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4.20.05 @ 12:01AM

ROCKIN' ROBIN
Re: George Neumayr's From Slob to Snob:

Well wonder what Robin thinks of the left's hero Michael Moore? If she wants to talk about slobs, she could have a ball with him.
-- Elaine Kyle
Cut & Shoot, Texas

I find Howard Dean fits this scenario reversed. He hasn't had an idea in his head since his campaign. His rise as the "Dean of the DNC" has not improved his rhetoric and it appears he still has no ideas that are of any value. We don't hear anything from his vitriolic, antagonistic speeches except hate.

Howard Dean, a.k.a. Dr. Dean, I assume in a past life should have taken the Hippocratic Oath.

I didn't think anyone could be more obnoxious than Terry McAuliffe but Howard Dean definitely has made the grade. I think Dean must have mistaken his oath and instead took the "Hypocrite Oath." Definitions in the dictionary fit his persona perfectly: "a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion, one who affects virtues, qualities, or attitudes he does not have, a phony, lip server, faker, fraud."
-- Jane McNair
Connecticut

Mr. Neumayr's remarks about the Washington Post reporter highlight the irrelevance of that writer's -- and thus, the Post's -- view.

But John Bolton and his supporters should take heart. After all, if a writer and his or her paper start criticizing one's hair and moustache, it must mean they're truly grabbing into thin air for anything discrediting. It's akin to the New York Times last year including some reference to Abu Ghraib in a food column or restaurant review.

Makes the writer and newspaper look juvenile. Makes for some rather fulsome copy on their part, too. Wastes some precious natural resources, also.
-- C. Kenna Amos Jr.
Princeton, West Virginia

Didn't Robin Givhan also do a piece of Katherine Harris during the 2000 Florida recount. Mocked her make-up and such? Consider the source.
-- Paul Higdon
Lexington, Kentucky

Right on, Mr. Neumayr, if I may borrow a phrase that expressed liberal agreement back in the '70s. I was thinking along the same lines last week when I read a liberal criticism of President Bush not ranking high on a list of "sexy celebrities." After logging more than 35 years in American high schools, I can authoritatively say that the Times needs some 16 year-olds with newspaper experience to compile the ever popular "Most and Best" list, you know, the one that, like, is the like staple of like every high school newspaper. I can see it now: Bill Clinton -- Best Smile; Robert Byrd -- Most Likeable; Hillary Clinton -- Most Likely to Succeed; Ted Kennedy -- Bad Boy; Sandy Berger -- Most Trustworthy; Barbara Boxer -- Friendliest. I could go on, but what would be the point? I mean, after all, aren't all the cool kids at school liberals? How could Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, and Janeane Garofalo be wrong? I take my hat off to liberals. They can't think of anything worth dying for, but they'll kill to be in with the "in crowd."
-- Joseph Baum
Newton Falls, Ohio

FAN FOLLIES
Re: Paul Beston's Fan Rule:

Paul Beston has it just right. Narcissus lives in sports. Perhaps this is a reflecting lesson for all of us.
-- James Crystal

After watching, (and rewatching on ESPN) the tape of the incident, it appears that the fan never took his eye off of the ball. It appears that he accidentally hit the ballplayer. The ball was moving quickly and, so, was his arm. He should have been escorted from the ball field and he was.

The ballplayer, however, hit the fan immediately, even before throwing the ball. This appears to be an arrogant response towards what Sheffield believes to be an attack. Artest-like, if you ask me and some kind of punishment is due Sheffield, too.

Without season-ticket holding fanatics, would Sheffield be a factory worker or a truck driver?
-- Ed Puma

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