Letters: Mar. 22, 1999

A CAMPAIGN OF HER OWN?

"Anybody who has gone through what Hillary Clinton has in the past few years can handle anything. Senator Clinton sounds exciting!" FRANCES L. BODE Rocky River, Ohio

Hillary Clinton has all the qualifications to be a politician in New York [NATION, March 1]. Wall Street loves anyone who has the expertise to earn nearly $100,000 on a $1,000 investment. As a lawyer from a firm with a somewhat checkered past, she meets that prerequisite for political service. But most important, by demonstrating the ability to turn her husband's escapades into a right-wing conspiracy, she has mastered that most cherished of political qualities, "the spin." She has learned from the best. TED GROB West Des Moines, Iowa

Hillary Rodham Clinton has all that it takes to win a Senate seat and be an outstanding member of the U.S. Senate. MARIANO PATALINJUG Yonkers, N.Y.

I doubt we will ever see Senator Clinton represent New York State, but I would not be surprised to see Senator Rodham serving in that office. WILLIAM R. PRITCHETT Midland, Mich.

Don't the Clintons understand how sick we are of fame-obsessed power junkies who keep crawling back into the ring for one more dose of adoration? Hillary, go home! Handle your marriage. Heal your daughter. Get a real job. RICHARD S. ABRAHAM Oak Brook, Ill.

With her experience meeting the leaders of great and small powers worldwide, Hillary Clinton might be the candidate par excellence for a future Secretary of State. MARTIN FREUND New York City

The advice to Hillary from former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, "Do what's best for you," is very telling. It is descriptive of much of the attitude of both Clintons. No one is raising the issue of what's best for the citizenry. Therein lies the problem: it's all about selfishness--not selfless service. PETER V. HUISKING Sierra Vista, Ariz.

There are 49 states in addition to New York. I can assure you that the rest of the country has no interest in who might run for the Senate seat in New York in 2000. ROBERT HIGGINSON Orem, Utah

What kind of role model can the First Lady possibly be? She obviously loves presidential perks far more than she hates the President's perversions. ROGER CHAPIN San Diego

What hubris! Should we call the idea of Hillary's running for the Senate the "Bonfire of the Inanities"? RONALD R. STELZLENI Mondovi, Wis.

Senator Hillary Clinton. The very thought petrifies me! EUGENE POOLE Marina del Rey, Calif.

THE HUNT FOR OCALAN

Far from being a freedom fighter, Kurdish radical leader Abdullah Ocalan is a vicious hoodlum [WORLD, March 1]. Greece, which arranged to sneak this international terrorist into Kenya, should be put on the U.S. State Department list of terrorist countries. Greece has nurtured the ideology of Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers' Party cutthroats. ILYAS BOTAS Paterson, N.J.

Only the largely Muslim nations that hold the Kurds captive can solve the so-called Kurdish question. A solution will have to be imposed upon these nations. Respect for the welfare of humankind dictates that finding a place for the Kurdish people--the most outrageous example of denied sovereignty--not be left to those countries that are least capable of doing so. NORMAN L. ROTH Toronto