Letters to the Editor
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Scorpio69er, Thanks
Thanks. I know what you're saying, I've been saying it too for so long. This plastic kind of put-on republican patriotism is beyond passe. Flag lapel pins, and "Proud American" bumper stickers, they aren't anything but empty advertisements for the once new, and now old and ailing, post 9-11 war wagon. This symbolism over substance isn't in any real sense real patriotism, and the war wagon has begun to bail out faster than you can say "100 years in Iraq." Genuine patriotism often means going against the grain of the gung-ho herd mentality. Look at Hillary Clinton who I'm sure thought her vote of approval for invading Iraq was the "right patriotic thing to do." Well I don't think that her artificial act of plastic patriotism has unfolded out with any good or beneficial benefits for anybody in this country, as more body bags come home, and a shaky surrogate government set up in Iraq tries to survive, as American military advisors vainly try to pacify the whole entire Iraqi population. Clinton thought she'd serve herself best to put her plastic patriotism out there waving and flying high, and look what it gave her and her NY constiuents back, not to mention the entire country? Nada. It gave the country a tree billion dollar bill we'll being paying off until most of us are dead. So what's the next patriot test gonna be? What's the next litmus for falling in line with liars?
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From the Washington Post comments
If Hillary Clinton can spin the Texas results into a victory for her anything goes. The newest trick is semantics. The Clinton campaign asked the press not to use the "negative" expression super delegates anymore, she'd prefer automatic delegates, see here:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/183723.php
Well automatic delegates sounds as if Hillary Clinton's strong arming didn't have anything to do with overturning the popular vote. They were allotted automatically, weren't they?
As a whole this campaign is as damaging to the Democratic Party as possible. I wonder when the spitting and scratching will cease and make way for a more sober discussion.
http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/peak-bile/
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Math error on page 2?
Thomas Schaller: "It shows that, in the 20 closest states from 2004, 15 of which have held Democratic National Committee-sanctioned primaries or caucuses thus far, Obama has won eight to Clinton's seven. If Florida and Michigan are counted, or even if Clinton holds them during a re-vote, it would be Clinton nine, Obama seven."
Sentence 1: 15 = 8 + 7
Sentence 2: 17 = 9 + 7???
Try eight.
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I'm sick of voters acting like pollsters...
I'm sick of people letting spin tell how to vote for the BEST CANDIDATE instead of voting for the BEST PRESIDENT.
At this point I don't care who you vote for, but I gotta say that neither democratic candidate is without their weaknesses, so to use said weaknesses to determine the viablity of their candidacy instead of their presidency does them and all of America a huge disservice.
For example, no Obama hasn't been in the political game for that long, but that doesn't mean that McCain has something up on him. Also, yes Clinton is the quickest thing to start some feeding frenzy among the Republicans since they discovered Monica's dress. And yet that doesn't mean she wouldn't make a very good president.
By in large I think the Democrats and anyone who suggests that Hillary should withdraw from the race are punks. This is how elections work, and if its too much for you, retire to the lady's room, please.
Voters need to think of who will best do the job, vote, and get off the darn pot about it!
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Hey Spin This...
I guess Obama was in church on some of those days that he said he wasn't:
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/8/194812.shtml
Did he really think no one would check that one out?
I didn't find this -- Huffington Post did -- and so will everyone else...what was he thinking saying he never knew Wright said that crap?
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Obama is Done
I'm sorry but anyone who continues to think that Obama is a viable candidate for the general election after seeing those sermons from his pastor is - well - delusional.
I was offended by those sermons even as a liberal Democrat. If you want to condemn certain policies of this country, that's fine, but to curse the country itself IS unpatriotic. I know Republicans are too quick to wrap themselves in the flag and call anyone who disagrees with them unpatriotic - but if this guy isn't unpatriotic, then I really don't know who is.
Obama will not get away with explaining his 20 year relationship with this incendiary idiot by brushing off Wright's sermons as remarks by "an old uncle." The analogy won't cut it. Everyone knows that you can't chose your family - but you CAN chose you pastor AND your church AND who marries you AND who baptizes your children.
Maybe Obama hadn't heard the particular sermons in question, but he certainly must have known this man's general political views after attending his church and having a personal relationship with him for 20 years. And if he didn't, isn't that pretty poor judgment - the whole premise of his campaign?
As for questions about the IRS, I have worked on Democratic campaigns and the unwritten rule is that Dems specifically do not complain about conservative preachers preaching politics from the pulpit because they know that black preachers would be called out on it as well. So the parties have kind of a wink wink type of deal on the issue. Hillary's not going to complain about it because she'll need the black vote come November if she gets the nomination.
btw, why has Salon not covered this story about Wright, and yet is still calling on Ferraro to issue an apology to Obama? Ferraro's remarks were sweet nothings compared with this guy Wright's comments about Hillary.
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Some interesting #s on this
This site has crunched a bunch of numbers and seems to think that both candidates have their regional strengths (Clinton does bette in Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas, for instance) but that Obama has the overall advantage.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com
They give Obama a 57% chance of beating McCain and Clinton a 41% chance.