Letters to the Editor
BryanS
Published Letters: 365 Editor's Choice: 1
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Jumped the gun
[Read the article: Big weekend news]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry, Elephantman. I suffer from a lack of patience.
Thanks for acknowledging that Joan never mentioned Obama's desire to protect his congregation from the scrutiny of an overenthusiastic media in her article, but instead buried it in a link to an article written by someone else.
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@ One guy, puffmeister, blm256
[Read the article: Big weekend news]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for saying nice things about my post. Sadly, I'm afraid I'll revert to being an insensitive jerk any second now. And as soon as Hillary finally declares defeat, I'm done supporting this site's ad rates with my page views.
But it's nice to know that folks out there appreciate what I have to add to the discussion. That means more than all of the stupid little red stars in the world.
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@ rickterp
[Read the article: Puerto Rico goes to the polls]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The complicity of the mainstream news media in helping the Clinton campaign to move the goalposts is just astonishing.
Yeah, but you can't blame 'em for doing everything they can to make sure this goose keeps laying golden eggs. This primary campaign has been an absolute ratings bonanza for news channels and sites, and I think everyone knows that interest is going to drop dramatically when it's Charismatic Black Secret Muslim vs. Cranky Old Zombie Who Is Also a Very Bad Pilot.
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Compare and contrast
[Read the article: Clinton wins!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]After watching Hillary and Obama's speeches back-to-back, I was struck by the extreme difference of styles. Hillary's speech was all about Hillary, and Hillary's supporters, and Hillary's journey with her supporters. Obama, by contrast, showed tremendous respect to Hillary's achievements, tore into John McCain, talked about the problems facing America, and spoke very little about himself.
If I was at all on the fence -- which I'm not -- I don't think I'd have any trouble choosing which candidate I wanted to represent me as the Democratic nominee for president.
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Here's the thing, Joan
[Read the article: The other 18 million]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary LOST. She had 17 months to try and convince Democratic voters that she was the best choice to take on John McCain in November. And despite having every advantage, she failed to make her case.
When someone loses in a primary, they're expected to graciously step aside and throw their support to the winner, for the good of the party that has enabled them to achieve their political successes. And despite being mathematically eliminated from the nominating contest and having no legitimate grounds to continue her campaign, she couldn't bring herself to show even the slightest glimmer of grace toward Obama and congratulate him on his victory -- or even acknowledge it. Instead, she launched into yet another speech that was all about her, all about her supporters, and all about the journey that they've taken together, along with a barely concealed threat to make life difficult for the party's chosen nominee if he didn't respect that. For the sake of less than 18 million voters -- many of whom are already probably regretting their support for her -- she was willing to hold the entire party hostage, or at least willing to dare someone to call her bluff.
Hillary Clinton showed Barack Obama absolutely none of the respect he was due. Yes, there were a lot of women who've been waiting all their lives to see a female nominee for president. There are also a lot of African-Americans who have been waiting for their place at the same table for an awfully long time, and have served the Democratic party very, very faithfully for decades. And then there are a lot of us who just wanted a presidential nominee who'd talk to us like adults and fight for the things that so many others have triangulated around and backed down from, including Hillary Clinton.
I'm sorry your feelings are hurt because your candidate blew it. That's no excuse for continuing to be a diva about it, not when we have so many problems facing this country that require a major change of course to correct. This nation cannot afford the self-absorption of Hillary Clinton for another week, much less the three months she'd all but threatened.
I'm glad that Hillary was finally forced to see reason today and announce that she'll finally do on Saturday what she should have done yesterday. Not only does it crown Obama the undisputed Democratic nominee for president and allow him to get on with the very important business of kicking John McCain's leathery ass, it means I can finally make good on a promise I made several months ago, to stop reading this third-rate so-called "progressive" tabloid and stop bumping up your ad rates (however infinitesimally) with my page views.
I encourage any other readers who are sick of your myopic biases to do the same. There are so many other, better sites out there that still have the sense of journalistic responsibility that you threw away as soon as Hillary started to falter, and I'm proud to support them with my readership.
I wish I could say that it's been fun, Joan, but quite frankly, you've managed to destroy my respect for a site that I've been reading regularly since 2000. You're the worst sort of hack, and I'm glad I'm finally done with your biased bullshit.