Letters to the Editor
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Closed steel plants on the South Side?
Which debate were you listening to, Joe? I think he was talking about closed textile mills in South Carolina. But hey, why let mere facts stand in the way of a warm fuzzy story about your hero? Already you're writing the history books!
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It just made it visible
I'll shock you guys. It was Obama who went negative, with the approval and encouragement, and script-providing, of the MSNBC crowd, at the October 30 debate. And his supporters here and at the Huffington Post went negative a long time before that. What's been their narrative? Has it been to uplift people with this policy or that? No. Down in the blogs and the letter sections, you could hardly tell the Obama supporters from the Limbaugh dittoheads, circa 1996. Their guy? Always fresh as a daisy. The message of his supporters? Not about policy, always about Wal-Mart, Clinton=Bush, "I'll never vote for Hillary," and all the rest. Obama always talked about hope and change. Gee, I'll have me some of that. But the knife-fighting was always going on.
And they've done a variant of the Clinton Rapid Response of '92: the Proprioceptive Response Team. Make a comment about LBJ, who got the Civil Rights Bill through, and JFK, who didn't, and it's, "You're disrespecting Martin Luther King." The Obama campaign has kept Hillary bottled up between themselves (always high-minded) and the trashing by Matthews and Russert.
It's a shame this has become a grudge match, but I don't see how, facing these Chicago street tactics, anything else was possible. Oh, yeah, giving up was possible.
So I guess we can write off any hope of a Clinton-Obama ticket, huh?
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Clinton-Obama ticket
Great post, Jim, and I agree. But I wouldn't write off a Clinton-Obama ticket. Both of them are egocentric, shrewd, and incredibly ambitious--if each thought it was to their political advantage to unite for the November election, they'd bury the hatchet in a heartbeat. Remember: Reagan (Barack's BFF) picked George H.W. Bush as his running mate even after that "voodoo economics" crack.
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Two losers vying for the title of loser in November.
HRC has the highest disapproval rates of anyone in the race. Obama is considered a traitorous muslim by middle America.
Yeah Dems, stick one of them up front and lose 2008.
Ron Paul is the only one I see with any honesty or decency.
The others are all walking breathing insults to THINKING humans. I know, there are way too few of us to bother.
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Oh, God, a Ron Paul supporter has wandered in
Yes, he has a realistic shot at winning in November! Thinking people, unite!
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I just wanted to use the word "proprioceptive"
Thanks for the opportunity, Jim.
When Mr. Clinton wasn't sleeping at the King tribute, he was arguing that no one is voting against Obama because of his race. Wake up Bill.
Would it be proprioceptive of me to suggest that Ms. Clinton is appealing sotto voce to the racist sentiments of white voters?
Extra points if your reply uses the phrase "sotto voce."
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Cythera
Your problem is you do not think. You merely follow who you think others would vote for.
A sorry country this is.
RP has the support of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. An amazing feat considering he is about as far from modern Democrats as can be and still exist on the same planet.
But you will never understand why someone might believe in smaller government and in maintaining citizen rights and in not pushing our might all over the planet til we go bankrupt.
That shit doesn't matter to you because you will vote for the prepackaged monkey of your choice you have been fed through the tube.
It is like McDonalds. You can have a big mac, a quarter pounder, a large fry, a nine piece chicken mcnugget. IT IS ALL JUNK FOOD THAT WILL DESTROY YOU BEFORE YOUR TIME. But you can't back out of that place, can you? Not when the prospect of a stomach ache and love handles forming entices you so much. Hell, who are you, not deserving of love handles? You need no better than mediocre, huh?
And you people breed kids? You have no shame to leave them a country in such scrambles? No wonder the left wants to take over the role of parenting your kids, they understand you people are RETARDED.
Ross Perot won 20% of the vote in 1992 when the nation was not a FRACTION as bad off as it is now. Bill Clinton won in 1992 with only 38% of the vote, less than a factor of two.
You people hav eto grow up and vote for who is BEST for our country, not which bought and paid for clown they are parading in front of you.
"Do you like THAT clown with the pretty makeup? Or do you like this clown with the tricycle?"
THEY BELIEVE YOU TO BE 4 YEAR OLDS. You do not disappoint them.
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Thank you, brightstar
That was a lovely and inspiring little sermon. I am really sorry from the scrambles I have left this country in.
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Obama Did Great!
It was so gratifying to watch Obama let Hillary have it! She came across as the candidate who "will say anything" to get the nomination. It was fun to see how angry she got! He really got to her and she's on the ropes. Great job, Barack! Politics is a rough game, unfortunately, and when your opponent is a sleazy as "Billary", you have no choice but to give as good as you get. He did it! And we admire him even more!
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You go, Barack!
You are just so cool and super, and I love you, and you are flawless, and Hillary is evil, and I love you, and you WON last night, you made her so MAD, and you're cool and handsome and speak so lovely--please be my only bestest friend.
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OOO: open to Obama only
As an independent republican who thinks all of the 'publican candidates are about 70%, I respect Obama's intelligence, creativity and civility, and will consider voting for him in the fall. If either HRC or JRE is nominated, I will support the Republican nominee without a second thought.
Just sayin'
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Why do Repugs and Indys like Obama
Tell us. Why? He is a liberal Democrat. Is he fooling you somehow?
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It was discouraging
After watching the debate I found Obama a little weak as a debater, Edwards showed himself to be the best candidate, and the Dems will have Clinton as their candidate. She has the highest negatives, is the least progressive, most tied into the status quo. And she will be the candidate because her last name is "Clinton." All you Clintonistas, be careful what you wish for. Big money will be protected for the next eight years. Shut up and go back to your job, if it didn't evaporate with the meltdown overnight.