I admire John Balentine’s creativity in using the word “truth” to describe Donald Trump, a man whose documented lies in the past four years have passed the 20,000 mark. As I and many others attempt to correct the misinformation spewed by Balentine, we forget that his is an opinion column, not requiring any supporting facts […]
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Letter: Gullible Republican repetition dull, tedious, propaganda
It’s not so much that John Balentine’s opinion piece in The Forecaster (“Truths about Trump, part I,” Oct. 15), offers no special insights. Cheerleading for the home team is not expressive of anything but unexamined tribal loyalty. An opinion writer ought to be offering more than credulous and superficial beliefs. That kind of pabulum is […]
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Letter: No truth, save one, in Balentine’s article about Trump
The only honest part about John Balentine’s “Truths about Trump, part I” is the fact that Balentine could not bring himself to vote for the man he now holds in such high esteem. The other “truths” contained in the article are – to me – a sad reflection of how low we are willing to […]
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Letter: Reader fails to find the humor in Trump’s comments
John Balentine thinks the reason some folks don’t like Donald Trump is that we don’t appreciate Trump’s sense of humor. I can’t think of anything Trump says or does that ever made me laugh. So this left me wondering: What is it that Trump and Balentine find so amusing? Was it funny to denigrate a […]
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Letter: Beem needs to be replaced to balance Balentine
First, I am very sorry Edgar Allan Beem is no longer writing for The Forecaster. I am hopeful you will find someone to counter the adolescence writings of John Balentine. His latest column was particularly disturbing, as it reflects the Trump-like thinking that has caused the deaths of over 200,000 people. Do we really want […]
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Letter: Balentine’s pugnacious letter ‘P’ column draws reader response
I greatly enjoyed John Balentine’s recent “P’s” column. He’s right that “Hidin’” Biden could not compare to “the tireless and fearless President Trump” even before our pulchritudinous president was pumped full of psychosis promoting pharmaceuticals. I first became aware of POTUS’ phenomenalness while living in New York in the ’70s. Multitudes were aware of his […]
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Letter: Reader: What is wrong with The Forecaster?
Mr. Balentine’s column (“Mind your P’s this election season,” Oct. 2), states ” … while the tireless and fearless President Trump rallies in a different city each night (without a mask or utilizing social distancing) … each embody different ways to handle a crisis – (Trump) facing it head-on or (Biden) withdrawing from (the pandemic).” […]
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Letter: Reader responds to Balentine with own list of P’s to mind
I never thought I’d type these words, but here they are: John Balentine is right! Per the headline over his column in the Oct. 1 edition of The Forecaster, we do indeed need to mind our P’s this election season. With that in mind, beware of right-wing provocateurs like Mr. Balentine, who produce and purvey […]
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Forum: Reader responds to Balentine’s ‘Mind your P’s’ column
John Balentine’s Oct. 1 article “Mind your P’s this election season” warrants additional clarification. He states that Trump’s 2017 tax cuts “benefit everyone from the wealthy to the working stiff and created the greatest economy ever.” Trump came into office benefiting from an economy that had been booming since its recovery from the Great Recession. […]
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Letters: Balentine further spreads COVID-19
I understand that having contributors to your newspaper with strong opinions, in theory, garners more attention and perhaps a wider readership. However, when these opinions are not balanced with other contributors that have opposing views, the newspaper inherently becomes slanted. It is safe to say that John Balentine is a strong supporter of the current […]