Comments on: Response To J Douglas Allen-Taylor

By: Loretta

Loretta — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:25:02 +0000

Thanks for writing this blog.
Finally, some diversity in the East Bay.

By: David

David — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:21:46 +0000

“underwhelming”? Wow. Understatement of the decade .
The best I can say about Dellums is that Oakland, through decades of mismanagement, is an inherently difficult city to run. That said, he is still a failure.

By: James H. Robinson

James H. Robinson — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:14:17 +0000

I agree that a candidate should NOT be supported simply based on ethnicity or religion, although it seems many voters are supporting Governor Palin for Vice President on those grounds.

I also agree that Mayor Dellums is and underwhelming mayor and I urge him to not run for a second term.

By: TheBoss

TheBoss — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:49:14 +0000

I appreciate Allen-Taylor’s willingness to respond here in the comments, but I don’t see how his comment makes the situation any better.

Declaring a blog post that specifically discussed him in a negative light to be one of the “worst blog entries” in recent weeks seems almost insanely self-serving.

That said, all publicity is good publicity, and for this I thank Allen-Taylor!

By: Al

Al — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:41:21 +0000

I agree on Obama. A weak candidate, not only in experience but especially in integrity. The vast majority of liberals do not seem to be aware that Obama as a senator repeatedly voted to continue the Iraq occupation and extend the Patriot act… two positions he is supposed to be against. And very few realize that his proposed foreign policy is equally as aggressive as McCain’s. The only logical reason I can see to vote Obama is for the middle-class tax cut (at the expense of the upper-middle-class).

By: J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

J. Douglas Allen-Taylor — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:09:21 +0000

For space reasons, the headline in the September 18 UnderCurrents column was compressed in a way that gives the impression that I considered East Bay Conservative to be one of the worst blogs in the East Bay. I do not. I do, however, consider the August 18 entry one of the worst blog entries in the East Bay in recent weeks, and so I wrote in the body of the column. It’s an important distinction, and my apologies for the confusion.