2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the editor
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: Editorials
Clinton campaign lacks support despite experience
Children are asleep, the phone rings in the middle of the night and the ominous voice rhetorically asks, "Who do you want answering the phone?" Well the answer is Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a candidate
this editorial board has supported. Despite her flailing campaign and elementary criticisms of her more enigmatic opponent, Clinton has won the support of our esteemed writers of The Miami Student.
Their reasoning general rests on the argument that her viability as a candidate rests on her experience with world leaders and "international networks." Unfortunately for Ms. Clinton, her pleas of experience and "day one" readiness have failed to resonate with voters. Instead, she has continued to criticize Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for his simple-minded naivety and ignorance of the real struggles in Washington. More simply, we can say that Clinton believes that Obama has not been disillusioned with politics and his supporters are delusional to think that he can deliver.
Clinton's campaign has lacked energy, why should we believe that her presidency will engage us and the world? Although it was a close vote, our savvy political analysts on editorial board, unlike the majority of Americans, believe that Clinton is the better Democratic candidate. I understand that a candidate's past should be evaluated but Clinton's failed foray into healthcare reform and inconsistent voting on Iraq illuminate an unconvincing record.
It has been frustrating to read articles in the Op-Ed section that acquiesce to Clinton's insistence on her credibility and lament the omnipresence of "Obamamania." The lone comment online addressing your article cites it as, "Yet another example of how out of touch the members of The Miami Student editorial board are regarding politics on all levels-campus, local, and national." Let me echo this statement and urge all of those on the board, regardless of who you choose to endorse, to write something insightful.
Whether we elect Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) or Obama, I hope the editorial board's endorsement next November is willing to look deeper and present a compelling case either way.
Josh Dahn
dahnjn@muohio.edu
McCain's credentials will ensure successful run
As a registered voter and a supporter of the Republican Party, I feel that it is important to make an educated choice to ensure that the best possible candidate is elected to represent the people of the United States.
I feel that the most important trait Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has to offer is his true ability to garner and foster a bipartisan relationship. With the country split into a bipolar arrangement, McCain is the best candidate to take control of our country.
Three major points I would like to mention are McCain's stances on tax cuts and economic reform, border security and immigration reform, and ensuring victory in Iraq. He believes that taxes should be set low, harder to raise and fair so that hard working American families can keep the money they earned. Quoting from McCain's Web site, "As president, I will secure the border. I will restore the trust Americans should have in the basic competency of their government. A secure border is an essential element of our national security. Tight border security includes not just the entry and exit of people, but also the effective screening of cargo at our ports and other points of entry."
Along with such measures to ensure our safety domestically, McCain feels that the best way to ensure victory abroad is to bolster troops on the ground, strengthen Iraqi Armed Forces and Police and accelerate political and economic reconstruction.
McCain embodies the spirit of our country throughout his distinguished military career in the Navy and is determined to maintain the United States as the epitome of democracy in the world. He has made personal sacrifices in both his military and public service lives and is ready to make the necessary sacrifices to preserve what is best for the citizens of the United States. I am making an informed choice and plan to vote for John McCain and encourage my fellow Miami peers to let their voices be heard as well.
Payton Cohn
Campus Publicity Chair, College Republicans
cohnpee@muohio.edu
Political primary process provokes fits of rage
Another political season is beginning, and already the pangs of boredom and annoyance are present. Boredom would be toward the Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) candidacy; this RINO (Republican in name only) makes Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) seem centrist. He is perhaps the oldest of the old guard and not representative of conservative ideals. McCain is more inline with the nanny-state "Republicans" that govern California and New York City. RINOs like McCain are happy to ride the tradition of paleoconservatism, only to take the neoconservative route into something seemingly inspired from England's government in "V for Vendetta".
Annoyance would be toward the Obamamania; astonishing that seemingly high-minded individuals who scoff at the empty rhetoric of politicians seem to easily taken in by the empty rhetoric of a politician. Why is the rhetoric from Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) so attractive? Perhaps it is some sort of elaborate guilt complex or wanton desire to coo any perception of racism and pessimism if one were not to support the minority candidate who uses "Hope" and "Change" as if they were articles within the English language.
Obama draws upon the fact he is "different" ... the only way Obama is "different" is because he is not Caucasian. He is an ivy-league educated lawyer, well heeled and as slick as the floors after an Obama rally from all the individuals wetting themselves out of excitement. America needs a news ticker that would cycle the definitions of "Hope" and "Change."
A character as divisive as Barack Hussein Obama-even within his own party-cannot be the inspiration of hope for the political system by playing the classic games and cannot be change if he checks off all the boxes in the typical definition of a politician. At least McCain has a legislative record to warn voters of his intentions when given the opportunity to express authority.
Even the Students for Obama comment in Friday's Student (Feb. 29) failed to mention anything concrete, only mentioning concepts Obama has worked on-no mention of bill names or numbers, how Kirk Watson-like of them. It is sad when even writers in The Nation, the liberal Bush-bashing-Bible call Obama's rhetoric "long and blurry" (Jan. 21).
Obama proposes an FDR-esque new-new deal to tackle societal and economic troubles, while at the same time posturing about ending "the war" but taking the battle to Al-Qeada. McCain promises more of the same unchecked legislative tug-of-war, though could most likely see the war through to an American victory.
I can read the writing on the walls, I foresee Obama winning in November. Due to this victory and the subsequent four years of schizophrenic leftism, Obama will be the death nell of American socialism for a
generation, as Wilson, FDR and Carter were before him. History gives me non-Obama-oriented hope in the long term as America had to made it through Jimmy Carter to make it to Ronald Reagan.
Benjamin Alexander
Chairman of Miami
University ISI
alexanbd@muohio.edu
Children are asleep, the phone rings in the middle of the night and the ominous voice rhetorically asks, "Who do you want answering the phone?" Well the answer is Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a candidate
this editorial board has supported. Despite her flailing campaign and elementary criticisms of her more enigmatic opponent, Clinton has won the support of our esteemed writers of The Miami Student.
Their reasoning general rests on the argument that her viability as a candidate rests on her experience with world leaders and "international networks." Unfortunately for Ms. Clinton, her pleas of experience and "day one" readiness have failed to resonate with voters. Instead, she has continued to criticize Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for his simple-minded naivety and ignorance of the real struggles in Washington. More simply, we can say that Clinton believes that Obama has not been disillusioned with politics and his supporters are delusional to think that he can deliver.
Clinton's campaign has lacked energy, why should we believe that her presidency will engage us and the world? Although it was a close vote, our savvy political analysts on editorial board, unlike the majority of Americans, believe that Clinton is the better Democratic candidate. I understand that a candidate's past should be evaluated but Clinton's failed foray into healthcare reform and inconsistent voting on Iraq illuminate an unconvincing record.
It has been frustrating to read articles in the Op-Ed section that acquiesce to Clinton's insistence on her credibility and lament the omnipresence of "Obamamania." The lone comment online addressing your article cites it as, "Yet another example of how out of touch the members of The Miami Student editorial board are regarding politics on all levels-campus, local, and national." Let me echo this statement and urge all of those on the board, regardless of who you choose to endorse, to write something insightful.
Whether we elect Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) or Obama, I hope the editorial board's endorsement next November is willing to look deeper and present a compelling case either way.
Josh Dahn
dahnjn@muohio.edu
McCain's credentials will ensure successful run
As a registered voter and a supporter of the Republican Party, I feel that it is important to make an educated choice to ensure that the best possible candidate is elected to represent the people of the United States.
I feel that the most important trait Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has to offer is his true ability to garner and foster a bipartisan relationship. With the country split into a bipolar arrangement, McCain is the best candidate to take control of our country.
Three major points I would like to mention are McCain's stances on tax cuts and economic reform, border security and immigration reform, and ensuring victory in Iraq. He believes that taxes should be set low, harder to raise and fair so that hard working American families can keep the money they earned. Quoting from McCain's Web site, "As president, I will secure the border. I will restore the trust Americans should have in the basic competency of their government. A secure border is an essential element of our national security. Tight border security includes not just the entry and exit of people, but also the effective screening of cargo at our ports and other points of entry."
Along with such measures to ensure our safety domestically, McCain feels that the best way to ensure victory abroad is to bolster troops on the ground, strengthen Iraqi Armed Forces and Police and accelerate political and economic reconstruction.
McCain embodies the spirit of our country throughout his distinguished military career in the Navy and is determined to maintain the United States as the epitome of democracy in the world. He has made personal sacrifices in both his military and public service lives and is ready to make the necessary sacrifices to preserve what is best for the citizens of the United States. I am making an informed choice and plan to vote for John McCain and encourage my fellow Miami peers to let their voices be heard as well.
Payton Cohn
Campus Publicity Chair, College Republicans
cohnpee@muohio.edu
Political primary process provokes fits of rage
Another political season is beginning, and already the pangs of boredom and annoyance are present. Boredom would be toward the Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) candidacy; this RINO (Republican in name only) makes Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) seem centrist. He is perhaps the oldest of the old guard and not representative of conservative ideals. McCain is more inline with the nanny-state "Republicans" that govern California and New York City. RINOs like McCain are happy to ride the tradition of paleoconservatism, only to take the neoconservative route into something seemingly inspired from England's government in "V for Vendetta".
Annoyance would be toward the Obamamania; astonishing that seemingly high-minded individuals who scoff at the empty rhetoric of politicians seem to easily taken in by the empty rhetoric of a politician. Why is the rhetoric from Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) so attractive? Perhaps it is some sort of elaborate guilt complex or wanton desire to coo any perception of racism and pessimism if one were not to support the minority candidate who uses "Hope" and "Change" as if they were articles within the English language.
Obama draws upon the fact he is "different" ... the only way Obama is "different" is because he is not Caucasian. He is an ivy-league educated lawyer, well heeled and as slick as the floors after an Obama rally from all the individuals wetting themselves out of excitement. America needs a news ticker that would cycle the definitions of "Hope" and "Change."
A character as divisive as Barack Hussein Obama-even within his own party-cannot be the inspiration of hope for the political system by playing the classic games and cannot be change if he checks off all the boxes in the typical definition of a politician. At least McCain has a legislative record to warn voters of his intentions when given the opportunity to express authority.
Even the Students for Obama comment in Friday's Student (Feb. 29) failed to mention anything concrete, only mentioning concepts Obama has worked on-no mention of bill names or numbers, how Kirk Watson-like of them. It is sad when even writers in The Nation, the liberal Bush-bashing-Bible call Obama's rhetoric "long and blurry" (Jan. 21).
Obama proposes an FDR-esque new-new deal to tackle societal and economic troubles, while at the same time posturing about ending "the war" but taking the battle to Al-Qeada. McCain promises more of the same unchecked legislative tug-of-war, though could most likely see the war through to an American victory.
I can read the writing on the walls, I foresee Obama winning in November. Due to this victory and the subsequent four years of schizophrenic leftism, Obama will be the death nell of American socialism for a
generation, as Wilson, FDR and Carter were before him. History gives me non-Obama-oriented hope in the long term as America had to made it through Jimmy Carter to make it to Ronald Reagan.
Benjamin Alexander
Chairman of Miami
University ISI
alexanbd@muohio.edu
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