Letters to the Editor
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HILLARY VOTED FOR THE WAR...
That's all...
just a reminder.
Hillary voted FOR the war.
No gun was held to her head. Other liberal Democratic senators voted against it.
But Hillary voted FOR the war. Hillary BELIEVED George Bush. Hillary defended her husband and believed him too -- until she didn't, when he admitted he was lying.
Hillary always says she didn't know.
What other absurd lies will she believe -- what else won't she know -- if* she becomes President?
Makes it an easy choice, doesn't it?
* It doesn't have to happen, of course. Vote Obama.
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Well Done
Just wanted to voice my appreciation for a great article!
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Best three reasons to vote Obama
1. He's a rock star, but a rock star with substance like FDR or RFK. Don't buy into the competence vs. inspiration argument -- it's a false choice. (see Frank Rich's Sunday column)
2. If Hillary's so much smarter and her judgment is so much better, how come she was on the wrong side of the biggest foreign policy fiasco of recent memory, and Obama the alleged intellectual lightweight clearly saw what was coming?
3. Obama beats McCain in head-to-head polling. Hillary loses. Go to realclearpolitics.com and click on the polling link.
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We want a woman, but the RIGHT woman--vote Obama.
I understand Rebecca's tug & pull. I'm a woman lawyer, exactly Hillary's age. I've been waiting for a woman president for a long time too! But.... I want the first woman to be one I can be proud of, one who will unite (not divide), one with the highest ethical standards & strongest character. Sadly, Hillary is not that woman. As a lawyer, I have followed her & her husband's words & actions fairly closely for 15 years. It isn't pretty. And the Republicans can't wait to haul it all out in the Fall, which is why Clinton will lose. Remember 1968? I do--I was working hard for Eugene McCarthy, who (like Barack) had the courage to come out early against the war (before it was popular), then lost to the democratic party machine (Humphrey) which led to Nixon's win. Beyond Hillary's divisive approach, her high national negatives & her (and her husband's) flawed character, the most important reason to vote for Obama is Obama. He's brilliant, honest, electrifying, unifing & right. I was in the audience when Teddy Kennedy said this was the most important election in Teddy's lifetime (wow!) He's right. I'm not missing the chance to make positive history & I hope you don't either, Rebecca.
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Adolf was big in Bavaria too.
The French are right about this - "the more things change, the more they stay the same". The ghostsfrom the past always come back to haunt us. Obama is a mass of contradictions - rejecting the past, when it suits him to do so, but also resurrecting the names of John and Bobby Kennedy who died forty years ago. Rousing speeches, a disillusioned people, mass hysteria, a compliant media worked for one demogogue, Adolf Hitler, so the same techniques are probably good for Obama. The message may be different but the craven idolatry is finding its echo in 2lst century America. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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Too Bad You're Not a Republican....
If you were then you'd have the opportunity to vote for the only candidate who is worthy of any of our precious votes: Ron Paul
Believe me when I tell you that the only candidates "you can vote for" who truly would "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic" are Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich. Dennis is officially out of the race and Mike Gravel has taken on the post as one of the Commissioners in New York City to be involved in the "NYC New Investigation of 9/11" Initiative.
Neither Obama or Clinton can swear to preserve the Constitution they have willfully violated with their support of our illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. Whether they voted for it or not, they have voted to finance it and are therefore just as guilty as every other member of Congress who has voted funds for the invasion and occupation.
And I cannot imagine how anyone could support Clinton when she has publicly admitted that if a person can "afford" health insurance and does not get it, that their wages can be garnished!! Hello!? I think our wages are already being garnished enough thank you. I'd prefer that my tax dollars go to support my health care AND the creation of good jobs in our own country to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and develop desperately needed renewable energy resources! And the only way to do that without some Gestapo punitive actions against American citizens is to CUT THE MILITARY BUDGET AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME FROM ALL OVER THE FREAKIN' PLANET!!!! Voila!! There's the money to finance our health care. Plus the added bonus of the easing of hostilities toward the U.S. for getting our faces out of other countries affairs. No more blowback!! Wow!! Now there's security and peace!!
But you'll never hear Clinton or Obama say this. They are too beholden to AIPAC and the military industrial complex.
Sadly for you Rebecca, Ron Paul will be the only "right" candidate for whom you should vote. You should have switched your registration. Shoulda, coulda, oughta, woulda.
Oh well, you can always write him in as a protest vote!
And if you think he doesn't have enough support, IN SPITE OF A MEDIA BLACKOUT, check out this article about him from The Superbowl yesterday:
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/02/ron-paul-is-popular-at-the-super-bowl/2#c10219316
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Vote Edwards... or... uh?
I have been for Edwards, and not merely afraid of the alternatives. As a social progressive, he was not only resonating with my views, but he was doing so in a credible, intelligent way, and he was no longer a smile and a suit. He had depth. I can only imagine that Elizabeth's health has played a part in his suspension of campaigning, but that's speculation. Now, though, I face three choices: a vote for Edwards anyway, or a vote for Obama.
There is darkness, as Ms. Traister hints, in this choice. For me, I have a memory of working on liberal Bill Clinton's campaign in 1992 and then watching moderate Bill Clinton for four years and DINO Bill Clinton sign "Welfare Reform" and other horrors. I know that Hillary begins where Bill left off, already "triangulating" and working for that Republican-lite angle. My disappointment with Clinton's second term makes me unhappy thinking about a second Clinton's first term.
However, there is a darker fear here. Barack Obama is magic. He is fantastic and has campaigned and spoken beautifully. However, I remember working for Harvey Gantt's senatorial campaign in North Carolina. The night before the election, pollsters showed him five points ahead of Jesse Helms, and yet he lost by two. The lesson there was that many, many Americans will say that they like the intelligent and charismatic candidate, but, when the booth swings shut, they will vote their native racism. My choice for Obama would be predicated not on my beliefs about myself or the Senator, but on whether I think that America is over its prejudice. If I think that Americans will be honest about race, if I think that they will vote their conscience when no one is looking, then my second choice to Edwards has never been in doubt.
Our hesitation, I fear, is not about the candidate we'd choose, but about whether we believe that our countrymen are finally mature and adult enough to do what is right, to not fall for a Harold Ford-style "Swift boating," to not fall for a whispering campaign, to not vote skin color, and that is a quandary that we cannot solve satisfactorily.