"He wil be crushed by the Republicans, and as for me, don't count on my vote. I will sit this one out if the more qualified candidate (Hillary) is not on the ticket."

Now that's standing your ground. I guess you told US! We at the letters column on Salon--the Obama supporters here and beyond--we get that you have been angered by the turn of events. If there is a lesson to be learned we will learn it on election day if what you say is true.

Of course, most of us are not fighting an unjust war. Most of us are not dying for a cause that McCain is only too happy to let continue. I will go on and continue living my life. But a McCain presidency will mean far more dead American soldiers than an Obama presidency (to say nothing of our civil liberties and the illegal and invasive behavior of the Republican regime). Please think of that on voting day in November.

A word from our editor, Joan Walsh:

I'm disappointed in Obama and his lack of ______. He could have _______. His crazy, mentally deficient supporters shocked me by _______. Overall it was a great campaign season because we got to choose between two well-qualified candidates, but (back-handed compliment to Obama, questioning his skills as a leader.)

A word from our editor, Joan Walsh:

I'm disappointed in Obama and his lack of ______. He could have _______. His crazy, mentally deficient supporters shocked me by _______. Overall it was a great campaign season because we got to choose between two well-qualified candidates, but (insert back-handed compliment to Obama, questioning his skills as a leader.)

[ETA: I swiped this from a letter I wrote in a different column, but I figure it belongs here more than anywhere else.]

While we all come here to essentially proclaim our own opinions and rarely do we consider the opinions of others, I think it would be uncivil of me not to speak up.

I read your letters regarding the Iraq war. I too have marched and been arrested in opposition to this war. That is exactly why I am voting for Obama. I think we, as citizens, have to do everything in our power to stop it, to stop innocent people from being killed. The longer we stay in Iraq, the longer our soldiers will die and the more embittered Middle Easterners will be recruited to fight against us. We are generating our own enemies by continuing to occupy a country that does not want us.

This is why we have to unite againt McCain. He will not only keep us committed to this disaster, but he will map out a strategy of aggression against other countries.

You say Obama is nothing but a man with fancy words? Maybe that's what we need right now; A politician who can speak, not just to US, but to the entire world. I believe that, as a head of state, no other man could compare as our representative and spokesperson. His and Hillary's respective candidacies prove that we are not just any country with the same power dynamic. In this election we have running a Vietnam War vet, a woman and the first successful black presidential candidate of this nation. I am a serious critic of America as an empire, but on a day like today, I can't help but think that America IS great.

You don't have to like him. Hell, I'm sure that after the first 100 days, I may not be a fan of him, either. But that would be true for ANY viable candidate (barring Kucinich. We all know that he could never be elected.) I just want to get on with my life and stop living in the fantasy world of the Republican Regime: Where oil will last forever, global warming doesn't exist and Iraq is Mission Accomplished. I want a president who will face those realities head-on and I believe Obama will do just that.

I am a white woman of middling age and I have seen the discrimination of which you speak. Certainly there have been Obama supporters who have attacked you using sexist rhetoric. That I will not deny because it is true.

But there have been many Obama supporters who have criticized your writings based on their substance. Please do not confuse the issues. To reiterate what has been said 1,000 times, how you have covered the Obama campaign has been a disappointment. When he won Iowa, you refused to give him his due (which in the case of a liberal magazine, would be a fair examination of his success.) Clinton's many stumbles have barely been worth a remark while Obama's where meditated upon repeatedly. (Not to mention the tone you have used, which has been somewhat lecturing and condescending.)

To be clear, not all of your detractors are sexist or, for that matter, mindless. I feel confident that this moment in Salon history has put a real and lasting stain on the magazine's reputation.

Hillary's job is to concede with dignity, and then turn to the task before all of us: take this country back from those bastards.

Word to your mother, Jeff. Word to your mom.