Democrats see general as a prize

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 9/14/03 | Scott Shepard

[reg45]

Who does Clark think he is - George McClellan.

[jveritas]

To be bashing the performance of the US military in the Iraq war every night on CNN.

To be found very wrong and very stupid in all his gloom and doom scenarios about the war in Iraq.

Go Clark go... to be crushed in the 2004 election if he ever wins the nomination of the Democrats.

[Wolverine]

Clark, a manipulator and exploited of his subordinates.

[wku man]

Dang right...Weasely Clark is all symbolism. He was one of my division commanders when I was with 1st Cav...I don't recall ever seeing him in the field, during gunnery, etc. His predecessor, Gen. Tilleli, got his boots muddy as often as we line dogs did.

Furthermore, Clark was in my father's class at Command and General Staff College at Ft. Levenworth in the '70s. Yes, ol' Weasely was the honor grad there, too, but Dad says he was the biggest political a** sucker he saw in his 31 years in uniform...and that included Dad's time at the Pentagon. Clark was such a cheese eater, the class actually booed him when he accepted his award at graduation.

Unfortunately, none of that will matter, because no one ever asks the soldier about the quality of his leaders. Perception is everything, symbolism trumps substance, so the 'Rats and the criminal, liberal, mainstream media will make this guy out to be the Second Coming. If America elects a ticket that Weasely is a part of, we deserve anything and everything we get.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[jveritas]

Relax, he will not be elected.

[JimNtexas]

"that he was forced into an early retirement after nearly 34 years in uniform."

WTF????? Thirty four years is hardly "early retirment".

[lawdude]

"McCain, whose compelling biography of heroics as a combat pilot and prisoner of war,"

Minor skewing of facts here. McLame managed to crash his plane (a really heroic task, and so, so hard to accomplish) after only flying a few missions. I don't know the details of the crash but I have never heard anyone claim he was shot down!

His heroism while a prisoner was certainly due to his radical mis-treatment after the VC found out his father was a high-ranking navy admiral (I guess all dmirals are high ranking). It has been stated and not refuted (to my knowledge) that he was given treatment slightly better than his camp mates.

If I mis-state anything I will gladly apologise but it is this information that makes me dislike that SOB even more than I would becaue of his RINO-hateful politics.

[MeekOneGOP]

Check out Al Gore's REVIEW of Cast Away.

[kaylar]

Here is a view from the UK on a possible Clark candidacy:Military man offers Democrats a patriot's way of challenging Bush