Letters to the Editor
dcbrown
Published Letters: 27 Editor's Choice: 1
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Obama and Mayor Nagin similarities
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here is a scary parallel. Folks, Mayor Nagin won reelection in New Orleans post-Katrina (after doing nothing for a year post-Katrina and who is still doing nothing) by casting his opponent as a member of a dynasty. Nagin also reached out to minority voters that he never reached out to before Katrina. It worked for Nagin and he got re-elected. I hope the public gets wise before it works from Obama. It worked for Nagin because no one called Nagin on his hypocrisy.
Nagin like Obama can be a good speaker and is a decent looking fellow. But, it is scary that Obama has taken a couple pages from Mayor Nagin of New Orleans' campaign and speaks the same rhetoric about a dynasty while reaching out to people that he never supported with his actions.
Take for example the shenanigans surrounding the Obamas purchase of their home. Obama taking help from his Syrian friend is no different to me than taking favors from a known drug pusher. Where is the vetting of the candidate Obama? Why is Obama being treated like a kid, while Hillary is subjected to endless scrutiny. Is it because the media knows Hillary can take it? Or, is it because the media does not know if Obama can take it or how Obama's powerful media friends will retaliate?
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Nagin/Obama Comparison
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anonymous @ l2:53 p.m, your suppositions have no logical connection to the post you purported to respond. There is nothing about race in the comparison of New Orleans' Mayor Nagin and Obama, only seemingly similar campaign strategies, similar persona and similar target voters.
Listen to Barack and Michelle, they both make comments about the game they are playing. They seem to think they are in a reality t.v. show like "Survivor" or "Big Brother." We are not talking about a game for a $500,000, but we are talking about entrusting someone with the power to represent and protect millions and millions of Americans.
I would never compare Obama with many. For example, I do not see a comparison between Obama and: Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick and former Mayor Marion Barry; or Jesse Jackson and Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.; or former Mayor David Dinkins, former Mayor Dennis Archer and former Mayor Andrew Young; or former Mayor Ed Koch, former Mayor Rudy Guiliani, former Mayor Jerry Springer, etc. . . Nor, do I see a comparison between Obama and female politicians like Elizabeth Dole, Jennifer Granholm, or Hillary, herself.
We have all heard the saying "politics is a beauty pagent for ugly people." Being decent looking gives the candidate a little better posture. Good public speaking skills, gives the candidate an even better posture. Barack knows that. After he lost his election in 2000, he went and reevaluated what he needed to do to be a more dynamic public speaker. His speaking skills do not come naturally but from training. In fact, Hillary, herself, has evolved as a better and better public speaker every year and we all remember years ago when she submitted to a makeover and discarded her headband.
The Hillary v. Obama choice is essentially voting for a leader versus a wordsmith. The beauty in America is it is your choice. But, beware a wordsmith may not be able to protect you from a sword.
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Nagin/Obama -- deloresflower
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Deloresflower you should be commended for your unabashed support of Obama. However, I have yet to see any empirical support that Obama, the wordsmith, knows how to use a "pen as a sword." There is a distinction between a mere wordsmith/poet (Barry Obama won awards for poetry while attending Occidental College) and negotiation strategy/effectiveness. The "pen" plays a minor role in high level negotiations which are based more on experience, respect between the parties, relationships and istorical/institutional knowledge. Obama lacks all of these on the international front, and is deficient on the domestic front.
Obama has been talking about change since he ran for Harvard Law Review 17 years ago, and apparently his pens ran out of ink before he had a chance to ever put pen to paper. Maybe, I am missing something, please provide illumination. Obama says vote for me because I can bring people together and can make change happen. Is there a body of legislation from his State legislator days or his three years in Senate that he sponsored and got passed that helps the underprivileged in that Chicago neighborhood he volunteered in pre-Law School, that provided health care, etc.? Last interview I saw, Obama said that neighborhood was just as "bad" as it was when he was a community organizer 20 years ago. Did he give up on that neighborhood?
Obama authored personal stories for lucrative publishing contracts and has given speaches for his various campaigns climbing up the political ladder. But, Obama does not seem to have used his wordsmith skills for any selfless purpose -- anything to effect any change for the greater good. Yet, his campaign promises change for the greater good?
I totally agree the pen can be mightier than the sword, it was proven during the Clinton/Gore Administration. Then, all "pens" were flushed by the toilet by our Cowboy President, George W.
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Obama is a lightweight
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Deloresflower cited to a couple efforts by Senator Obama to sponsor legislation and two visits abroad. I still see a lightweight. Hillary was meeting with international leaders long before Obama became a Senator. I am still looking for any legislation that Obama passed which helped on the issues that were dear to him as a young community organizer. That helped the ordinary American. That Obama took his own words to heart and served as an agent for change. Made law helping the common folk with his skills of bringing people together.
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