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...important than the medals Kerry received is that he was in Vietnam voluntarily serving his country. President Bush was not. Now we need a Commander in Chief who personally knows what it is like to fight a war. Mary S. Jespersen Bogense, Denmark For Plain Speaking Joe Klein's column on John Kerry's reluctance to make statements that are controversial or negative, heeding the advice of his political consultants, was right on target [Aug. 30]. Kerry is headed for defeat because he seems to be no more than a politician who test-markets his every utterance, whereas President Bush...
...column "America Divided? It's Only the Blabocrats" [Aug. 16], Joe Klein suggested that the great partisan divide in the U.S. is a "media-induced mirage" and that the populace in general is "far less vehement" than the "media yakkers" would have people believe. Klein was right on! The airwaves are full of venom from the far right and hatred from the far left--what Klein calls the media's Anger-Industrial Complex. Almost everyone I know is just trying to decide whether we are better off with an arrogant loner who says what he thinks and has created...
After reading Klein's column, I'm left to wonder in what ethereal realm he is living! My Republican-backing brother and I haven't spoken in 11 years, and take special care to avoid being at the same family functions. Things got worse between us after Clinton's impeachment. Most other adults I know have experienced a similar politically engendered family separation. Klein's portrayal of a passive neutrality by the majority of Americans is a fiction in his own mind. It certainly doesn't jibe with the real, day-to-day America most of us experience. PHIL STAHL...
...fine to encourage us to vote, but my generation will be effective members of society only if we form our political opinions based on the facts and not on the views of pop-culture icons. Tiffany Ann Fletcher Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. The Center Cannot Hold? In his column "America divided? It's Only the Blabocrats" [Aug. 16], Joe Klein suggested that the great partisan divide in the U.S. is a "media-induced mirage" and that the populace in general is "far less vehement" than the "media yakkers" would have people believe. Klein was right on! The airwaves are full...
Moore was in town to pen a column for USA Today...