Letters to the Editor
bethb10
Published Letters: 174 Editor's Choice: 5
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Anonymous' claptrap
[Read the article: Sweet home Chicago]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anonymous, a strangely racist and sexist Hillary supporter, is by far the nastiest piece of work in the letters section. He pops up immediately to post the first few letters, makes sure to get in a few jabs about Oprah's boobs or weight or black voters not counting, and then disappears.
Whatever he is getting paid is not worth it in terms of converting people. In fact, it's making me really dislike Clinton supporters.
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over 60%
[Read the article: Sweet home Chicago]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]States Obama won with (so far) more than 60% of the vote:
Alaska (over 70%)
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho (over 70%)
Illinois
Kansas (over 70%)
Minnesota
North Dakota
States Clinton won with (so far) more than 60% of the vote:
Arkansas
Now, some of Obama's were caucuses, but that's pretty decent for the guy who was polling 20 behind not so long ago. Also it's interesting to note that while Obama pulled over 60% in his home state of Illinois, he pulled off a big chunk of Clinton's support in New York-- 40%.
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huh
[Read the article: Clinton gets her party started]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]over 60%
States Obama won with (so far) more than 60% of the vote:
Alaska (over 70%)
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho (over 70%)
Illinois
Kansas (over 70%)
Minnesota
North Dakota
States Clinton won with (so far) more than 60% of the vote:
Arkansas
Now, some of Obama's were caucuses, but that's pretty decent for the guy who was polling 20 behind not so long ago. Also it's interesting to note that while Obama pulled over 60% in his home state of Illinois, he pulled off a big chunk of Clinton's support in New York-- 40%.
I like Clinton-- nearly voted for her in the primary, will vote for her in the general-- but I was surprised by these numbers. She's fighting off some big percentages, and that 40% for Obama here in NY means more delegates than she had expected to lose. Of course she did grab Calif and NY, no small feat. It just looks like she needs to stave off the Obama Advance.
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@ svenson
[Read the article: Obama spokesman goes after Clinton on tax returns]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]None of those things you're requesting as info about Obama are secrets. If you bothered to take five minutes, you could find all of that information online, most of it in news articles. In fact, today, the NYT has an article vetting Obama's claims about his own drug use that he discussed in _Dream from my Father_ (yep, he disclosed it himself in a book written several years ago). Before complaining about things Obama hasn't phoned you personally to discuss, take a moment to consider the fact that all of this info is easily available to those who seek it.
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@ cythera45, who has a LOT of time to post...
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So you have "no problem" with superdelegates, who do not have any obligation whatsoever to follow any popular vote or allocation of delegates-- and yet, pledged delegates are not representative of the real popular vote, despite the fact that they are obligated to vote as the people have?
I am confused about your position(s) on the the popular vote here. Do you like the current system as you stated earlier, or do you not like it?
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@ supporters from either side
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have a really huge problem with your dismissing ANY voters as worthless in these contests, By all accounts, the Democrats are getting incredible, groundbreaking turnout this year. More states can participate in the nominating contest. It does absolutely zero credit to either side (nor to your candidate) to say "just wait til the REAL voters vote" or "that state didn't count" or "it was ONLY the black vote," "teenagers are stupid anyway,"etc. As a former Edwards, current soft Obama supporter (meaning, I vote and donate, but will move to Clinton in a heartbeat should the contests go that way), I can't imagine dismissing the voting power of "women", "blue-collar voters", "the party's base", or whatever demographic group I feel like denigrating because they are said to support Clinton by the media. My goal here-- and it should be everyone's-- is to get a nominee democratically, fairly, and with the most input possible from as diverse an electorate as possible-- one who can win in November, because it is long past time we did. I don't see how anyone is doing themselves any credit by dismissing huge groups of voters or entire states' causeses. It may make you feel good inside that you are the only "real" and "smart" voter, but that's about all it will do.
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@ the Anonymi
[Read the article: Clinton more electable than Obama, Mark Penn claims]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Looks like, once again in the letters, the anonymous letter writers chime in-- three of them-- with irrational pro-Hillary thoughts. The remainder of the letters so far are decently reasoned and signed with a name.
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@ any Democrat/Indie...
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...who pouts about voting for McCain if either Hillary or Barack is not nominated (and I've seen plenty here): take a long, hard look at this, and translate "what needs to be done" as "war with Iran".
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Looks like HRC herself ignored my earlier plea...
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...you know, about how supporters from either side should watch the whole dismissing-voting blocs, states, types of people, races, etc.?
WHITE MARSH, Maryland (CNN) — Hillary Clinton on Monday explained away Barack Obama's clean sweep of the weekend's caucuses and primaries as a product of a caucus system that favors "activists" and, in the case of the Louisiana primary, an energized African-American community.
She told reporters who had gathered to watch her tour a General Motors plant here that "everybody knew, you all knew, what the likely outcome of these recent contests were."
"These are caucus states by and large, or in the case of Louisiana, you know, a very strong and very proud African-American electorate, which I totally respect and understand."
Clinton has publicly dismissed the caucus voting system since before Super Tuesday, seeking to lower expectations heading into a series of contests that played to Obama's advantage. His campaign features what many consider to be a stronger and more dedicated grassroots organization than Clinton's.
Noting that "my husband never did well in caucus states either," Clinton argued that caucuses are "primarily dominated by activists" and that "they don't represent the electorate, we know that."