Political positions matter more
Rocky Mountain News columnist Paul Campos is at it again, painting Hillary Clinton as a “mainstream” politician (“Does gender matter?” July 31).
He attempts to shame the voting public by stating her gender may be a factor in the upcoming 2008 presidential election.
While Clinton is a brilliant tactician when it comes to publicly taking a position on issues that would damage her chances of winning a nationwide election, on the Senate floor she nonetheless votes a straight liberal ticket.
While trying to reconcile her views with others, my feeble, unsophisticated mind came up with something startling: Her political positions matter far more to me than her gender. I must be the only one.
Stan Byers, Arvada
Stan,
Good letter. You must understand that in the mind of Paul Campos there is always room for the gender card, or the class envy card, or the race card, etc.