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LETTERS TO EDITOR: Telling it like it is

By | Thursday, August 7, 2008

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Hey Wash. Times. Newspaper articles are not place for Religious Bigotry either - against evangelicals.

- Red Central

Romney was free to send his delegates anywhere he wanted to after he dropped out just as Huckabee had the right to send his delegates anywhere he wanted when he dropped out.

Romney dropped out when he realized he had no chance and immediately pledged his support to McCain (something he, ironically, has been heavily criticized for doing by Huckabee supporters in comments section over the last few days) while Huckabee stayed in the race far past the date when he was a viable candidate costing McCain additional moneys to campaign against him and, to my knowledge, has been lukewarm, at best, in helping McCain.

I seriously doubt either Huckabee or Romney will be the VP candidate, but, if McCain picked anyone over Huckabee who could blame him? Huckabee has done precious little to support McCain's efforts at getting elected.

As countless people have stated in these forums over the last few days, the evangelical vote is split. If Huckabee has done little in support of McCain and can't guarantee the evangelical vote, why should McCain pick him for VP?

- Rose from Ohio

As a black person and a Mormon, I have watched this year's campaign with some bemusement. McCain is already getting the "I won't vote for a black guy vote." The "I won't vote for a Mormon vote," while it overlaps somewhat with the other, is much larger. If McCain picks Romney, He will definitely lose. That's the reality of the very bigoted life in these United States.

- Lia

As an evangelical, I would support Romney or Huckabee as McCain's VP pick. McCain himself is the real problem. I will be voting for him anyway, since I have come to realize that since there are only two choices a stiff necked refusal to accept the lesser of evils will assure that we get the greater of evils. Now , what about the old fashioned bigotry of the WT editorial staff, who profess to know the heats of evangelicals and judge them to be bad?