Letters to the Editor
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@ I'm not undecided anymore
Do you think Ted Kennedy, who has had a chance to see him up close in the Senate, would be supporting him, if he thought Obama to be all of those terrible things, you claim he is? Do you think he would encourage Caroline Kennedy to endorse Obama as well?
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Democratic maturity!
Here is another reason to vote for Hillary. On Good Morning America, Michelle Obama was less than enthusiastic about campaigning for Hillary should she become the nominee. I suppose she would prefer a Republican in the office. Bill Clinton was quick to say that he would do everything in his power to help Obama win should he be the nominee. Michelle's hostility is apparent and I feel this makes her very less than desirable as a first lady. It also reflects on Obama's campaign. The "I will take my marbles and go home if I don't get my way" is not attractive and is very immature.
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He can't WIN
270. The amount of votes needed for victory in the electoral college. Obama cannot win in the South in a general election, which means he must pick up a state like Missouri or Nevada. Can't happen. Why? Well, besides healing the sick and bringing the dead back to life, he also happens to be black. And those kind of states don't vote for black people for president. Welcome to the real world, fellow Democrats! We're about to f#ck ourselves again. Just don't say you weren't warned. I wish it weren't so, by the way, but it is. He can't f#cking WIN.
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Media killed Hillary is true
Johncp is right. The mnedia have done her in. It was the media who introduced the race card in New Hampshire when the all white male punditocracy couldn't figure out why Hillary won. They started to talk about the "Bradley effectr" when there was no such thing--it was the women who came out in larger numbers than expected who gave Hillary the victory.
The media is afraid to criticize Obama about anything, whereas Hillary get trashed for just breathing.
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please stop
Mow nearly all the "objective" reasons why we vote for the one or the other have been laid out and exchanged endlessly and the constant repetitions makes you wonder why so many still have this desire to find the right "excuse" for their decision
From now on it just could be - Obama - Hillary - Obama -
and on and on...
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A PROTEST VOTE AGAINST MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND HILLARY HATER.
My vote is for Hillary. A protest vote against mainstream media and Hillary haters.
I was a fervent Obama supporter until his Iowa victory. At that moment, I realized Obama supporters and mainstream media went overboard; they were committed to a personality assassination towards Hillary, which didn't sit well with my sense of fairness. Since then, my sympathy is towards Hillary.
For quite long time, every TV channels I turned to, when Hillary was interviewed, she usualy received very pointed questions (not very kind to her) and the news angle was often negative towards her. In the meantime, Obama got a free ride. The anchors didn't ask him any challenging questions, but subtly praised him or gave him a chance to rebuttal his rival.
Even the print media has conducted their share of Obama praising and Hillary bashing, for example, just the past two days (during the Superball weekends) there were at least 5 articles favoring Obama on Newsweek.com, there were none for Hillary.
I sense the Obama phenomenon has everything to do with the favorable reporting of mainstream media and the negative attacks Hillary has constantly received. Without that 24/7 macrophone, I don't think he could ascend so quickly and so high.
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WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR OBAMA?
In this mass echo chamber, Obama has become a saint, or I should say the second coming of Jesus Christ.
I just read NYTimes article, "Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate," which vividly depicts a Obama who is no better and no worse than any other politician.
In one of his legislation effort, he failed to meet his constituents' demands but bowed to special interests.
No only that, during Iowa campaign, he actually made false claim--boasting that he had passed such a bill.
Finally when the New York Times confronted him (for this reporting), he could hardly explain it.
Right now, since worshipping Obama is in such vogue, this type of real facts usually used to judge a candidate, all becomes non-important. Especially in the misty eyes of young voters, Obama can do no wrong.
So I must say Obama must be a second coming of Jesus Christ. Because he has not been evaluated from a human being level or measured as another politician.
Even mainstream media doesn't do their duties any more, but becomes the loudest macrophone that drives this Obama phenomenon so quickly to its high attitude.
By the way, the link of the New York Times article is the following:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?em&ex=1202274000&en=49167536d01105ab&ei=5087%0A
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Hillary will win
Don't worry. Just get out and vote!
Hillary 08!
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Sticking to my guns
When I first heard rumblings about a Hillary run for president in '04, Iknew that I would not support her. The Clintons were, and still are, ruthless users and opportunitists. I'm an Illinoisan and supported Obama's senate run, but had severe reservations about a presidential bid.
Last year I said that I would vote for Guiliani in the general election if Hillary wone the nomination. My first choice on the Dem side was Richardson, Edwards and Biden. They're gone now. And I still despise how the Clintons have used black voters as nothing but a means to their own selfish end and gave nothing but bullshit-platitudes in return.
Tomorrow I am voting for Obama. If Hillary wins the nomination, I will vote for McCain (or Huckabee, or Romney).
And all of you so-called progressive/liberal types who think Hillary will wipe the floor with the Republican nominee? WRONG, dead WRONG. The new voters that Obama have brought to the primary poles won't be coming back, and the that Conservative machine will run right over Hillary's ass, just as that machine ran over Carter, Mondale, Duckakis, Gore and Kerry.
The Clintons represent that status quo Democratic party still offering no real ideas for changing policy and procedures. Hillary still campaigns under the "at least we're not the Republicans" banner. Ain't gonna fly.
I'm black, female and middle class. I have thrived well under the republican regimes.
And could give a damn if Hillary has a new job January 21, 2009.