Column Me Irresponsible

Congratulations Sunshine. You're a 13th grade journalism teacher and a third rate columnist for a free weekly. Have you achieved all that you ever dreamed?

If only the Indy had the scruples that the NYT so professes to possess we might not have to be subjected to your anti-McCain diatribe. "Most of the nation" dislikes McCain? Got anything to back that up?

You've just won the Stephen Glass I Made It Up Award.

Travis - is that you?

Wow, mccon, so you've taken Star's classes and you know what she's like as a teacher? My son, who's a 4.0 student has and rates her very highly.
Oh, and Travis, guess you're one of those lucky ones who's achieved all that you ever dreamed? That's why you've got nothing better to do then throw out your mean-spirited comment diatribes all over the place (not much else going on at the N-P).
And, by the way, if we're talking "like" as oppose to "vote for" Star nailed it.
According to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released earlier this month, people would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
While many are still deciding who should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Obama than McCain to their summer cookout. I would say that 52 vs 45 qualifies as "most". And as for "dislike", look it up: dislike - an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
Darn, guess you gotta take away that "Stephen Glass"award!

McCon... wow. Looks like someone is upset their candidate is losing.

It took me 5 seconds to find out that "most of the nation" dislikes McCain. CBS News, USA Today, LA Times... try this one: www.gallup.com.

And Starshine, I think your column is great!

Hey no_brain, the front page of your gallup link puts the number at 46-42 in favor of Obama. While that does indicate a slight lead by B. Hussein, 46% of anything still doesn't constitute "most of the nation," in fact the last time I checked 46% wasn't even half.

And I didn't even have to go to the 13th grade to figure that one out.

Let me clue you people in: of course whitey is going to tell the pollster in front of him that he likes Obama. To say the opposite one would risk being viewed as a racist, or at least branded as such. But come election day when that same whitey who said he'd like to crush burgers with BHO gets into the booth all by himself with noone watching, my money says he's voting on the white guy.

We'll see!

Hey, mccon

You better start getting used to the idea of having President Obama for the next eight years. We'll also have a Democratic Congress and Senate. If you can't handle that you better go on your meds! McBush will lose and we'll be able to get our country back on track!

Starshine rocks!
McCain bombs
Iran and Iraq
for the next 100 years
unless we stop them.
Impeach Bush+Cheney
NOW!
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/28/ho...

McCon, check your meds, and take off your hood and robe. And, please stay away from the voting booth. Perhaps Wendy's yacht will be available for your use in November.

Wendy, Nipper and the Yacht are in Odessa, the Ukraine, taking a sensitivity training from Valdamir Putin..Let's all "wolf" some tamales, sip some beers ,celebrate our founders and be free from the Wicked Witch and her flying monkeys. Viva Fiesta !

McCon... maybe you should go to the 13th grade. 46% is actually more than 42%. Meaning, of those who were polled, MOST of your racist pollsters chose Obama.

It's too bad ALL white people who were polled lied, and said they're voting for McCain. How did you find out that priceless piece of information? "Got anything to back that up?"

Oh, and "no_brain?" What is this, recess? "A" for effort on the insult, but in addition to Math 101 you might want to sign up for Starshine's writing class when you head back to finish that AA.

What I see is that McCain couldn't have done a rewrite because doing so would mean he'd have to change his overall strategy so by definition, he WAS frozen out.

On the other hand, if the paper had confidence in its readers, it would have gone ahead and printed McCain's article and astute readers could have written in pointing out that McCain's policies are a continuation of Bush's failed policies--just as I believe Barack's plan to shift the war to Afghanistan (According to what I've heard on the news) will also fail. (To Wit: It's all about U.S. imperialism on the part of both candidates so in the end, neither has a "new" approach)

I'm wondering if the paper in question publishes op-ed columns outlining strategies (or I should say non-strategies--such as troop withdrawel) by third party candidates/ informed people who don't toe the Republicrat party line.

They don't, Bill. They have an agenda, and it's one that lists to the left.

As for Starshine's claims, and those defending her here, well, I'm aware that this is no static thing. I therefore offer you this from Drudge today:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109219/Gallup...

Since I graduated from the 18th grade I am intellectually equipped to inform you all that this particular poll reports that neither candidate holds sway with "most of the nation."

How bout dem apples?

mcconfrontation writes: "Since I graduated from the 18th grade I am intellectually equipped to inform you all that this particular poll reports that neither candidate holds sway with 'most of the nation."

I remember back in 1988, I asked a dozen people I knew who they were voting for, and they were split down the middle between Dukakis and Bush. What was interesting was that all of them told me that they were voting for the less of two evils, a trend I see in most presidential elections.

The reason I'm mentioning this is because I agree that neither candidate holds sway with the nation. What propels people to support either the democratic or Republican candidate is fear of the other side winning. On the left, people will gladly look the other way while the Democrats continue the imperialistic war machine running through the world. On the right, conservative voters are more than glad to put up with McCain's liberal views on certain matters simply because they don't want Barack to win. Then people complain that we have no choices.

What the American people have chosen are two candidates who from the look of things will continue the status quo. On the war issue, Barack wants to sweep it over to Afghanistan with his sixteen-month timetable. (A lot can happen in sixteen months to give him excuses for extending the war) McCain of course...well, we know his plan.

As for me, I accept that most of America is supporting these two guys--however nominally, and I will not support either one of them. As a freedom-loving anti-imperialist I won't vote for people who support the Patriot Act, or this endless war, or the dirty tactics of their morally bereft campaigns.

I'm not sure what you mean by 18th grade unless you are simply referring to six years of post-high school. In some ways I'm glad I didn't go to college given how biased so many of the instructors seem to be.

You're right Bill, I have a Ma./Ed.

I would be very proud to teach at SBCC, as well as have my own column in The Independent.

Lots of great teachers from prestigious universities come to teach at City College.

I went to SBCC (and took Starshine's fantastic class), and both UCLA and UCSB invited me into their Honors programs.

... Get over yourself, mcconfrontation.

This article wasn't even really about McCain. It's about how, as far as journalism is concerned, even famous people and authorities don't necessarily get the golden treatment.

I'm voting for the guy who recognises that COMMUNIST China is still out to takeover the world. They are quietly buying up Africa and Central Asian resources while we all wring our hands over who's smoking what where and how to screw the public for the most money.

Mickey C's right wing Republican cronies have sold out American Manufacturing, stole all the wealth and moved personal and corporate assets off shore to avoid taxes like the self absorbed un-patriotic hypocritical running dogs they are.

The lunatic lefties are so concerned about their feelings getting hurt they have time for nothing but lawsuits, more ordinances, draconian laws and higher pay-outs for the inefficient and non-producers. And NO, I will not publicly apologise to you! EVER!

The middle class of this country has got to get out and kick the special interests off the podium...somehow. If we don't, we'll all be living in the New Third World.

Welcome to the Unitedly Broke States of America.

sa1 Writes: "I'm voting for the guy who recognises that COMMUNIST China is still out to takeover the world."

For what it's worth, controversial talk show host Michael Savage has been pointing out for years what Sa1 is pointing out. Although Savage is a self-proclaimed member of the Far Right, he frequently has gone after Bush on this matter trying to point out to Bush's supporters that while they look at Bush as this great American patriot, he is going along with the rest of the treasonous politicians in both parties on this sellout to China.

Meanwhile, the standard of living in this country keeps dropping while China's air quality is so bad that athletes don't want to train over there.

Meanwhile the American electorate sheepishly follows the McCain-Obama train when it's obvious these two are hermetically sealed to the same old status quo interests.

If McCain's piece was so bad, wouldn't have running it been more damaging than squashing it?