Letters to the Editor
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@ Christopher1988 and Chinamade
Now what everyone should be asking themselves is, if she's going to do this when something tanks when she's NOT President...just how do you think she'll handle it if she IS President?
Can't run from your own failures and it's hard to blame the Republicans for everything!
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Hillary was telling the truth
Oh hey, guess what? According to the Washington Post, Hillary was telling the truth about the woman who died at the hospital for lack of healthcare insurance. But the media, especially MSNBC, have been calling Hillary a liar for days. They want Hillary to lose because they don't want us to have universal healthcare. We don't have broadcast journalism in this country anymore, so let's stop pretending that we do.
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/
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Why the Obama people miscast the LBJ comments
Misrepresenting Hillary Clinton's words about LBJ and MLK are a two-for - two ways to protect Obama's image with one artfully disingenuous spin.
Number one, the mischaracterizations cast Hillary Clinton as a racist or at least a racially divisive figure; and number two, Obama wants to prevent people from thinking about his lack of readiness to assume the presidency. People are rightfully concerned that he would have none of the aptitude of Lyndon Baines Johnson for getting things done, and, by inference, cannot hope to ahcieve the same levels of effectiveness that Hillary Clinton could in the job of President.
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Hilary did not dis MLK
This article rocked along just fine until it repeated the charge that Hillary dismissed MLK in favor of Johnson. I have listened to her remarks and what she said was that it took BOTH of them for Civil Rights legislation to be passed. MLK and LBJ complemented each other. MLK got public sentiment on his side and LBJ used his legislative skills to get legislation passed the US Senate. Without Johnson, we could still be marching and protesting without any law to enforce the sentiments. Without King, Johnson would not have had been able to convince Congress to pass the laws that gave us the tools to enforce equal rights and voting rights. The author just kept on repeating the false charge. Obama used this to win South Carolina. Look at the polls. Until the Obama camp made these false charges, Obama and HIllary were very close. About 50% of the Democratic Party is African-American. If Hillary is seen as portrayed in this article, it is because of Obama's negative campaigning. Let's see an article about that.
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@ Karenn22
Ah...ok then Karen. You want to be specific. Alrighty then.
Hillary did NOT lie...she PERPETUATED a lie due to her lack of researching a story before stating it was true.
Linda Weiss, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said the Clinton campaign had never contacted the hospital to check the accuracy of the story, which Mrs. Clinton had first heard from a Meigs County, Ohio, sheriff's deputy in late February.
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@karenn22
Just curious: why did you post a link to a feminist blog and not the Washington Post article that the blog is talking about? I always thought the whole "Clinton lied about a girl dying at a hospital" thing was a giant tempest in a teapot, but here's the thing - if you want prove your point you shouldn't use small blogs to do it. I mean if I wanted to talk about the pervasiveness of wage disparity I would link to an article from The Socialist Worker ;)
The story the Washington Post tells is that the story is a bit more complex than Clinton stated (but that shouldn't surprise anyone...the point is the same, but one can't really explain all the details in a speech - I get that, and don't denigrate her for it)...I fear that you didn't post to the full article because it's not a 100% "vindication" for Clinton...
anyways...good to see that American Health Care system working at its best.
(alright, that was a little snarky ;)
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Barack is DEFINITELY a Gen-Xer
"Yeah, right. I know what he'd be considered if he walked into an office trying to get a job interviewing with a 30-year old hiring manager today (if he weren't a Presidential candidate that everyone thought was cool). He'd be too old, one of those Boomers who might cost them too much money. Sorry. I had it said to my face, several times, even though it is ILLEGAL, in job interviews, I know exactly how people my age, and slightly older, are viewed and what generation they are viewed as. And I was born in 1964. Live with it. Hate to ruin your dream. He's a Boomer." --SueNJ97
Sue (hope I got your name right), believe me, I sympathize with you in your job search more than you will ever know. Try not to base definitions of our age group on how you are viewed by those particular moronic 30-year-olds who think life's decisions are all laid out in the same unchallenging multiple-choice question format that they saw in their Management Studies finals.
If you want to argue technicalities and demographic (as opposed to historical/cultural) definitions, Obama is both. Baby boomers are people who were born between 1946 and 1964. I have seen Gen-Xers defined as people born between 1961 and 1981. (I am not clear on Generation Y, but I think there is some bleed-over in their start point, which is around 1980?)
However, culturally? Obama is definitely a Gen-Xer. I say that as a pure-dee 100% unadulterated Gen-Xer, born in 1967. I know what I see, I know what I hear, and I know what entitled assumptions do NOT underlie his speeches. Who knows, he may be faking his goals and priorities, he may be a total tool of special interests and corporate fatcats, but neither his affect nor his outlook is Boomer in the slightest.
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ack!
*wouldn't link to an article from The Socialist Worker
bloody proofreading!
(actually I miss my undergrad days, being able to buy that hilarious rag...it was like it was written by drunken chimps :)
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SueNJ97
I'm a 31-year-old and I would definitely not categorize Obama as a boomer. There is a lot of debate around which generation one belongs to, especially if, like Obama, you're on the periphery.
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@chiefpayne
Absolutely. One of the things Obama has shown in this campaign is what a good negotiator he is. He can get people on board with his ideas, and he can steer them away from smear campaigns so that issues don't get lost in personality politics. This is a good indication that, whether Congress proves to be majority Democrat or Republican, or so close to one or the other than swing votes become crucial, he has a shot at getting his policies implemented.
Hillary has always been a polarlizing figure. She says so herself, in her more candid moments. She doesn't have Bill's charm, she isn't good at making people feel comfortable with her, and she doesn't have the Slick Willy tactics to evade tricky issues. She antagonizes people and alienates them. Bill, let's face it, knows how to seduce a crowd, indeed a population (though he's worked hard to destroy this talent during his wife's campaign). She'll never get Republicans to go along with any of her plans. Even with all her efforts to synch herself up with the Bush White House over the war, and a generally middle-of-the-road Senatorial record, the conservatives still won't budge an inch in their estimation of her. She won't be able to accomplish anything.
Should she win the Presidency, and I just don't see it happening, it will be a frustrating and unproductive four years. And then the Republicans will be set up to take over everything again (bet a Clinton win would lead to a Republican victory over Congress).