Letters to the Editor
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The Lynching of Michelle Obama
Or should I say, The (Jessica) Lynching of Michelle Obama?
Even Glenn got caught in the Republican spin cycle, Michelle Obama did NOT say she was "proud" of America for the first time, she said she was "really proud". For those of us who understand grammar, and intent, there is a world of difference
It's not his fault, as he must have watched her speech on FOX - he saw the edited version. It's true, like Stalin, the Maoists, and of course Orwell's "party" they have taken to snipping out bits of history that they don't like or to make it fit into their sick little world.
Watch this to see what she really said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGjR81pFJI4&feature=related
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It Doesn't Matter
What she really said, or what she intended. The first 30 seconds of round one go to McCain. In his speech last night he spoke of his lengthy and boundless pride in America.
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MSM self fulfillment
When Glenn said "...our establishment press takes its cues in all sorts of ways from exactly the dark crevices from which this filth spews..." he could have added that, lacking the "Bleed" in the "If it bleeds, it leads" theory, the news media today might very well attempt to create the bleeding.
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The red (state) badge of courage...
Maybe it’s gotten to the point where slanders from neocons are an asset – a badge of honor. Maybe Americans are so sick of them, whatever they call "bad" looks "good". Maybe their political capital is that low. We can only hope.
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email i recieved...
received this forwarded email about hillary clinton from a relative. it is illustrative of what glenn describes in this entry.
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Hillary actually has an impressive resume.
Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president based on her 'record,' which she says includes her eight years in the White House as First Lady – or 'co-president' - and her seven years in the Senate.
Here is a reminder of what that record includes:
* As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would 'demonize' anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both the House and Senate.)
* Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as 'my worst mistake.'
* Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
* Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the position of director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary and her husband denied knowing him. (FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary' involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office, after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.)
* In order to open 'slots' in the White House for her friends, the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to the FBI for 'gross mismanagement' and their reputations ruined. After a thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime - mixing personal money with White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours.
* Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the 'bimbo eruption squad' and scandal defense:
---- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.
---- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all.
---- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury
---- And Bill was impeached by the House.
---- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice (she avoided it mostly because she repeated, 'I do not recall,' 'I have no recollection,' and 'I don't know' 56 times under oath).
* Hillary wrote 'It Takes a Village,' demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.
* Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived in. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary also had Bill pardon her brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.
* Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen.
* In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the 'woman card' by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on her.
* As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. She has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11.
* Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since disavowed.
Quite a resume, isn't it? Sounds more like an organized crime family...
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my email response:
you're not serious are you?
i've been exposed to alot of pathetic propoganda b.s./smear campaigns in my time but this takes the prize by far. is that the best list this author can come up with? "Hillary wrote 'It Takes a Village,' demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint"-is this a joke. republican smears are still using socialism as a talking point? how amusing. & it's working on grown adults nonetheless! anyone who remotely considers the points this list makes should think long and hard about the level of debate in this country-specifically the idea that substantive issues are intentionally removed from discourse to control it. do you know what a hot topic voting issue is? -look it up and start to learn about critical thinking-it means you do not accept everything that you read.
that being said every candidate (and i am going to use caps here so everyone can understand nice and simple) has GOOD qualities & every candidate has BAD qualities. as voters we should take some time to prioritize/weight issues and then investigate them. hopefully they are substantive issues (voting records, policy positions)that actually adds up to the true portrayal of a candidate-what they have done and what they say they are going to do & not hot topic voting issues filled with glaring omissions which insult the readers intelligence...this candidate butters his/her toast on the bottom!!! and this candidate butters his/her toast on the top!!! please try to elevate the level of discourse & not fall prey to sad hot topic smear campaigns.