Letters to the Editor
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Not a run-on sentence.
Come on, Walter, you know better.
"For everyone here in Ohio and across America, who's ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out and for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you."
A run-on occurs when a writer puts two independent clauses together without appropriate punctuation or conjunction. In other words, when s/he treats two separate sentences as one. It's NOT when someone goes on for too long. BTW, one wouldn't be able to "hear" a runon in a speech; it would only be detected in print.
While we're at it, the comma after America should be moved to after "knocked out." Truth be told, none of the commas are necessary, but that would be unwieldy, so if he's going for the commas in items of a series rule, then he needs to be consistent. The "who" clause is restrictive in that first item, so it shouldn't be separated from its antecedent by a comma (He correctly left out the commas in the last two items)
I say this in fun and for hudsonjoe, who had a problem with the runon thing. Now, please don't read my posts for grammar. I like to relax when I am on salon (which is OK since I'm not being paid.) (I'm happy to get paid for editing articles for salon. Joan? Walter?)
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Bitch is the new spoiler!
Clinton is a chameleon who has finally shown her true colors. Her scare tactics have won the day with the phone call add, the NAFTA scare facilitated by Obama's own fumbling on the issue, and the victim/pity card facilitated by SNL. She truly is a fighter, even if fighting means dealing blows that might make it impossible for her party to win the presidency in November.
I think Obama is not looking so great either, thanks in part to Hillary and SNL. But what is interesting is that Clinton is not looking any worse because people knew ahead of time that she was capable of this kind of politics. She even admitted to liking the down and dirty and said she was ready to dish it out to the Republicans unlike her opponent, who is not "vetted." Well those knives have come out early and she is "vetting" her opponent. The problem is he's not a Republican and this isn't the general election.
Since Obama is ahead and will likely win the nomination after getting bruised up a bit more by Hillary, all McCain will have to do is deal the knockout punch. If Hillary thought she was villified by the media before, you wait until she has cost the Democrats the general election.
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So tired of the "President McCain" posts
So he got the Republican nomination. So what?
-He represents at least 4 more years of Bush's failures.
-100 Years in Iraq. (American's are sick of this war, in case no one noticed)
-Courting lobbyists in sleek private jets (this from the "Maverick")
-Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran.
-The possibility of his nominating more Supreme Court Justices.
-No clear position against the erosion of our civil liberties.
-Admitted that he "doesn't really know much about the economy".
Either Obama or Clinton can find plenty against McCain.
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interesting strategy
I gotta tell you, I'm either confused or amazed with Clinton's campaign strategy. It looks like once again she's ignoring the upcoming smaller states (Wyoming and Mississipi) and putting all her energy into Penn. She's leaving those two states wide open for Obama (much like she did after Super Tuesday. Remember "Meet me in Texas!"?)
I'd think that after a HUGE COMEBACKtm like last night she'd try and parlay that into more of a sweep, really gain the momentum and deliver the Knock Out Blow in Pennsylvania. She appears to be content with allowing Obama to get the small wins this month, then play up the win in Pennsylvania as yet another COMEBACK and yet another example of Obama being unable to put her away.
I can't tell if that's brilliant or insane. All I know for sure is that it's risky as hell.
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Question for Obama Supporters - Will McCain "Step Gracefully Aside"?
I'm seriously posting this question to all of Obama's supporters who are complaining that Hillary is not stepping aside to grant Obama the nomination (and it would be granting him the nomination because he certainly hasn't won it yet). Is this the lack of fortitude that we have to look forward to in the general election?
Hate to break it to you folks, but Obama has his serious weaknesses. If he's not able to withstand a long, painful and bloody battle in the primaries when he's running against a fellow senator of his own party who has very similar policy views, then how the hell can we expect him to withstand the Republican slime machine? Because McCain and his supporters will be more than happy to throw every scrap of mud they can dig up on Obama. Obama will have no choice but to get down in the dirt with them to fight back, or face a stunning defeat.
And please don't tell me that he's a different kind of candidate and is above that. John Kerry thought that the Swift Boat attacks were low and didn't warrent a vigerous response because 1) he felt that acknowleging them would only lend them credibility and 2) he wanted to appear above the fray. These ads are credited with helping to sink his election hopes. He appeared weak and the Republicans were able to make a war hero look like a poser next to a draft dodger. Politics is a rough sport and if you're not willing to get into the fight and fight with every breath you have to win, then you have no business being in the game.
John McCain is about a tough a character as you are ever going to find and he certainly will not back down, even if he's behind. He will fight tooth and nail every inch of the way. If Obama and his supporters cannot do the same, than he is the wrong man to put on the ballot.