Letters to the Editor
joemartin64
Published Letters: 86
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So it's a wash?
[Read the article: Memo to Clinton and Obama: Stop spinning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Are we honestly still discussing the pros and cons of Obama v. Clinton in the general election as if there may be no difference who the nominee is? This is foolish; thousands of Republicans followed orders in MS, and maybe TX and OH, to support Senator Clinton. They made up 25% of her total vote count in Mississippi. They hit their knees every night that Clinton wins.
Let's go with the one with crossover appeal, fewer negatives, a greater upside and will drive up voter turn out.
How lacking in common sense are we?
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Boston Globe
[Read the article: Memo to Clinton and Obama: Stop spinning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Read the Boston Globe article everyone about Republicans voting for HRC. The most Republican county in Texas - Hillary received more Republican votes than McCain did! They interview actual Republicans in Ohio and Texas who followed Rush's instructions.
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I'm biased as a supporter
[Read the article: Obama's speech on race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but my reaction is that he exceeded my wildest expectations. We've got somebody really special here, let's take advantage of it as Democrats.
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Typical
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Typical can have a critical connotation, or it can mean what one would expect. Obama meant the latter not the former. Joan, I hope you would never want your career to be judged on an unfair interpretation of such a turn of phrase.
However, you are willing to use such an interpretation to damage the apparent Democratic nominee, without ever setting forth your own motives.
After posting here in January praising Obama's talk at Ebenezer on MLK day, I took the extra step of e-mailing you personally to ask if you had seen his performance then. You responded via e-mail to me that you loved it, but never posted your thoughts on it on Salon as far as I know.
If you were willing on Tuesday to accuse Obama of throwing his own loved grandma under the bus, I'm willing to accuse you of intellectual dishonesty in pursuit of a Hillary Clinton outcome.
P.S. You hoped, earlier this week, that Hillary would give a speech as equally eloquent as Obama's. Any luck?
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Would the Republicans even have tot try very hard?
[Read the article: The GOP attack plan for Hillary Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How can a Democratic candidate who has a 271-266 electoral vote outcome as her upside,even need a full bore Republican attack in the fall?
I have posted numerous times before that the Dem nominee needs to: a) rally the base, b) demoralize the opposition, and c) increas turnout from unlikely voters to win in November.
Hillary today permanently erased any pull she might have with major portions of the Democratic base with her Pastor Wright attack. She has demonstrated already that her presence energizes the opposition to the point where thousands of Operation Chaos Limbaugh followers broke the law in Ohio to support her. And turnout will suck in November with her as the head of the ticket.
At this point, I think she is stark raving mad crazy and needs a come-to-Jesus moment to understand that her desperate antics in these final stages hurt her as much as anyone.
P.S. What the hell about the Bosnia sniper fire story?
P.P.S. I'm sure Joan Walsh will chime in late friday with her Fair and Balanced, ask everyone else what they think post. Here it is in advance.
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I just knew being a history major would pay off for me one day
[Read the article: Bowling for Pennsylvania]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If memory of useless facts serves me, Richard Nixon was the most avid presidential bowler in U.S. history. Draw your own conclusions.
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I'm a broken record on this
[Read the article: Americans more ready for a black president than a woman?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Going back to Iowa, I have repeatedly posted here that the group identity of either Hillary or Obama is not the point. A gender and color blind Democratic Party should support the best individual. Joan, and other HRC supporters, tend to support Hillary because she is a woman. Nobody on the Obama side ever wanted Obama to be the vehicle to achieve the end of electing a black president. His natural base refused to support him in significant numbers until he proved himself as a person. He, Barack Obama, deserves to be President, and he is black. I have never once heard a Hillary supporter make the same argument in her favor. That really bugs me.
P.S. Joan is a bullshit artist on this issue and has been for months.
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Is this the beginning of the end for Salon's HRC support?
[Read the article: Why Hillary Clinton should be winning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know it's not the absolute end of Salon's crazy advocacy based on Joan Walsh's behavior, but, WOW. Doesn't Wilentz know that his more equitable primary vote count methodology ignore Obama's popular vote advantage.
As a history major by background, what is Wilentz's motive? A history professor has to be on the up and up when he uses his credentials this way.
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What's the point here?
[Read the article: Thank you, Rush Limbaugh!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Shouldn't everyone be a little honest and acknowledge that it's foolish to argue about comparative group victimization levels? As a white guy, I do my best to see the gender issue. It makes me think of my 70 year old mom: really smart, great student with no career expectation or opportunity outside of homemaker/teacher/volunteer because of her sex. This is a source of profound regret to her. On the other hand, I'm sure she feels fortunate that she wasn't born a black guy 70 years ago. And a lot of black guys would agree with that.
Leave it be; things on the whole are looking generally better on both counts. As individuals, Obama has proven himself the better candidate than Clinton. No sexism or reverse racism behind that fact. Anymore internal Salon recriminations is proof that Limbaugh's Operation Chaos is working.
Finally, can we still call male politicians whores or not?
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What a healthy debate for the Democratic Party!
[Read the article: The fallout from the Democratic debate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is working out great! Tough questions between the two - serious, substantive back and forth about lapel pins, comparative elitist popularity, and everything else. Thank you ABC News for really hashing out the important difficult questions that haven't been addressed in the prior 20 plus debates.
We finally can see what these two Democratic candidates are.