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Susan Smith, Erie, PA — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:24:51 GMT

SUBJECT: The Clintons tactics re our memory loss

Mr. Matthews:

I thank you for being one of two journalists (the other would be Keith Olbermann) whom have been more fair than any other on either cable or mainstream.

The two of you have been the only "anchors" or "regular guests" to ever remark against the Clintons regarding their feeling they are owed THIS presidency, a position I am sure is not popular with your employer. Additionally you point out these errors in their "facts" as they "remember them."

As a result of being off work the past two months, I have been watching MSNBC most specifically, using my DVD-R to catch up to other channels for their reporting of this Presidential Democratic race. I have this unsettling feeling that certain media higher-ups may be promised favors for supporting or tilting their coverage toward Hillary, despite her and Bill's complaints to the contrary.

Senator Obama has had ample opportunity to sling much more of the Clinton baggage about, but chooses not to do so. (The Bosnia thing was absolutely an abomination.) Sen. Obama's ads are tagged as "negative" when he is in reality defending Hillary's constant misstatements, both in ads and on the campagain trail. Hillary's negatives are bad-mouthing her Democratic opponent. Barack Obama's responses are pointing out truths, not the lies she puts forth (i.e. Hillary's recent statement that Barack Obama would leave 15,000,000 Americans out in the cold regarding health care.)

Please keep up your standards. I do appreciate them.

And I would look forward to seeing you run for Senate, but I would miss your show. Fortunately, for the "first time in my adult life" (I'm 52) I know about the Senate and House members (State and US,) while watching these individuals appear and give their support to either Clinton or Obama, and why they are giving that support. I will no longer go into a voting booth and vote for ridiculous reasons. Knowledge is power!

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Gerald / Macon, Georgia — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:49:30 GMT

You know I have been a Clinton supporter for a long time even when Sen. Obama came to the seen. I think one of her problems has been that she holds others to a different standard than her self and it makes her look underhanded and vengeful. She complains about who Sen. Obama consorts with when now there is a video on youtube showing the Pa. Govenor Rendell praising Minister Farrakhan. This is the same Farrakhan that she forced Sen. Obama to denounce during a debate. I just don't get her double standards and she would not get my vote in November should she be the Democratic nominee.

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Patricio Reyes — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:10:11 GMT

If I am not mistaken Sen. Obama needs to reach a certain number of delegates before he can claim to be the Democratic nominee. So why is everyone wanting for Sen. Clinton to concede defeat when she hasn't been defeated yet? Mathematically she could still becom the nominee. Are Dems that afraid of Sen. John McCain? I think Democrats will get behind whomever the nominee is because the Republicans have done enough damage to our country.