Wesley & Me: Ever seen Bowling for Columbine, General?

slate.msn.com ^ | Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004, at 2:37 PM PT | Michael Hastings

[Destro]

hey, wait a minute The conventional wisdom debunked.

Wesley & Me
Ever seen Bowling for Columbine, General?
By Michael Hastings

Posted Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004, at 2:37 PM PT

Background check, anyone?

Who's the political odd couple of the campaign season: Judy and Howie? John and Teresa? Try Wesley Clark and Michael Moore. The union between the Silver Star winner and the self-described peacenik was consummated last week on the stump in New Hampshire. Clark embraced Moore's support, calling the best-selling author a "fantastic leader." In the press release, Clark's campaign lauded—in the first line no less—the "Academy Award winning director," whom the general himself described as an "enormous talent." For his part, Moore promised to do everything he could to help get Clark elected.

Moore hasn't always been so taken with Clark, at least if his Oscar-winning film Bowling for Columbine is to be taken at face value. Indeed, the documentary repeatedly slams the shining moment in Clark's career: stopping Serb aggression in Kosovo, the highlight of his tenure as NATO supreme allied commander. In fact, Moore suggests that the bombing tactics employed by NATO—and thus Clark—were in part to blame for the massacre at Columbine.

An intriguing theory, to say the least. Moore starts the case against Clark in the opening monologue of the film. "It was the morning of April 20th, 1999," our narrator intones. "And it was pretty much like any other morning in America. The farmer did his chores. The milkman made his deliveries. The president bombed another country whose name we couldn't pronounce."

[Destro]

Brilliant view of the hollow left as represented by Michael Moore that can back a man that they themselves consider a war criminal. Why Clinton can send Clark in to kill other people's children then pretend he cares that American children were killed in suburbia.

Clark must never be allowed to hold office.

[Destro]

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[Djarum]

There are a good deal of posts on this subject on the MooreWatch.com blog:

So, in 1999 Wesley Clark participates in what Moore calls "a misguided, ruthless -- and, yes, cowardly -- attack from the air," a "slaughter" leading to "blood I don't want on my hands." The combat that Clark was leading was "exactly the wrong thing" to do. Bill Clinton, Clark's boss and friend, had to be "stopped." So did all of the "disgusting, hypocritical" Democrats who also supported the Clinton and Clark war.

And now he wants Wesley Clark to be President. Five years ago, he was lumping Clark and his boss in with the "war-loving Republicans."

[NYCVirago]

An intriguing theory, to say the least. Moore starts the case against Clark in the opening monologue of the film. "It was the morning of April 20th, 1999," our narrator intones. "And it was pretty much like any other morning in America. The farmer did his chores. The milkman made his deliveries. The president bombed another country whose name we couldn't pronounce."

Who has a "milkman" anymore? Moore couldn't get through one paragraph without a falsehood.

[weegee]

Moore meant to say "The pizza guy made his deliveries".

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Anyone who can get that close to Michael Moore is unfit for dogcatcher let alone President. Yuck!

[gonzo]

Moore has this effect on people...

.............FRegards

[maica]

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By Paul West and Alec MacGillis
[Baltimoe] Sun National Staff
Originally published January 22, 2004

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Clark, at a VFW hall in Portsmouth, said there was a "fundamental difference" between Bush and those like himself and the group of fellow military veterans that joined him onstage.

"When we dress up in military attire, we don't have to go out and rent a flight suit," said Clark, referring to the president's landing on an aircraft carrier last year, "because when you actually fight a war, they let you keep the uniform."

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I include this disgusting quote for the record on Weasly Clark. Lying comes so easy to these people, it must never be forgotten.

President Bush is Commander-in-Chief and can wear anything he wants and call it a uniform! Musicians even play "Hail to the Chief" when he appears. I guess Weasly just 'forgot' that. YUK! The man makes me ill.

[archy]

President Bush is Commander-in-Chief and can wear anything he wants and call it a uniform! Musicians even play "Hail to the Chief" when he appears. I guess Weasly just 'forgot' that. YUK! The man makes me ill.

Not YUK, but UCK, as per the Moslem terrorist organization that Clark allied himself with during his Bosnian adventures.

[maica]

Nice!! I will use UCK from now on, to refer to weasly, and if I ever learn how to type the squiggle, I will use that as well.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Clark also backs the School of the Americas, which the DUers think is 100% responsible for all the violence in South America. I'm betting Moore is glossing over this too.