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Hillary was pummeled in the press before she made any of the mistakes the Obamaniacs give as reasons for not voting for her. I personally like her, and I personally know that this unending criticism is not deserved. I don't think gender lost her votes; media beatings did. Just take a look at Media Tenor for the stats. This is no way reflects on Obama - I absolutely think he's great, but we don't have to crucify an Intelligent capable woman because she voted for the war -- remember her job is to represent her constituents; about 75% of her constituents wanted to go hammer Sadam thanks to Bush's creative writing team. Everyone says they were opposed to the war now -- that is such crap! Most of you are hypocrites! You wanted to kick butt back in 2003. I remember feeling totally isolated because I believed that it was an obscene mistake. So stop beating her over the head with it. And the sniper fire? So what? You've never embellished a story (the fish was huge, something was faster bigger more awful in the retelling?

Of course sexism is alive and well.

If you cannot see the rampant gender bias, check out Olberman's (I love Olberman overall) interview with Kevin Spacey. Compare Olberman's interpretation of some Hillary soundbites; then listen to Spacey. It is so glaringly obvious -- if it doesn't smack you in the face, you,my friend, are drinking the MSM Kool-Aid. And you probably believe in invisible posted 05/22/2008 at 12:41:44

Torture is the fruit of the poisonous tree. John Yoo planted and nurtured that tree. It is appalling that he still hollds his position at Berkeley.

I wrote the following letter (my second) to Dean Edley, in response to his weak ramblings about "academic freedom,":
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Thank you for responding to my request that you fire John Yoo.

The concept of "academic freedom" is not new to me, and I wholly support its protection; however, it does not extend to situations where a professor becomes an accessory to a crime before the fact.

I assume you have read the relevant memos in which Yoo specifically twisted legal definitions to allow senior officials to break domestic and international law. That he did not physically commit the actual crime is irrelevant. What he did was tantamount to a commanding officer telling his soldiers to commit war crimes,, and he is just as guilty. Were he an average, middle-class person, he would have been arrested and tried for promoting illegal acts.

Your rationalization may allow you to keep Mr. Yoo on your staff, but it disrespects the law, and you are supporting the continuing torture of "detainees". You share Mr. Yoo's guilt--anyone in a position to prevent these terrible crimes is also an accessory. You may one day be asked why you did not intervene, and your response will define who you are.

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His email address is: edley AT law.berkeley.edu posted 05/19/2008 at 13:46:44

I agree the debate was truly an embarrassing fiasco, and I was dumbstruck by the inanity of the questions asked by Charlie and Georgie. Georgie should have recused himself.

Why did neither candidate confront the moderators on the stupidity and irrelevance of these questions? I found it a bit worrying that Obama came across as being a bit wimpy and hesitant. I expected him to be more self-confident and speak.

Our current "system" isn't. posted 04/19/2008 at 09:58:57