My pro-Obama letter to the editor of the WI State Journal was published today!

[book_worm]

Last Sunday they posed the question: Who has the best chance to win Wisconsin in 2008? and said they would publish responses this Sunday. Mine was among those included. Here is what I wrote:

Sen. Obama best represents the policies and values of most Wisconsinites and will ultimately be the choice of state voters. In terms of the war in Iraq, Sen. McCain is even more of a hardliner than President Bush. Even Bush is coming around to supporting Obama's call for a timetable to pull American troops out of Iraq. And most Wisconsinites don't support McCain's assertion that if needed, Iraq would have an American presence for 100 years. Over the years McCain has evolved from the maverick of 2000 to being one of the president's top supporters in the Senate, voting overwhelmingly with Bush in 2007. With Obama we have a nominee who was raised by a single mother who struggled to keep a roof over his head. With Sen. Joe Biden, we have a vice presidential nominee with a working class background. They understand how hard it is for Wisconsinites in these days of high gas prices, stagnant wages and rising unemployment. Obama/Biden is the bet choice for Wisconsin and the country.
Charles Tranberg
Madison, WI

Of course my hometown (Madison,Wi!) paper is right wing and the letter they focused with a big picture of McCain around it (they didn't do this for Obama) was this scummy letter in support of McCain:

What chance does any Republican have in Wisconsin when most of the union employees, state employees, gays, lesbians, blacks and so on wil vote Democratic every time. Now they are willing to elect a man with no experience, but who is pretty and black. If you got cancer, would you pick a good-looking, well-spoken, recent medical school graduate? To win the election for John McCain, the Republicans will have to use the Democratic Party's tactics. Maybe they should go to the depressed areas State Street and the Isthmus and not only give a pack of cigareets to vote Republican but also a small bottle of wine. I'll drive the bus.
Ed Fernan, Fitchburg

(What a racist rant! and of all the pro-McCain letters they decided to highlight that one with McCain's picture. Maybe the Wisconsin State Journal knew what they were doing and decided to use it as evidence of what dumb asses so many McCain supporters are?)

[barbtries]

1. congrats

hope the readers can skim past that hateful drivel to read your letter, a breath of fresh air. like you i deplore the racism the most.

[zbdent]

2. What's hilarious is the RW tool's comment ...

"If you got cancer, would you pick a good-looking, well-spoken, recent medical school graduate?"

Well, if he's the cheaper, that may be the only choice you got ... from your insurance provider ... the experienced doctor with the wealth of experience would probably have been dropped because he was too expensive to the insurance companies ...