Letters to the Editor
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Was this on the record or off the record???? It matters and someone should do some fact-checking....
Regarding the following parenthetical in this article:
(By usual journalistic rules, you can't say something and then take it off the record, you have to go off the record first.)
According to the story I heard on BBC radio this afternoon the Scotsman acknowledged that Ms. Power's remark was "off the record" which would indicate that it was the writer who violated "journalistic rules" by failing to honor Ms. Power's request to go off the record.
Was Ms. Power the victim of an unethical reporter? Or did she just blurt out the monster remark, realize it was a mistake and tried to take it "off the record?" Although Ms. Power has been acting as an advisor to Obama she is a former journalist - she knows she "can't say something and then take it off the record." So, either she intended to tell the world that she thinks Clinton is a monster which would be pretty dumb (and Samantha Power is about as far from dumb as someone can get) OR the reporter "outed" her.
Why does this matter? Because Samantha Power won the Pulitzer Prize for "A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide." She has been a strong and powerful voice in the fight against genocide in Darfur and other places around the globe. Now she has been forced to resign her position as an advisor to Obama on the issue of genocide and everything she has done to shine light on the horrors of genocide will be unimportant next to the fact that she committed the heinous crime of daring to say that HRC is a monster. And, of course, I see that HRC is using this incident to raise money for her campaign - "yet again, those nasty Obama-ites have victimized me, feel sorry for me, give me money." Well, folks before you write those checks to "HRC Victim" - I suggest you ask yourself a question - which would I rather have happen to me (a) be called a "monster" or (b) be victimized by monsters who rape, maim, mutilate, murder, etc., etc.? If your answer is (a) go ahead and write your check to "HRC Victim" and then go find an illustrated dictionary and look up the word "monster" -you just might find your picture right there alongside Hillary's.
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IS AMERICA LOST: An Open Letter to America
1. Today Barack Obama is running a presidential campaign based on hope and change. Yet with such undisputably good and lofty reasons to run for the presidency of the United States, he has been called a “hope monger”. About his uplifting speeches about hope, Clinton accused him of plagiarizing his speeches.
When Obama offered his public service credentials while working in Chicago instead of as a high priced lawyer, Clinton accused him of having ties to a 'slumlord'.
2. When Obama asks for transparancy and public release of tax returns he is called a member of the infamous Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy by the Clinton campaign. You sorry americans allow this. After all, transparancy if for us, the citizens of the United States. We must have information to make a decisioin on the candidates.
3. When asked about releasing her white house itineries to allow the public to determine if she has the experience she claims – she refuses or equivocates. and calles Obama “ill-prepared to be president."
4. When asked to release her tax returns to the public as Obama has requested and has done, she has refused and now equivocate by saying maybe by April 15th.
5. When asked about fairness and if Michigan and Florida’s banned votes should count (Obama was not even on the ballot in Michigan) she could care less about rules and fairness. Clinton wants to change the rules and count those delegates. It’s all about her, if it means the absence of rules – so what. Rules don’t apply to her – like the rules that all citizens must abide by. Yes, including you. Why???
6, While Obama states he will abide by the decision of the Democratic Party, when asked to work out a fair resolution to the banned Michigan and Florida primaries Clinton has told U.S. News and World Report that she opposes any sort of do-over for Florida and she would not accept it if Michigan were to hold a caucus. So much for her ability to resolve issues.
7. Clinton will stop of nothing, do anything, will observe no limits to what she will do win the presidential election. See how long you stay out of jail if you rob a bank to feed your family. Any 12 year old knows you can’t justify means for ends. And she readily admits it. If this means destroying her opponent, or destroying what he stands for and in the process destroy what may be America’s only hope at decency and humanity in this presidential campaign– she will do it.
4. Now I ask you, does Hillary Clinton deserve, no – cry out – to be called “a monster” or better yet “A Hitler.”
5. Samantha Power is the founding executive director of the Harvard University Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. She won a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction for "A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide." With credentials like this has Samantha Paul crossed over the line by describing Clinton “a monster” or doing all American citizens a great service by bearing witness to the truth and at the same time calling to attention to the pathetic state of America, land of the free and home to political monsters. The fact is that if a Clinton can exist in our society it is because of you. All of us citizens. It is something all americans should be ashamed of. You deserve a Clinton.
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People in Darfur matter more than faux victim Clinton...
Go to www.npr.org to listen to the following story (it is only 7 minutes):
All Things Considered, March 7, 2008 · The last few weeks have seen disturbing new violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Michael Gaouette, leader of a U.N. team responsible for a new peacekeeping force in Darfur, speaks with Melissa Block.
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@Xrandadu Hutman
I think you need a license to shoot fish in a barrel. heh.