Thursday, January 10, 2008

First Letter to the Denton Chronicle editor

"Bill Richardson finally dropped out of the Presidential race. Long overdue, IMO. His campaign had only lost momentum in the last 4 months. I wish fringe candidates like Duncan Hunter, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, and Alan Keyes would get out too and stop wasting government supplied matching funds.

I applaud candidates like Tom Tancredo and Joe Biden who got their issues out there and then dropped out of the race as soon as it became obvious they were not seen as viable candidates. (Tancredo wanted immigration discussed as a major issue. Once that came to pass, Tancredo left the race.)

Pollsters saw a chance for foreign relations expert Biden to have a very strong finish in Iowa that he could then use to become a legitimate player in New Hampshire. When it didn't happen in Iowa, Biden immediately got out. (I am personally sad to see Biden out, inspite of his non-candidate status. His analytical mind and sharp tongue made him the rare fringe candidate who could impact front runners. When Biden said “there’s only three things he [Guiliani] mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.” he took the only oar from the Guiliani Campaign canoe. Since then, "Mayor 9/11" has not been able to mention 9/11 without media ridicule and has slid from soft front runner to fringe candidate).

IMO, the fringe candidates I listed have nothing to contribute to this race. They should quit wasting our time and taxpayer matching funds feeding their egos."

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