Media elites are tipping the scales for Clinton

San Diego Union-Tribune

Oct. 21, 2016 5:45 PM PT

Regarding “Why is WikiLeaks only focused on Clinton?” (Oct. 19): Once again the hypocrisy of the left comes shining through. In the U-T, one of the letter writers complained that all of the WikiLeaks e-mails are coming in from the Hillary Clinton side but none on the Donald Trump side.

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However, he makes no mention of the total pile-on against Trump by the television and print media.

The revelations coming out in these WikiLeaks e-mails is quite revealing about the true nature and motives of the Clinton campaign, yet all three of the major television networks had a total of only 56 seconds of coverage.

Journalism as we knew it is dead in this country. The collusion of the media with the Clinton campaign is highlighted in these WikiLeaks releases, which is probably why the public is being kept in the dark.

Also, the fact that 96 percent of the media who made contributions gave to the Clinton campaign makes it even more obvious they are all in the tank for her.

Larry Kovalchik

Murrieta

If any rigging is being done, it’s by the GOP

The only questionable presidential elections in recent history are the hanging chads in Florida (2000) and the disallowed registrations in Ohio (2004), both victories for George W. Bush. Both instances were the defining results for the presidency.

Donald Trump says all this crazy stuff to deflect from the fact he has no actual policies or at least he hasn’t given details on how he will bring jobs back, defeat ISIS or help inner cities. He says he will do all these things but won’t tell America how.

As he has stated many times even bad publicity is good. It keeps your brand out there.

Bob Stewart

Oceanside

Trump endangers trust in U.S. election process

In response to Frank C. Tecca’s letter “Clinton is the bigger danger to democracy” (Oct. 19): Donald Trump is the one who has denounced our election process, advocating his supporters to watch (intimidate) voters at the polls, threatened to jail his opponents, gave derogatory names to his opponents, and threatened to eliminate free press and freedom of religion. This doesn’t make America great again. It would turn America into a mini-Russia with Vladimir Putin pulling the strings of the Trump puppet.

Clinton has her problems but nothing compared to Trump, Steve Bannon and Roger Ailes. What liberties will you lose?

Michele Rose

Oceanside

Bush tie doesn’t make Gitsham appealing

Regarding “Race for the 52nd” (Oct. 20): It was interesting to read that Denise Gitsham said she is a George W. Bush Republican.

The same George W. Bush who gave us the seemingly endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Our country cannot afford another George W. Bush-styled politician in Washington.

Michael Malone

Borrego Springs

Time to see some changes at district

Regarding “LaShae Collins, Mark Wyland for school board posts” (Oct. 15): The first paragraph of this editorial should serve as someone’s action plan. Thank you.

It’s not clear who exactly is stalling these great ideas.

Margaret Agne

Rancho Bernardo

Congress should pay for its failed policies

Regarding “Debt, entitlements: Both candidates weak” (Oct.17): The members of the institution that confiscated the funds that the citizenry of the country paid into the supposedly safeguarded entrusted funds of the Social Security system should be made to pay back the billions of dollars the program would be worth today had the funds been properly managed with safe investing by knowledgeable investment managers.

That institution that so blatantly voted to steal those funds to cover its careless spending habits should be made to enact legislation that would recover a portion of those stolen funds by compelling all of its members, that they so generously voted pensions for the rest of eternity, to relinquish a suitable portion of that pension “entitlement” back to the Social Security system annually to atone for the past mistake that has so badly affected the fairness of the distribution of our country’s wealth.

Phil Garrett

San Marcos

Social Security is not keeping up with times

Regarding “Social Security benefits to tick up” (Oct. 19): My Social Security benefit rose almost $4 per month and my prescription drug plan went up almost $100 per month. This recovery seems to be really working well.

Bud Ogletree

Temecula

Why Hunter must drop his support for Trump

Regarding “Hunter pushed for donor’s ship” (Oct. 14): Duncan Hunter represents my district, so I take it personally when he does not represent my interests.

It was bad enough when he was the first to endorse candidate Donald Trump, but I was incensed when he condoned Trump’s admission of sexual abuse of women. Hunter claimed that he had said worse when he was in the Marines.

As a female military retiree, I can say that talk about sexual abuse was never acceptable in the Army or the Air Force. That kind of behavior and action was punished, as it should have been.

Needless to say, I am dismayed at Hunter’s words and pray that his tenure may finally end this year.

Sabine Prather

El Cajon