Letters to the Editor
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IF this country elects this half black, half white inexperienced man, then all hell will break loose. As of now, he has my vote. This will be interesting, to say the least.
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More Obama LUST
More and more and more.
It's almost like Shapiro and his ilk are fascinated by the "exotic"!
Wake up!
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Dueling articles!
So here we have the soft lensed Obama article. At the same time a soft lensed Clinton article (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/03/hillary/index.html)
is also on Salon. Clinton's in the header right now but I'll guess that they'll be switching it back and forth.
It will be interesting to see which article generates the nastier letters. Anyone wanna place bets?
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To the credit of the Democrats...
We have managed to field two incredibly fascinating and capable candidates. Vis-á-vis McCain, either of the Democrats would make a fine president; standing on their own they would each make a fine president.
But this bitterness and anger that is being shot between both campaigns (though, truth be told, in gale force from the Clintons. Sorry, it's true.) is taking the mood of this campaign into the trash. I vaguely recall a time, not that long ago, where it seemed that the Democrats were basically set to take this White House, increase our Senate and House majorities and finally be able to go about undoing the massive damage done to every facet of this country.
Now, with the laser focus between Clinton and Obama, we're letting McCain skate unscathed into the general. This is flatly ridiculous, as the man has clearly no grasp of foreign policy, no interest in economic policy and no willingness to follow the law. This is Bush being dressed up in older skin. And why aren't we hitting him on it? Because we still have two Democrats in the race.
Clinton, I see where you're coming from. It sucks to see your dreams going down in flames. Obama, congratulations on taking down one of the best-oiled machines in Washington history. But I see why people might be wary of you, too. I don't support either of you openly, so I'd like to make a general plea, if I might:
Someone, please, drop out already. Let's get focused on the smug co-smirk of McCain so we can get our people in the White House!
I nominate Clinton to drop out, if only because it is literally impossible for her to win the nomination in anything resembling a fair way, and she comes loaded with a lot of baggage.
But really, either of you would be a great candidate.
Let's just get this over already.
kthanxbai
Diddlypop
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Nah, I'd rather stay out of it.
I wanted Salon to be true to itself, either not show preferential treatment or acknowledge a preference. It has chosen the former course, and that's more than fine with me. I'm happy to see the change. Salon listens to it's readers. Makes me very happy.
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Re: Mike Wood.
Sadly, following up my just previous letter, I'll take the over on the Obama letter.
With an over/under of 40 negative letters.
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Obama Lies in Pennsylvania Ad
OBAMA LIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AD
From NBC/NJ’s Aswini Anburajan
GREENBURG, Pa. -- The Clinton campaign today accused the Obama campaign of "false advertising," claiming that a recent ad Obama released in Pennsylvania was disngenous because Obama has been the recipient of more than $200,000 from the oil and gas industry.
In the ad, Obama says, "I'm Barack Obama, and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists, and I won't let them block change any more."
Obama has taken $213,884 from the oil and gas industry as of Feb. 29th, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken $306,813 in that same period.
Two of Obama's campaign bundlers are also CEOs for oil and gas companies, per a list released on his campaign Web site.
Robert Cavnar, listed as a bundler who has raised between $50,000 to $100,000 for the campaign, is the chairman and CEO of Mission Resources Corp., a Houston-based firm. George Kaiser, also listed in the same $50,000 to $100,000 category, is the CEO of Tulsa-based Kaiser-Francis Oil Company.
"It's unfortunate that Senator Obama is using false advertising to explain why he can be trusted to do something about energy prices," Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said. "Senator Obama says he doesn't take campaign contributions from oil companies but the reality is that Exxon, Shell, and others are among his donors."
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The White House has a couple of bowling lanes
The video of Barack bowling showed good body position, but no follow-through. That's why he bowled 37. This is not going to turn into a metaphor. Nothing like that.
With bowling available 24/7 in the White House basement, Barack might turn himself into an okay bowler. I may go to work on his campaign just so that, if he gets elected, I might get invited to give him a bowling lesson, and then spend the night in the Lincoln Bedroom.
Wouldn't it be a great story if Barck would spend a half hour or forty-five minutes bowling three times a week, and by the time of his next election, he would get his average up to 180 or so?
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What About Obama's State Senate Records?
OBAMA WILL NOT COOPERATE IN RELEASING 8 YEARS OF HIS STATE SENATE RECORDS
Judicial Watch: Obama ‘intended to leave no paper trail’
By Klaus Marre
Posted: 03/26/08 01:01 PM [ET]
The president of a prominent watchdog group said Wednesday that he believes Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) “intended to leave no paper trail” during his time in the Illinois Senate.
Judicial Watch, which has been seeking access to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) records from her time in the White House, argued Wednesday that the Illinois senator, who has criticized the former first lady for a lack of openness, has his own “records problem.”
“The more we learn about the Illinois Senator, the more obvious it becomes that he is anything but the ethically upright outsider he purports to be,” said Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch.
The group rose to prominence when it repeatedly took on former President Bill Clinton during his time in office. It also sought records from the Bush administration regarding Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force.
In a statement, Fitton noted that his group has sought access to Obama’s records as a state senator and questioned whether the presidential candidate has been forthcoming with regard to what happened to those documents.
He said that “nobody knows where they are, if they exist at all” and claimed that “Obama’s story keeps changing.”