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...learn to be receptive to diverse viewpoints. Alienation and suppression of contrary opinion and groups, whether ethnic, religious or sectarian, are ultimately counterproductive. We need to prevent sowing the seeds of evil that grew into the horror of Beslan. Chinedu Nwankwo Umungasi, Nigeria Time to Get Down Columnist Joe Klein's "All You Have To Do Is Believe" [Sept. 20] quoted an unnamed prominent Democrat who said of President Bush, "If we can't beat this guy, with his record ... ," and then the Democrat found himself unable to finish the sentence. If I may, I would like to complete...
...Conventional Warfare In "Tearing Kerry Down" [Sept. 13] columnist Joe Klein called Senator Zell Miller's speech at the Republican Convention the "ugliest" he had ever witnessed at a convention. I felt the same way, and I have been watching political conventions since 1964, when I was a supporter of conservative Barry Goldwater. If I had been a Republican delegate this year, I would have walked out on Miller's tirade. That would also have spared me Dick Cheney's speech employing the politics of fear. To slot Miller with his venomous attack in the national spotlight as the keynote...
...Klein stated that the republicans' strategy is to demolish Kerry, but all they are doing is attacking his policies, which are fair game during an election. Bush's rise in the polls following the convention showed that the criticisms of Kerry's policies hit their mark. Kerry, by contrast, responded to his falling poll numbers with brutal personal attacks on the President and Vice President, noting their lack of service in Vietnam. It is Kerry who is trying to demolish Bush over personal matters, not vice versa. But the personal attacks are counterproductive. Americans don't care much about military...
...ARENA: Joe Klein on what's wrong with polling and focus groups...
...player give her a free pass to desecrate the sport with her tacky outfits? Whatever happened to classic tennis whites? Tennis courts are for playing the game, not for mounting a fashion show. Lisa Walters Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. Conventional Warfare In "Tearing Kerry Down" [Sept. 13] columnist Joe Klein called Senator Zell Miller's speech at the Republican Convention the "ugliest" he had ever witnessed at a convention. I felt the same way, and I have been watching political conventions since 1964, when I was a Barry Goldwater supporter. If I had been a Republican delegate this year, I would...