Opinion: As the campaign ends, some faux comments from faux Ticket readers
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It’s been right around 22 months since this presidential campaign officially began and almost 17 months since the Ticket’s launch to chronicle politics in general and the race in particular around the clock from coast to coast.
We said in our very first item that we wanted this blog to be a conversation and we’re delighted it has turned out that way.
Although we’ll be around blogging on the formation of the new administration and the new Congress and California’s developing races in the new year, now that the presidential campaign is ending we wanted to share with our readers a faux-selection of Ticket comments to show the range of interests and passions of our loyal visitors.
Just in case you haven’t been following how our readers really feel.
The Ticket has received a little more than 85,000 comments from our millions of regular readers in recent months. These are not some of them:
‘You guys are..............and also.........Where do you get off saying such..........? -- Louis’
‘I am personally offended that you would even mention those ..... at Fox News. I am never reading this blog again. -- Lucas’
‘I keep leaving a comment and clicking the button but the comment doesn’t appear. Why are you censoring me? -- A.H.’
‘I can’t believe that a.........would allow you two......to......I hope you........ -- Frank’
‘Why does a commie left-coast newspaper like The Times allow you to.........such leftwing.......And then to say such......is an embarrassment to...... -- Angela’
‘I keep leaving a comment and clicking the button but the comment doesn’t appear. Why are you censoring me? -- A.H.’
‘What gives you the right to say such a thing about....
...Barrack Obama? At least he’s got a job unlike you lying piece of...... -- Lucas’
‘Clearly, you’ve drunk the neocon kool-aid and should go to ..... like that.......... -- Peter’
‘You know what they do to you at the McDonald’s drive-thru. -- Marc’
‘I keep leaving a comment and clicking the button but the comment doesn’t appear. Why are you censoring me? -- A.H.’
‘I can’t remember if you wanted me to say you’re scum-sucking bottom-feeders or the best political observers online, deserving of an immense raise. Pls advise. -- Lindsay’
‘Nevermind Obama’s birth certificate. I want to see yours. You sound like a.............. --Chris’
‘I keep leaving a comment and clicking the button but the comment doesn’t appear. Why are you censoring me? -- A.H.’
‘Again with the Obama flag pin and 57-state thing. I’m never going to read your .....blog again you..... -- Lucas’
‘Why are you only writing about John McCain’s Chechoslovakia mistake? Why don’t you ever mention Obama’s 57-state gaffe? -- Attila’
‘Hillary is going to clean B.O.’s clock. You watch! -- Bill’
‘Ron Paul Rulz! -- Peter’
‘You should write more about Sarah Palin? She’s gonna make a great vp with barack. -- Lucas’
’13 years old to comment? Too bad they don’t have that rule for writers. You’re both......... -- Gail’
‘Who gave you the right to pick a debate winner? Ron Paul would have destroyed them all if that ...... Rupert Murdoch had let him in. -- James’
‘We need more photos of Scarlett Johansson! -- Spencer’
‘Why don’t you ever write about the Dodgers here? -- Russ’
‘Mr. Malcolm, you are a piece of ....... work, you lying traitorous .... Your immigrant parents must be so ashamed. -- Mom. P.S. Pls tell C that I need the roaster pan back for T-giving.’
-- Andrew Malcolm