FRN Columnists' Corner - "Clark’s Arrogance Will Be His Demise" By Frank Salvato

Free Republic Network ^ | 10-11-03 | By Frank Salvato

[Bob J]

FRN Columnists' Corner

"Clark’s Arrogance Will Be His Demise"

By Frank Salvato

Not even a few weeks into his political life and fired-General and presidential wannabe Wesley Clark ratcheted up the rhetoric proving that he can make just as much nonsense as the rest of the politically seasoned presidential hopefuls of the Democratic Party. The only thing keeping him from being taken seriously is the fact that he didn’t know which political party was going to have room for his ego until recently.

The statement he made about presidential advisor and political animal Karl Rove is really all the clarification that anyone needs to realize that Clark is incredibly egocentric. It became apparent to those who care to see it that Clark doesn’t possess a passion for his politics but rather possesses a passion for power and notoriety, and perhaps even popularity. Clark was quoted as saying, “If Karl Rove would have returned my phone calls I very well could have been running as a Republican!” Not only does this serve as proof Clark simply wants to run for the office of president and is willing to say anything to get there (sounds a lot like the Clinton strategy), but it also proves that what he is saying to get there is nothing but a grand exhibition showcasing the art of pandering to the people for their votes.

Clark’s economic plan, which he unveiled with, "I've done more with a better plan for jobs here in eight days than this president's done in two and a half years," (try to follow that if you can) is simply a “rob from the rich and give to the poor” strategy that veils the compromise of the small business community with a promise, a promise mind you, of economic prosperity for the lower middle class. It is an inequitable redistribution of wealth. In the long run it will cost jobs as one by one the small business owner is driven out of business by taxation and politico-social mandates. The very foundation of our business world, small business, which President Bush has supported and which has created the basis for our current economic recovery, a recovery that every single economist has agreed is taking place right in front of our eyes and at this very moment, would be shattered by Clark’s ignorance of the economic realities in play today.

The fact of the matter is Wesley Clark is about as qualified to be president as Wesley Snipes. It is outrageous to think that a person’s freshman journey into the political arena should be for the highest office in the land. Is this really where a person should cut his or her political teeth? Is this where on the job training is a good idea? I would hope not. That being said the idea that the Democrats, and specifically the Clinton Democrats, would support such a candidate goes to validate the idea they needed a military man on the docket so they could garner some credibility when they talked national security. While the idea of having a puppet to master in the military arena may have sounded good to the Arkansas Mafia it would seem they forgot that Bill Clinton fired him during his reign of terror. All in all a very poor choice.

Clark isn’t a candidate, he is a pawn and at best a candidate for number two on the Democratic ticket to bolster the illusion that Howard Dean has a clue about military strategy and national security. Anyone with any sense at all can see this. I guess that leaves the Arkansas Mafia in the dark on this one.

Copyright © 2003 Frank Salvato

Frank Salvato is a political media consultant, a freelance writer from the Midwest and the Managing Editor for www.TheRant.us. He is a contributing writer to The Washington Dispatch, OpinionEditorials.com and AmericanDaily.com. He has appeared as a guest panelist on The O’Reilly Factor and his pieces are regularly featured in Townhall.com and occasionally featured in The Washington Time sand The London Morning Paper as well as other national and international publications. He can be contacted at contact@therant.us.

[RISU]

Clark has a real "problem". No man who had been a decent soldier, even in retirement, could "Bad Mouth" the Commander in Chief. He did question his judgement recently in public. We ought to have a law that military people drawing a pension are to stay "out of the way" after they retire, not write "books" that amplify themselves because of the mayhem and blood they may have been involved with. I am a former Regular Officer, and I loath disloyalty. This feloow, to me, seems very "opportunistic", and I am happy to say I never served in any command of his.

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[jocon307]

"The fact of the matter is Wesley Clark is about as qualified to be president as Wesley Snipes."

LOL, and then I realized, this remark has been waiting to be made. Remarks want you to make them. Very good.

[det dweller too]

I think Clark is playing loyal soldier to Bill & Hill for making him a 4*. I believe his mission is to foul up the Dean express. I don't think he actually expects to get anywhere.

[WoofDog123]

"It is outrageous to think that a person’s freshman journey into the political arena should be for the highest office in the land"

as in Dwight D Eisenhower?

In any event, I disagree with the author here. It is only outrageous because it is a person of clark's personality.

[pawdoggie]

Don't look now, but the General's campaign troops are deserting him faster than the Republican Guard deserted Saddam. His new campaign theme song is the Eagles, "(I'm) already gone".

[Bob J]

The Generals troops are simply being replaced with Clinton goons.