Letters to the Editor
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what a bunch of BS
Now I am not a brother, so perhaps I just don't understand. But Hilary is only concerned about ANYONE's issues as much as it will help her succeed politically. Where will she be in helping the brothers when jobs get sent overseas? Where will she be in helping the brothers form a union to keep wages on pace with inflation (or heaven-forbid corporate profits)?
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speechless
I don't know where to start.
"Bill Clinton is one of the few presidents that can stand up and sing every verse of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing.'"
"There is this feeling, I think, that if the president is good, if the husband is good, then the wife is going to be good, and Mrs. Clinton would be good as president. I think it has some of that."
I would shake my head in amazement even if those statements were made by someone uneducated and uninformed, but coming from "civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis" it defies belief. And we wonder why this country is in trouble. There is no difference between foolish statements like those of Rep. Lewis or those of the people who voted for Geoerge Bush because they'd rather go to a barbecue with him or because "he sounds stupid just like me." Folks, this is how most people vote. This is why we're in so much trouble.
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Without nepotism, Hillary would be running for the president of Vassar
She didn't get this endorsement. Maureen Dowd-New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/opinion/30dowd.html
Big blow to the Clinton camp.
She really wanted that endorsement.
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Lewis's endorsement shows progress
What is it that makes us assume there's a dark side to a person's decision, such as John Lewis's endorsement of Hillary?
This is not a sleight of Obama, it is evidence that there is lots of vitality in the African-American political world -- looked at through one prism, it shows that diversity is bringing us together for common interests. It may be a "blow" to Obama's short-term political interests, but it is not a sleight.
Get used to it. Lewis's endorsement is progress.
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@saintzak re:speechless
Agreed.
"Bill Clinton was almost a black man and he was a good president. Ergo his wife must be almost black and a good president." Wow. There are just so many things wrong with that justification.
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Maureen Dowd
Wow, she is hot, why can't all female political pundits look like that?
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Let's be fair....
"Hillary Clinton is the best prepared to lead this country at a time when we are in desperate need of strong leadership. She will restore a greater sense of community in America, and reclaim our standing in the world."
Hey, folks! Lewis also included the above in his endorsement statement. Whether you agree with him or not, don't just focus on the more superficial comments of several months ago.
Really. We want fairness and accuracy in "reporting." We should practice a little ourselves.
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MICKI's Post
"She will restore a greater sense of community in America, and reclaim our standing in the world."
Compared to Bush. maybe. Compared to a real Democrat who is not in love with perpetual war, or in love with an agenda devoid of any substance except a reflexive fealty to global capital, not so much.
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What's with the cheap shot at Hillary?
So she wants to keep herself in the news -- this makes her different from any other candidate for national office how? At least she doesn't do it by sliming her opponents, the way the Bush Family has always done. And please don't be disingenous and pretend you really think one endorsement for Hillary is going to knock Gore's Nobel Prize completely off the front page, even if the endorsement is an important one.
Why is it that men are "hard driving," have "fire in the belly" etc. etc., but women who run for office are always scheming and ambitious?
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No Alarms, and No Suprises, Please
"What is it that makes us assume there's a dark side to a person's decision, such as John Lewis's endorsement of Hillary?"
Well, for starters- he decided to endorse Hillary...
Seriously, however, there are any number of probable reasons for Lewis to make this move; his timing could be just what he says it is, or it could be that he was waiting as long as possible to see what the odds were, and Clinton finally felt confident enough to make a move on him, ie. 'We both know the odds are well in my favor Rep. Lewis, and if you don't endorse me, and I win- you're F*cked'. Or, another reason could simply be his comfort and familiarity with Sen. Clinton (or her husband, whatever). This would fit with his position as a leader of the Old Guard Movement, more comfortable with the power dynamics of the past than of the future, where his role would almost surely(in his eyes) be diminished.
In the end though, this just looks like more of the same political odds-making: wait as long as possible to pick a horse, and when the window's closing, bet on the favorite. It's the 'safe' bet. The comfortable, familiar bet.
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Just Because
Hillary Rodham Clinton was able to obtain an endorsement from Lewis, does not mean that as an African Americann woman I have to vote for her in the primaries. Mr. Lewis does not speak for me. I also find his public reasons for supporting Hillary to lack reason.
In his interviews he spoke highly of the former President Clinton, whom I also admired, but just because many feel that Mr. Clinton was a good president does not necessarily mean that Hillary will be one. The fact is that, say what you will about Hillary, she is still her own person NOT her husband. She has her own set of values, issues and policies that may not necessarily coincide with those of her husband.
I also find it highly disingenuous to say that because Mr. Clinton knew all of the lyrics to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and was a friend to the African American community, that Hillary would be as well. To me it seems that he is basing Hillary's qualifications for being president, at least publically, on her husband's performance as president. His reasons, coming from an intelligent man, seem odd to me.
On the other hand, as for Barak Obama, I feel that he is probably still too inexperienced for the presidency. However, because he is African American, does not mean that Mr. Lewis was bound to give him his endorsement either. Mr. Lewis is free to endorse whomever he choses.
My problem with his comments were that they seemed more like an endorsement for former President Clinton than for Senator Clinton. My other problem was that, just because he is a leader in the African American community, I would vote for whomever he endorses. That is just an irritating assumption, to put it mildly.