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...Size Does Not Fit All As a 72-year-old working female, I am offended by Mike Murphy's caricature of Obama supporters [Sept. 1]. I bought a Prius because I have to drive 65 miles each way to work because jobs are scarce. I drink syrah to dull the pain of the damage done by eight years of Bush and friends. Joni Woolf, Ellaville...
...Question of Class I finished Mike Murphy's article "A Working-Class Hero?" feeling more disconnected from my own "class" than I ever did from Barack Obama [Sept. 1]. Yes, I am white, and yes, I spent years in a factory. But I've never had a beer during a lunch break (it probably would have got me fired), I have no problem with young executives, I actually like endive salad, and while driving my pickup truck, I listen to National Public Radio. I have no problem with a presidential candidate being perceived as élitist and would not vote...
...loan guarantees. "We are encouraging Congress to take this up now," says John Bozzella, vice president of external affairs and public policy for Chrysler. Auto company spokespeople insist that they're not asking for a bailout. "These are direct loans that we have to pay back," explains Ford spokesman Mike Moran. "Direct loans to automakers and suppliers will support American workers and strengthen the future of U.S. manufacturing and the economy. Borrowing capital at a lower cost than the double-digit interest rates we are now paying will allow us to accelerate investment in fuel efficient technologies and help...
...Perhaps Palin’s inexperience, among other reasons, is why some advisors close to John McCain have criticized this choice, calling it “cynical,” according to Mike Murphy, a senior advisor in the 2000 McCain campaign...
During the Republican primaries you were an outspoken backer of Mike Huckabee. How are you feeling about the GOP ticket at the close of its convention...