Letters to the Editor
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Entitled to be irked
Oh, but Michael Scherer is an idiot, as I agreed with Gov. Richardson at the time of the original article.
And, Mr. Shapiro, while you may not be the idiot your journalistic colleague is, you, too, should be ashamed to write an article with a major subtext about "the tenor of the coverage of the presidential race" while failing to even utter the name Dennis Kucinich.
Your oblique dismissal of Mr. Kucinich's candidacy by referring to Gov. Richardson as the only "mainstream Democrat" besides Chris Dodd in favor of a complete withdrawal from Iraq is tantamount to journalistic malfeasance!
Mr. Kucinich is THE ONLY Democrat who had the courage to speak loudly, and eloquently against the war long before it was ever waged. He was the only Democrat in the race with the courage to vote against authorizing the president to use force in Iraq.
Only when progressive journalists and outlets like you and Salon begin to have the courage to take Mr. Kucinich and his ideas seriously will this country have hope for the kind of "tenor" to the coverage of the presidential race that might begin to roll back the darkness the Bush years have left it in.