LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Clinton must be good for GOP to attack her

Allen L. Johnson, Las Vegas

Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 | 2 a.m.

There are good things about the contraction of the presidential nomination race to two candidates from each party — the moments of humor and the simplification of choices.

Now there are two things to remember about this process.

First, we are looking to fill the position of president of the United States, not some idiotic vote-them-off-the-island reality show.

Second, the nightmare scenario for the Republicans is that the Democrats would actually solve, or at least make major progress, on the mess created these past seven years. Would the national Republicans deny responsibility for the mess and sabotage the efforts to fix them? Have you noticed how they deal with the Iraq war?

The easy way to tell the best Democratic candidate for president is to see who the Republicans attack. Go Hillary.

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By bmwflora

2/13/08 at 1:40 a.m.

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I liked your letter, and couldn't agree more...
I have been wondering, myself, why the media has decided to go on an all out attack over the past few weeks in an attempt to destroy Sen. Clinton's bid for the White House. She truly is the more qualified of the two Democratic candidates, and represents the core of the Democratic party and its values.
The media is far too influential today, and is able to significantly affect how the public feels about literally everything. Lately, in the "spin" given by the news media, Sen. Clinton can do nothing right and Sen. Obama can do nothing wrong... and "Yes, it is spin". The media has even compared Obama to JFK, for heaven's sake, thus implanting the idea in the public mind that this person really walks on water in spite of the fact that there is no real track record for miracle working here. These ideas catch on and every anchor, every talk show host and every local personality repeats what they hear the big news anchors and pundits saying so they can appear "knowledgeable" and "in tune".
Let's think about this for a moment.... I can't help but think that ultimately it is in the best interest of the Power Elite (ref. C. Wright Mills) in this country to make sure that it's "puppets" work to destroy any candidate that would actually present a real threat to the continued reign of republican politics in this country (the politics that are bleeding the nation dry to fill the pockets of the wealthiest few). I believe that a battle of two moderates (Clinton and McCain) "could" end in the possibility of a Democratic president in the White House once again - particularly since some very conservative media personalities have "endorsed" Sen. Clinton over Sen. McCain in their cynical way (that media influence on the public again.) I further believe that in a battle between a fairly moderate Republican and a very liberal Democrat... well, let's just put it this way... the wealthiest will have their tax breaks protected for another 4 -8 years and corporate welfare will continue to flow to "those who have".
So... I can't help but wonder what will happen if Sen. Obama wins the nomination this summer. What will the media do then? Will it turn it's ugly snarl on him next? Will there be an "amazing series of revelations and accusations" that will come out between the end of August and the beginning of November in an effort to tarnish his image so that the public will begin to view Sen. McCain more favorably in time for the election... or maybe the media will just call him "liberal, liberal, liberal" to the point where the middle American is afraid and that's all it will take to send them to the "red" on election day. It all begs the question... Are the attacks on Sen. Clinton by the media now just a way to make way for a continued Republican presidency in November?