Cain cartoon shows Bennett's bigotry
Re: Clay Bennett's cartoon (Nov. 9) about Republican candidate Herman Cain (The Lynching of Herman Cain):
I would like to ask Mr. Bennett: Where is the noose around Joe Paterno's (Penn State) neck for allowing a sexual predator to run free while he for many years did nothing to stop it.
Mr. Bennett shouldn't be afraid of Herman Cain because he is a black conservative who is a threat to liberal America.
As I draw my picture of Mr. Bennett, I see him being the small-minded bigot that he is, and I thank god for white Americans who don't have his point of view in mind.
My advice to Mr. Bennett is to let it go, and to get with the program, for this is the year 2011.
JESSE MILLS
Editor's Note: Bennett's cartoon on Penn State was published Nov. 13.
Penn State cartoon in poor taste
The Nov. 13 cartoon by Clay Bennett was really in poor taste. The depiction of Coach Paterno was a cheap shot. Kicking a man when he is down and can't defend himself is what cowards do best.
If I owned the Times Free Press, both Bennett and the editor of the Perspective section would be unemployed as of today.
GERARD MEHNERT
Manchester, Tenn
Editor's Note: Bennett's Sunday cartoon, Penn State/State Pen, clearly labeled the Penn State character as Jerry Sandusky, the former coach accused of sexual assaults of children that Penn State officials failed to report to police.
Teachers superior and hard-working
I spent roughly 14 hours of last weekend preparing lessons, grading papers and preparing student-centered learning opportunities for the upcoming week.
I am not the exception to the rule. The other educators in our Hamilton County schools do the same thing.
I only mention this because as I did finally sit down to take time to relax, I happened to read the offensive rant about educators being "mediocre and lazy."
There may be a large number of education majors, however, according to Education Review, only 45 percent of first-year teachers return for a second year. Wonder why?
I have been an educator for 18 years and been in four different schools. I have been a teacher and an assistant principal. The number of mediocre or lazy teachers I have met can be counted on one hand.
Thank you, teachers, for being superior and hard-working in your field. I am honored to work among you!
ANN DOWLER
Ooltewah
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VOTING FOR HERMAN Cain would be asinine-nine-nine!
JESSE MILLS, how can a depiction of someone hanging HIMSELF be bigotry? It's called suicide, and Herman Cain is certainly guilty of that!
Jesse Mills: Cain, like Clarence Thomas, is the one who pulled out the race card referring to accusations brought against them as a "public lynching." Clay Bennett drew a picture depicting Cain as the one lynching himself. Guess you didn't get that irony, did you?
Notice how both Cain and Thomas were always quick to attack fellow blacks, accusing them of using the race card? Then when their own sorry butts are on the line they were the first to whine and bring race into the picture? The Republicans can keep both of them. Thomas for, as Bush senior said it, "WE picked him because we like the way he smiles." And Cain, just for future jokes when there's a lull at their partying or when they need to divert attention away from themselves.
Ann Dowler, for decades teachers like you have been the exception and not the rule, as America's children were dumbed down and became dumber and dumber. It's unfortunate that dedicated, truly professional teachers like yourself have been left with the baggage of past incompetence. Now, there's a race to catch up, and it's not going to be an easy task.
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