Letters to the Editor
BryanS
Published Letters: 365 Editor's Choice: 1
-
@ KStone
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Reading "advice" to Hillary from Obama supporters has that just happens to conincide exactly with the Obama camp's talking points and what's the most convienent for him and them.
Actually, I think it comes from looking at what's best for the party and our chances of defeating John McCain in November.
Not that I expect you to agree. You're still living in a fantasy world where Obama is brought low by the Ultimate Scandal before the convention, and all of the superdelegates swing their votes to Hillary, and she manages to defeat McCain, despite having limited appeal to independents and no support from African-American voters or new voters who registered just to cast their ballots for Obama. Oh, and the fact that the name "Clinton" on a presidential ballot guarantees McCain 5-10% additional turnout from a base that can't find any other reason to vote for him.
Since February, I've been in favor of Hillary staying in the race until the end. And by that, I mean June 3, when the last nominating contest has been held. I think the extended race has been good for Obama. He's managed to spar against some of the likely attacks that the McCain campaign will levy against him in the fall, and he's had to do it while being hamstrung by the fact that he and Hillary don't have many substantive policy differences between them. He's also been able to introduce himself to voters in all 50 states, raise a lot of money, and put a ground operation in place that will pay huge dividends to the entire party come November.
And then there's the fact that Obama's got this thing wrapped up, so why not let Hillary act as if it's still a race until the first week of June? If Obama keeps earning superdelegate endorsements at the clip he has been, he's got an excellent shot at hitting 2,025 by the time Oregon's votes are counted on May 20. Florida and Michigan's delegate situation will hopefully be resolved on May 31, when the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws committee meets to discuss plans for how to seat them, so we'll have our official "magic number" of delegates by then, which will remove Hillary's final remaining quasi-legitimate argument for sticking around. If she tries to go too negative or overstay her welcome, the superdelegates will intervene and give her the boot. And keeping her in the race keeps the majority of the press attention on the Democrats, which is bad news for McCain, whose campaign needs all of the free advertising it can get.
All in all, I'm feeling pretty good about things!
-
@ jebldmm
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How on earth can Clinton stay away from "divisive tactics" when every time she opens her mouth Obama claims she is being divisive. He's the one who accused her of "throwing everything but the kitchen sink" at him. He's the one who said that the 3 AM attack was an attack on him. They turn everything she says into an attack. It's an effective campaign technique for destroying Clinton's reputation, and it will probably win him the nomination. But it's classic dirty politics, and people are noticing.
Actually, the Clinton campaign itself coined the term "kitchen sink" to describe the tactics they were going to employ against Obama after Maggie Williams replaced Patti Doyle.
And if the Obama campaign has turned "everything she says into an attack," that probably has something to do with the fact that Hillary's been on the offensive for the last two months of the campaign. And I do mean "offensive." They just had the bad judgment to try to use that strategy to bring down someone who, as it turns out, is a master of political judo.
You are right about one thing, though. People are noticing Obama. They're noticing him right into the White House.
-
@ DmitryB
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I suspect the elites of the Democratic party - like Kennedy - always resented the Clintons for achieving the level of stardom that they did and doing it in a way Kennedy never managed to.
Or, y'know, it could be the fact that Bill managed to cost the Democrats control of the House and Senate two years into his first term. And the fact that there were 30 Democratic state governors when he took office and only 21 when he left. And that many of his policies felt more like moderate Republican initiatives than core Democratic ones. And that his inability to keep his dick in his pants may well have been a contributing factor in losing Al Gore the election in 2000.
I used to really like Bill Clinton, especially in retrospect. But there's a new Man From Hope in town, and I'm proud of the party for recognizing that and daring to take a chance on him.
-
@ KStone
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Darn it. You're too clever for me. You've officially outed me as a Communist elitist black radical secret Muslim America-hater.
I can't wait until President Obama burns your White House to the ground in the name of Muhammad (may Allah bless him and give him peace).
God damn Amerikkka!
-
@ KStone
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you want to feign ignorance, that's up to you.
We do our best, but against a master of practicing ignorance like yourself, I'm afraid our efforts will always come up short.
-
@ KStone
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Reduced to babbling so soon? Oh well....
Just trying to speak your lingo, ace. Sorry if I'm losing anything in translation. You don't give me much to work with.
-
@ KStone
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry, I can't hear you. I've got VICTORY in my ears.
-
@ KStone
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks! Enjoy the bus ride back to Loserton, loser. I'm a' gonna get me some victory lunch.
-
Come on, Alex
[Read the article: New concerns about Women's Voices. Women Vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do you really expect anyone to believe that this organization, filled with seasoned political movers and shakers, is making the same mistakes over and over and over again, especially when they're under threat of legal prosecution for making them in other states? How many times does an organization have to make the same "innocent" mistake before you're convinced that perhaps it isn't so innocent after all?
-
One of my favorite Onion headlines of all time:
[Read the article: Bob Barr to run for president]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department"