In Wednesday's Letters to the editor
Wednesday's correspondents to Letters to the editor sound off on last week's G20 discussions, the need for current textbooks at LAUSD schools, and a "fun tax" for California.
The possibility that Hillary Clinton might be elevated to secretary of State in an Obama administration got readers' juices flowing, too. From Paul Rockower, of Los Angeles:
For secretary of State, I propose Billary Clinton. That's right -- co-secretaries of State. It would be the perfect combination of charm, experience and panache for the position. It is the two-for-one we never fully received.
Moreover, it is the shrewdest move Barack Obama could make. Talk about keeping your friends close, your enemies closer, and the Clintons....
Santa Monica's Judith Searle saw the potential pick more darkly:
I am struggling to understand how a woman who used the phrase "hardworking Americans, white Americans" in a primary campaign, no matter how bitterly fought, could possibly be considered by our president-elect as secretary of State when a majority of inhabitants of this world are nonwhite....
Even John McCain, at his worst, never played the race card so blatantly.
Photo by EPA/Justin Lane.
I read in the Washington Post that Rep. Linda Sanchez is pregnant & not planning to marry the father until she can have her "big wedding". Can she not consider going to City Hall and have a "civil ceremony" in the interim? As a Latina, I'm embarrassed. Her role model is Bristol Palin? Because a 17 year-old from Alaska did it, Ms. Sanchez thinks its alright for 39-year-old House of Representative to follow suit? Is she nuts? Thank God, that my representative is someone I can be proud of and not be embarrassed by. I don't know if he does any hanky-panky but at least he is discreet enough not to tallk about iit. There is a high rate of unmarried Latinas already and does Rep. Sanchez not think she is setting a bad example? Its pathetic someone iin her positon must gravitate to in order to get some attention. I sign myself a proud Latina and thankful that my mother always reminded us of how important it was to behave as we represented our family and our Latin culture once we stepped out the door.
Posted by: N. Teri Banegas | November 24, 2008 at 07:33 AM