Letters to the Editor
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meffert
I can honestly say that I am only one of many anonymice on this thread. I don't know if the others are one person, but by style I'd say there are a few. Second, how would posting some odd avatar like, say, "meffert" give you any insight to who I am. If anything, posting as anonymous gives you more reason to think about the content of my posts and trust my sincerity in posting. Unlike people angling for some reputation as "responsible posters" and having an avatar to protect, we "anonymous" posters suffer no such constraint. We not only say what we believe, we force you to deal with the content of your beliefs instead of looking for some reason to marginalize us; as in if I posted under a political bias like "liberallefty" or regional bias like "nyctmanj" or gender bias like "feminonzi" or religious like "jesusrules" or gay like "homostapl'in" or whatever allows you to ignore what you can't respond to and are forced to go to "see ______ other letters" to find a reason not to believe what your eyes just read. Personally, if we really believed in the idea of honest and serious debate, avatars would be barred and we'd be all forced to write under what we really are, anonymous.
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@meffert
She is not my candidate. I just want to see Obama destroyed. Since she's the one with the most immediate capacity to do this, I am rooting for her. If she fails in the primaries, I will be rooting for some bribed superdelegates to turn on him. If Obama does get the nomination I will be rooting for McCain, Rove, and all the rest to take that creature down. Yes. We. Can.
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soopergrover
He released his 2006 return. Still must be working on those many hours on his 2007 return. Yet, he wants to know where Clinton got the 5 million in 2007 to loan her camp? Hmmm...
As for that full disclosure by Obama:
From the April 16,2007 Chicago Tribune:
"Obama released only Form 1040 from his tax return and not underlying attachments which provide detail about income and spending."
Interestingly, among the disclosures was this:
"Michelle Obama also earned $51,200 in fees from her work on the board of directors of Westchester-based Treehouse Foods, a wholesaler of pickles and other specialty food products.
She was appointed to the Treehouse board in 2005, just after Obama entered the Senate."
I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but if Obama gets the nod, I'd toss the old IRA into pickles and other specialty food products.
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Huh?
Like your candidate, you are a misogynist pig. I expected nothing less.
Not that I condone any childish namecalling in these discussions, especially from anon trolls, you're going to have to back this one up.
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@gezelligtexas
Sure, read this:
http://tomwatson.typepad.com/tom_watson/2008/01/the-sexist-medi.html
and this:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/2/8/11363/81389
Want more? Let me know.
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Please could someone help me understand
On both sides, please stop with the name calling. It is most unhelpful.
And for this undecided Wisconsin voter, can someone from the Clinton camp please respond to my earlier questions about why she isn't releasing her tax returns to the Democrats when she has said she will release them to the Republicans after the primary.
I'm learning towards voting for Clinton, but I really would like an answer to this question. Thank you to whoever replies.
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Just so you know
I'm not the anonymous who is attacking Cythera45 with vile and immature language. I'm actually the anonymous attacking Obama's vile tactics and questionable stance on issues. Just so the records straight here.
Perhaps we anonymice should each be assigned a number. But then, that would destroy my whole point about the value of posting anonymously. Hmmm.... Damn. What a conundrum.
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@Cythera
I will be rooting for McCain, Rove, and all the rest to take that creature down.
A creature? You mean like...a troll?
I think it's interesting that Clinton is so defensive that she won't even release her tax returns, but instead offers some legalistic obfuscatory jargon as a dodge, when, as Soopergroover put it, the easy solution is to release the returns. If there's nothing to see, then there's nothing to hide -- hence "transparency." But she's not doing that, she's getting all Nixon-secretive about it. The only thing transparent about this latest move is the reasons behind it, just as her avoiding the FISA vote: she's hiding.
Penn might talk about how she's been vetted by the GOP, but if this is how she responds to something easy like making your tax returns public, the GOP is going to have a field day with her. How a candidate responds to this kind of thing is as important as the thing itself, and Clinton's failing in her response to it, just as she's failed in responding to a serious primary challenge -- she might yet pull out a last-minute comeback, but it won't be because she handled her campaign well.
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Clinton Victimology 101
A Clinton supporter pointed me to this site, and does anyone else find it creepy what constitutes an "attack" on Clinton. On a paid for Hillary Clinton website (part of the Hillary Hub) someone has taken the time to note and to site every criticism that Obama has ever made of either of the Clintons or their policies.
The title of the website is even creepy "attack time line"....
http://www.attacktimeline.com/
Do we really want people this paranoid and self-pitying running the country? What are they going to do against the famous G.O.P. machine if they are giving a time and a date to every time that Obama said "boo" to them during this tight presidential campaign?
Boo for Clinton self-pity.
And: "supporating iniquity" Cythera, you are the poet laureate of these posts. Truly, you are.
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@cythera45
You must not have expected me to actually read those articles because I don't see anything in them that's sexist, thought it did seem like the writers really wanted me to.
Obama says "the claws come out." Big deal. I've used that expression to describe men I work with. It's a pretty common expression.
Ditto the "likability" quote. He was asked directly if she was likable, and he answered it. What is so sexist about that word.
So yeah. Send me more if you've got them. Preferably some real examples that don't require Herculean stretches of the imagination and a desire to find something that isn't there.