? Or do you think it's typical for a woman who has never previously lived in the state she is going to represent to be elected to the Senate with absolutely no experience in public office? And for people to clamor for her to run for president before she's even moved into her Senate offices?