Letters to the Editor
BryanS
Published Letters: 365 Editor's Choice: 1
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The ranks are thinning
[Read the article: Will Obama's debate stumble hurt him?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have to say, I find it kind of amusing that we're now down to a small handful of diehard Hillary supporters in the comments section, as opposed to the 50-50 split we used to see on here only a couple of months ago. I used to wonder who made up the 14.5% of Intrade traders who are actually still gambling their own money on Hillary winning the primary. Now I know.
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@ softdog
[Read the article: Will Obama's debate stumble hurt him?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Also, Salon needs to stop doing the brick wall videos. Most of your staff, no matter how camera ready they may seem, are far better writing words than presenting them. Even the most insightful text or voice only work can seem shallow when a face is added. Plus the current cheap production flatters no one. If Salon must do videos, find a more compelling visual context thn someone awkwardly reciting their work.
I wholeheartedly agree. Salon's video production standards are about as low as their editorial standards of late. See my previous reference to "third-rate progressive news and views site."
On the bright side, having Joan already up against the wall will save some time when the revolution comes.
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@ Smith
[Read the article: Will Obama's debate stumble hurt him?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't you have some kids you should be shooing off your lawn?
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@ damnthatxanadu
[Read the article: Will Obama's debate stumble hurt him?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bullshit. I live in Boulder, Colorado, a huge moveon.org community and let me tell you they RAN and over ran the caucuses here. They intimidated Clinton supporters by screaming at them for supporting her and, while complaints were lodged, of course nothing was ever done.
I used to be a big moveon.org supporter but after what I have seen, to hell with them. Now THAT IS ROVE tactics!
I've heard this charge again and again, that Obama supporters shouted down and beat up on Hillary's folks at the caucuses, and that's why Hillary's performed so poorly at them. Now, I admit that I haven't done a ton of research into the matter, but I find it extremely odd that, with such widespread abuses of the system, that I haven't heard of one single charge of voter intimidation or voter fraud sticking.
Even curiouser, in this age of the ubiquitous cellphone video camera, I'd have thought that footage of these strong-arm tactics would have wound up on YouTube within hours, with a media frenzy following shortly thereafter. You're telling me that an ex-Seinfeld star can be caught dropping N-bombs in a comedy club, but Hillary's supporters apparently don't consider being forcibly disenfranchised to be the kind of thing they might want to capture for posterity?
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Nice objectivity
[Read the article: The haunting of the Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]More of the fair and balanced journalism I've come to expect from Salon lately. Why don't you just hire J. Jonah Jameson as editor-in-chief and get it over with? "Barack Obama: Threat or Menace?"