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03/18/2008: "U.S. News, 24-31 March 2008, Letters Rebuttals"

Tracy Leverton's letter about voting for Barack Obama because he was black brings to mind my own proclamation about the presidential election. Before the primary was really underway, I said that I would vote for any minority candidate, no matter what party. Looks like I'll be voting Democratic this year. Yay, Obama! Boo, Clinton!

David N. Hooper may be right that Super Tuesday results may have been from Republicans who thought Obama would be easier to beat than Clinton, but if so, they are wrong. Due to her past and the past of her husband, Hillary Clinton remains one of the most divisive candidates at the national level. She ranks right up there with the current president for being someone that people love to hate. That's a pretty big deficit to start a run at the White House with. Quite frankly, I think the only chance John McCain has to win the presidency is if Clinton wins the nomination.

Guy Wold describes the current government as moderate/conservative. Just because George Bush doesn't show an fiscal conservation doesn't make him a moderate.

P.J. Mills's letter was so funny, I'm going to quote its entirety: "Suppose McCain wasn't a POW, Hillary wasn't a woman, and Obama wasn't black. We might have to focus on the real issues at hand." Sure, it's completely naive to think that we could focus on the issues, but it's still a funny way of putting it.