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...Hectoring Is Not Leadership," Joe Klein argues that Democratic candidate Howard Dean has not produced "very much creative policy thinking" and that his presidential campaign is all "about process, not ideas" [Nov. 17]. But the way a campaign is conducted contributes to a candidate's ideas and policies should he become President. A candidate supported by small contributions from millions of people has the power to take back the government from special interests. No other Democrat has demonstrated Dean's ability to inspire or innovate. DAVID A. BABBOTT Ojai, Calif...
...Klein says Dean is "not very well-spoken." George W. Bush proved it does not take exceptional speaking skills to become President of the U.S. Clearly all it takes is a substantial amount of money. GINA NANNI New York City...
Lieberman is the only Democrat I would consider voting for, and it's good to see him get some attention. It will take a sincere Democrat to challenge Bush. Klein made very clear how Democrats should vote in the upcoming primaries. DAVE JASINSKI Middletown...
...Klein's essay on the integrity of Senator Joe Lieberman [Nov. 10]: Democrats and Republicans may not like Lieberman, but I do. He isn't the kind of Democrat who always votes the party line; he is guided by his morals. A sense of ethics and trustworthiness are two characteristics of the ideal politician, and Lieberman is the closest you will come to the ideal. Such a politician, however, is never elected President. ROBERT AMON Howell...
...Klein suggests, the pleasure of smoking is both aesthetic and metaphorical. Aesthetic: the votary aspect of lighting a cigarette. The very phrase "cigarette lighter" can refer both to the machine that provides the flame and to the person who clicks his Bic - or, if he's using matches, snicking his stick. Metaphorical: Smoking can represent passive surrender (one ingests the drug without a much greater expenditure of energy than an opium den denizen) or an active assertion of ego (exhaling smoke extends your "space," creates a cloud, a gentle miasma, a box around you). A cigarette is an undomesticated...