Letters to the Editor
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Whom I reject
I will not vote for Hillary, or any other Democrat who voted
to invade Iraq, under any circumstance. No Hillary. No
LieberBayhDen. If that's what the Demmocrats give me to vote
for, then let Jeb Bush become President.
My standards are really very low. If they nominate a governor who was in no position to vote one way or the other
on Bush's Declaration of Resolution of Force in the Last Resort,
I won't try mindreading how they woulda mighta voted on it if
they would have been Senators. Dean or Feingold or Gore would
be lovely. Richardson or Warner or Floyd Schmidlap would be
okay. All I ask is no neo-Nixon Victory-With-Honor Bushite
Democrat.
I really hope the Democratic Party won't be like that restaurant which says: "We reserve the right to serve refuse
to anyone."
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considering feingold
good catch karen
my goodness, why isn't senator feingold on that list? he is someone i've definitely been following.
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Thanks, Beth!
Actually, Feingold is on the list (National Journal), but you have to look down into the 2nd tier, where they are unranked. I looked that far because I was curious why Feingold wasn't ranked higher. I'm thinking: Feingold & Conyers ~ A Heartland Ticket for 2008. Pass it on.
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Oh please, Oh please, Oh please....
Forgive me for discussing this topic in such a crass way, but recent elections have forced me to look at candidates in very "simple" terms. Please let the Republicans nominate Mit Romney. Are you kidding me? A guy from New England with a funny name? Joe Nascar would rather vote for anybody else. If there's anyone I fear from the Republicans, it's McCain. He would win centrist votes.
Personally, I want Feingold. Feingold is handsome and he has nads. That's very appealing across the board. Gore and Kerry had their chances and they both folded when it counted most. If they aren't going to fight for themselves when an election is being stolen right from under them, why should I beleive they are going to fight for me? That being said, Chuck Todd is making a mistake for leaving Karry out of his top five. Kerry's the front runner at this early date. He's got money, and never really stopped campaining. His support is stroger today that many want think. Democrats who want someone other than Kerry should start working for someone else now. Passively sitting around waiting to see who will get picked and then supporting "him" is how we got in this mess in the first place.* It's what I've done in the past, but I'm not gonna do it anymore.
*Well, that and letting the Republicans steal the last two elections. But they can't steal it if it isn't close. And it never should have been close!
Blake Mitchell
Austin, Texas
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Mea Culpa
Yikes! Did I have some typos or what? Sorry folks, I'll be more careful next time.
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Clinton Spells Looser
I am about as staunch a Democrat as you will ever be able to find. However I think that if Hillary were to run against McCain, I might just vote for McCain myself. Why, you might ask? Its because I think that McCain is a better Democrat than Hillary is! He may be "playing the party line", but it's clear that he is a man of morality and ethical standards.
We need someone in the Democratic party that can compare to his standards.
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Bill Richardson in '08!
Check the guy out. I think he's a great candidate.
I personally like Hillary, but I think that it would be a bad, bad idea to nominate her for this election. And I don't think it will really happen, regardless of all the speculation.
As far as McCain goes...my initial thought was, "well at least if the Republicans won, he's better than the current administration. He's not terrifying." But then I remembered that he rolled over for Bush, and I realized that no matter who the Republican candidate is they will be under immense pressure from the same radical Christian right-wingers that run things right now. That's the Republican machine. So, although McCain doesn't terrify me the way some others (Newt?!? Are they serious?) do, I also don't really trust him anymore to stand up for what he really believes in if it goes against the machine. That's pretty sad.
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No McCain fan, but Dems will lose again with a McCain vs Clinton matchup
One supposes that Ms. Clinton would spend half her time praising her opponent in such a matchup.
As far right wing as McCain really is, Clinton is the last one to paint this picture of him, though don't ask me which Dem would. They would all no doubt try to outflank him from the right while praising him.
Of course, if the Dems don't change their tune and run another right wing campaign, it won't matter who the GOP or Dems run, the Dems will likely lose once again. The only consolation is, it doesn't really matter; there won't be a significant change in the political status quo either way.
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It doesn't matter who the Democrats eventually settle on...
...because the fix has been in since 2000, or don't you read? The Republicans have both the Supreme Court and any state that does business with Diebold in their pocket. It's over, unless and until we choose to demand action from our elected officials or find another legal means of protesting a riged system.
Our Democratic incumbents like their job security more than they care who controls the White House, otherwise they'd have actually done something by now.
Accept the truth, it's all we have left.
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Wesley Clark!
He's got enormous centrist appeal and very progressive positions. Check out his website:
http://www.securingamerica.com
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Hillary is a losing proposition Where is Clark?
Where is Wes Clark? Warner/Clark is the best shot the Dems have. If not Clark, what about any one of the popular "red state" female Governors? Warner/Napolitano? Warner/Sebelius anyone? Lets start building on the NE and the Midwest with the Mid-atlantic and the Mountain states. Georgia or South Carolina are not going to happen, but VA, AZ, CO, NV, MT ... those are real possibilities. How about a Warner/Napolitano send off from a convention in Denver? Las vegas? Phoenix? It sounds like a great start to me! We don't need anymore North East Uber-liberals, and that is coming from someone frequently accused of being an Uber-lberal. Sorry Deaniacs, but that's politics in the USA.