Letters to the Editor
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@ Balooney
You wrote: "So who do you want for president?
1) a man who has been taken prisoner in a wildly unpopular war and tortured for 5 years
2) a woman who has been humiliated and hounded by the Republican establishment for most of her political career
3) a younger man who has lived a challenging but not a crippling life and is now living out the American dream.
-- Baloo. "
You'll excuse my tardiness at responding to your post, but, I've been rolling on the floor, convulsed in laughter, since I read it. Please let me respond:
Point 1: Whether or not the Vietnam conflict was "wildly unpopular", objectively, one must give John McCain his due; he served honorably in Vietnam and represented the US honorably. Don't confuse a person's honorable service in uniform with the person who unwisely sent him there in the first place. Republicans love nothing more than to equate Democrats with a dislike of the military; you do us no service by denigrating the men and women who serve.
Point 2: Hillary is not unique to being "hounded, villified, demonized, shellacked", or any other buzzword you choose to use, by the Republican slime machine. Personally, I see their flaccid attempts at pejoratives as a badge of honor: she must be doing something so right to receive so much flack. She gets extra points from me for withstanding the incoming fire from the Republicans and having done so for many, many years. You'll note she is still there, still standing up to them and still achieving things for her constituents and America.
Point 3: Your simplistic shilling for Barack Obama is duly noted: he is indeed young (inexperienced/green/untested). He is not leading a "crippling life" (wonder if his wealthy patron, the indicted bag-man Tony Rezko, had a hand in that?) and is "living out the American dream." (That comment is so incomprehensible, it defies logic.)
I realize that you are a Barackophile, but, really, dude, trying to boost your own candidate by denigrating the competition may work well with BallPark Franks, but, doesn't here.
You, however, compare favorably to BallPark Franks: full of baloney.