Clarke’s Coziness With the Media Might Help Him Win War With Bush

Washingtonian ^ | March 26, 2004 | Harry Jaffe

[MeekOneGOP]

It's a long road to November 2nd. He'll run a good campaign, imho ...

[Destro]

What is it 9 months away? You can concieve and give borth to ababy in that time.

[Paulie]

"One problem, folks. Most Americans don't believe the journalists or reporters vouching for him are credible either."

How I wish I could believe that.

[MeekOneGOP]

[BOBTHENAILER]

Assistant Deputy Undersecretary Clarke, why did the Clinton Administration pass up four offers of bin Laden from Sudan and fail to kill bin Laden on the eleven Predator-Hellfire flights in September and October of 2000?

Perhaps Ijaz will answer that MOST pertinent question, when he gets a shot at the Commission.

[Liz]

ping

[7thson]

You are quite correct. The other day, I was speaking with a woman who made the statement that she met John Kerry, thought he was brillant, and would make a great President. Not wanting to cause animosity in the work place, I mentioned one of the things that bothered me about Kerry was him calling Viet Nam vets war criminals and baby killers, ending with I have two brothers who served in Nam and they're not baby killers. Instead of coming back with some kind of rational argument, she states that people came back from that war with different viewpoints. And then she suddenly had to go to a meeting.

I was truly irked then. It seems that way all the time with libs - they make some idiotic statement and then will not stick around to defend the statement. And this from a woman with two degrees!

[Qwinn]

"Instead of coming back with some kind of rational argument, she states that people came back from that war with different viewpoints."

*nod* This is a very frequently used liberal line of defense. Often used when you call them on their moral equivalence, or when they are running from confrontation. Of course, since it's a truism, it doesn't really -answer- anything.

My response would have been - "If he walked away from the war with that kind of twisted viewpoint about our military, I don't think he's the right guy to be running it."

Qwinn

[7thson]

Good line. I will use it in the future. Thank you.

[Fracas]

Clarke is in favor now because he still has 'inside info' and is trashing the WH. In D.C., 'inside info' fades fast and when he's no longer an insider, he'll be out in the cold with the old news. The old 'what have you done for me lately' applies nowhere more than in D.C.

There's a 'Clarke' in every industry. In some circles this is known as the 'indepensible man'. The company just can't run without him....he sees the big picture....he's been there for years and knows lots of little tantalizing tidbits. He is also not trusted with some pertinent information because he breaks one rule: HE CAN'T KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.

[Liz]

Sometimes, if the price is right, "stingers" turn tail and swarm their handlers.

[Shermy]

Bump.

Interesting comments about Clarke and his leakiness.