Comments on: Sweeping Up After Super Tuesday

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Pages tagged "dogged" — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:02:16 +0000

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By: archangel

archangel — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:29:24 +0000

Dear Calmdogs
thank you for your note, and we all have our moments. All is well now. Your comments are welcome here at TMV.

with kindest regards,
dr.e.

By: calmdogs

calmdogs — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:40:12 +0000

I appologize for the vitriol. I guess that the unfairness of the post in making a negative "award" about HRC for mentioning that women haven't had the vote very long while giving a positive "award" to BO for a similar situation for African-Americans (particulary since Senator Obama's black grandfather probably lived in southern Kenya rather than the American South) was the proverbial final straw.

The mainstream media's clear bias toward Obama is hard enough to take, but to see it so blatantly displayed here knocked me off my balance beam.

The barely concealed sexism in so much of the reporting connected with Senator Clinton is really astonishing to me. And as the days have passed, my temperature approached 212 degrees.

So, again, I appologize for boiling over.

By: joegandelman

joegandelman — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:54:13 +0000

I need to add: we now have comments essentially offsite. When we had them onsite we had a LONG commenting policy. We really need to avoid calling writers names. It never convinces a single reader that your postions is correct. Really, the best thing to do is to take a deep breath and outline why you think a writer is wrong about something. Just state the facts as you see them. You would be surprised that you CAN change some minds and maybe even influence a TMV writer. But name calling only lashes out and often sparks a war in threads, and then we have to delete comments, etc. We try to keep debate on the issues here. We LOVE people who comment on the site and have no problem with people disagreeing with us. Also, I find that people think I'm brillian and reasonable and wonderful when they agree with me (before they even click on the site) and when they don't they email me with suggestions about where I should place my computer. I tried and it just won't fit up there.

By: archangel

archangel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:32:34 +0000

Dear calmdogs, you are accurate about Senator Obama's grandfather and the withholding of rights and vote from an entire racial group, and the similar issues about the vote being withheld from an entire gender, are also true regarding Senator Clinton's mother.

As the political season goes on, I hope you will continue to comment at TMV. Please read our comments policy. Your opinions are welcome, but not attacks or name calling re the columnists and writers. That, at TMV, will get an otherwise intelligent commenter put on moderation or banned.

with kind regards,
dr.e

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:43:18 +0000

A supprise you did not look at other votes. California voters rejected Prop 93, the brain child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislators to avoid term limits so that they can spend more and tax more.

I still waiting for someone to tell me why liberal Democrats hold up Schwarzengger as a good Republicans. Massive budget deficits, loses on on all his voter initiatives, a collapsing housing market, and an outmigration of the middle class from California.

By: calmdogs

calmdogs — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:34:35 +0000

Of all the blatant favoritism and sexist commentary I have seen, yours tops the list:

"The Gratuitous Super Tuesday Dig Award: Goes to Clinton for saying that “I want to thank all my friends and family—particularly my mother, who was born before women could vote and is watching her daughter on this stage tonight.” "

vs.

"The Isn’t It Incredible Award: Goes to Obama, whose grandfather couldn’t even vote in the Southern state where he lived but whose descendants turned out in droves to vote for a man who could become the first African-American president."

Give us a break you arrogant twit.