Kathleen Carroll
Executive Editor
The Associated Press

Dear Ms. Carroll,
I am a veteran newspaperman with years of experience at national publications. This morning, I read Ron Fournier’s latest “Analysis” of the Democratic convention and found it disturbing. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion (piece), but it’s clear from his latest slanted article that Mr. Fournier is using the Analysis label as a fig leaf for partisan attacks. He consistently cherry picks the most minor details — or outright fabricates them — in order to build a case against anything and anyone in the progressive column. This would be fine if he did the same to the Republicans, but when he’s writing about them, and in particular, John McCain, he consistently ignores or minimizes any negative aspects, no matter how glaring or obvious, and it’s all air kisses and high fives.

This partisan hackery, coming on the heels of Mr. Fournier’s cozy e-mails with Karl Rove and his attempt to secure a job with the McCain campaign, is tarnishing the AP’s reputation. His predecessor in the bureau chief role has said as much publicly. For the sake of the AP, and for all of the reporters and editors at the service who have done their jobs with integrity over the decades — and who have even given their lives in service of the Truth — I feel you have an obligation to remove Mr. Fournier from his position immediately. This issue is not going to go away. Just google Fournier’s name and you’ll see that. If you allow this to continue, your reputation will suffer along with the AP’s.

“Barack Obama is my candidate,” she said. “And he must be our president.”

Does she mean it? Let’s ask Jerry Seinfeld:

Barack Obama is my candidate. Pour ce qui!

And he must be our president.

Or: And he must be — our president.

Is she saying that because Barack Obama is her candidate, he must be ours?

It depends on the em-PHA-sis you place on the silly bulls.

I think we both agree that Hillary’s speech was excellent in content and delivery.

My point is that I don’t see it moving the needle with the Hillary supporters who need to be convinced to vote for Obama. Specifically, the supporters who still believe that Hillary deserves to be on the ticket, not Biden. The “anti-glass ceiling” supporters who believe that having a woman president or vice-president is just as big a deal as the economy, the war or social inequality. The “I’m writing in Hillary for president” supporters.

Clearly, you don’t believe they are out there, or you aren’t concerned about them. No problem – that is your opinion. However, I don’t think yelling at those of us who do is going to make them go away.

KEEPING THE FAITH!!!