Letters to the Editor
BryanS
Published Letters: 329 Editor's Choice: 1
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Once again...
[Read the article: Politico: "Clinton has virtually no chance of winning"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The relevant points of the Florida/Michigan situation:
1) Although the Republican parties of both states hatched the plan to move up the primaries, the Democratic elected officials of both states overwhelmingly went along with the plan, despite knowing full well what the consequences would be.
2) None of the Democratic candidates made any fuss about Florida and Michigan losing their delegates prior to those primaries. All of them stuck to the DNC party line, which was that if these states moved up their primaries, they'd lose their delegates. Nobody campaigned in them. And in Michigan, most of the candidates had the decency to remove their names from the ballots in protest. Hillary, hedging her bets, did not.
3) At the time of those primaries, Hillary enjoyed much greater name recognition than any other candidate, by far. When you can't campaign in a state and introduce yourself to voters, any election essentially becomes a popularity contest, favoring the already-known candidates.
4) Barack Obama isn't "obstructing justice" or "disenfranchising voters" by refusing to push harder (or at all) for revotes or for the delegates to be seated. Those two states made their choice, and it's not Obama's responsibility to clean up their mess for them. Does having no revote favor him? Yes, in the sense that, as things stand now, there's no way Hillary will catch him in delegates or popular votes. But it's not like he lifted a finger to have their delegates thrown out. They did it to themselves and have no one to blame but themselves, with the possible exception of the DNC. At worst, he's guilty of not working to overturn a situation that benefits him and was none of his doing.
5) Hillary Clinton's new-found populism is just that: new-found. See point #2. She could not be more obvious about wanting these delegates seated solely for the purpose of picking up much-needed delegates that she's failed to win in the other 44 contests, and she knows that the 10 remaining contests aren't going to be enough for her to make up for lost time and missed opportunities.
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@ ljwalker53
[Read the article: Politico: "Clinton has virtually no chance of winning"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I understand the insecurity of junior high wannabes desperate to be part of the neat group so they can feel better about themselves, but you can give up on the "rhymin' simon" language to berate (that means to chastise) Clinton and her supporters. We get it: Junior High Hijinx.
To your first point, I have no desire to be back in junior high (does anyone really?), and being part of the "neat" group holds no appeal for me either (nor do the "spiffy," "ginchy," or "gee whiz" groups).
To your second point, I came up with "Shrill Hil Shills" after reading an article on this very website about how rhyming terms resonate with listeners. And since Salon's own editor-in-chief has decided that it's okay to deride passionate Obama supporters as "Obamabots," I thought I'd return the favor.
Also, note to Joan and other SHS's: "Obamabot" isn't really an insult to us children of the 80's who grew up with the Transformers. If anything, it makes us feel like a heroic army of twenty-foot tall robots fighting the evil forces of the Decepticlintons.
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@ theonly2
[Read the article: Report: Richardson to endorse Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think Richardson is hoping to be vice president!!! Why else would he betray the Clintons?
Oh, I don't know...maybe because they're down-and-dirty, win-at-all-costs, race-baiting career politicians who are so eager to compromise that their individual political successes never pay dividends for their party?
And by the way, I'm hoping for Richardson to be vice president too.
Congrats on your first post.
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@ Rambling Rose
[Read the article: Report: Richardson to endorse Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Richardson probably got himself a deal there somewhere with Obama because it really makes no sense for him to endorse Obama at this point in time. And all this chatter, mostly from the Obama-rama supporters that superdelegates should support their constituency's preferences for the nomination just went down the drain too, didn't it? lol
Well, you certainly live up to your handle.
As for Richardson's endorsement not making sense, do you think it could have anything to do with one candidate's surrogates implying that their non-white opponent was an affirmative action case, and the other one rising above the mud-slinging and making the boldest speech on race of the last 30 years? Do you think that might have had any effect whatsoever on a man with a Mexican-born mother, who's had to endure years of immigrants being demonized by people trying to score political points?
And as a Shrill Hil Shill, I thought you'd be wholly in favor of Richardson throwing his superdelegate endorsement behind Obama. Aren't you the ones who are pinning all of your hopes for victory on the superdels overturning the popular will of the people?
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@ geeegee
[Read the article: Will Wright hurt Obama's chances?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If I may steal a page from Mr. Maher's playbook...
NEW RULE: You have to be able to spell "racism" to be taken seriously when you talk about it.
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@ byronc
[Read the article: Report: Richardson to endorse Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I noticed that Obama is wearing a pin on his lapel in the published photos of him with Richardson. Does anyone know what the pin is depicting or is about?
Hmm, I have no idea, but I notice that a bunch of blogs (especially foxnews.com) have posted comments about it. Is this the latest viral attempt to sow suspicion about Obama, and is that why you just signed up to post this, your one and only comment? Didn't we do this whole "he doesn't wear a flag pin!" dance about a month ago?
For the record, it doesn't look flag-shaped, so I guess he still hates America.
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Kate
[Read the article: Politico: "Clinton has virtually no chance of winning"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The bowl of crow that you're going to have to eat in November grows larger by the day.