The Commentariat: A sampling of reader comments on sltrib.com

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

"Hey Mitt Romney, even Marie Antoinette thought the peasants deserved cake."

— SGardiner

commenting on the Sept. 19 Tribune editorial, "American tragedy: Romney seems clueless, heartless"

"Wait. Does this make Ryan 'Lovey'?"

— Dee Oltman

commenting on the David Brooks column, "Thurston Howell Romney"

"Romney is looking to give people a hand up, not a hand out like Obama. That's a big difference."

— mecandeter

commenting on the Sept. 10 Peg McEntee column, "Entitled? Look in the mirror, Mitt"

"I agree, except don't forget, minerals are extracted to build solar panels, too!"

— 1outsider

commenting on the Sept. 18 Tribune editorial, "Energy income: Utah deserves a greater share"

"This proposal is like giving more crack to a group of crack heads."

— ChairmanMauzer

commenting on the Sept. 19 sltrib.com article, "Legislative committee puts Lake Powell pipeline on hold"

"Anyone who bases their vote on who a newspaper endorses has a screw loose anyway."

— Laredo

commenting on the Sept. 20 Public Forum letter, "Trib incoherence," which criticized the newspaper's endorsements