Hillary haters?

• Position: Letters to the Editor - Letter to the editor

Just as progressives are trying to bring the Democratic Party together to defeat John McCain in November, the last thing we need is another anti-Hillary column to stir up the anger of her supporters ("Hillary Sets a New Low," by Barbara Ehrenreich, July issue).

It's time to stop these spurious accusations that she ran a racially tinged campaign and that she lied about her foreign policy experience. She quoted an AP poll of working class supporters and was accused of racism. And one only has to Google the issue of her foreign service experience to find support on this issue from Jamie Rubin, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and many others.

Maxine Scott

Mill Valley, California

Thank you for an excellent article about Hillary Clinton. I have been so tired of the various writings about Clinton, making it sound as if she were a saint, or as if she had been wronged by Barack Obama. I am one of the "older" women who did not support Clinton and who had a very good memory of her arrogance as First Lady, and her lies about a variety of issues.

I am appalled by supporters of Clinton who claim they are militant feminists (although my granddaughter tells me that term is outdated), but say they will either vote for McCain or help him by not voting at all.

They are not women who are for women's rights. They are only for Hillary Clinton.

Elaine R. Berlin

New York, New York

By kicking Hillary Clinton after she's down, Barbara Ehrenreich joins a crowded arena of successful women who lash out at other successful women.

Ehrenreich says Clinton ran a campaign of "racial innuendos" but doesn't provide any proof. Instead, Ehrenreich hides behind the false "racially tinged campaign" claim leveled at Hillary throughout the primaries by the misogynistic media.

How easy it is to twist anything into something to blast a woman with. Give us a break!

Nancy Churchill

Normal, Illinois

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