Clintons Anoint Clark

The New York Times ^ | 9/22/2003 | William Safire

[RichInOC]

Considering that we're talking about Bubba here...what was Wesley anointed with?

[cardinal4]

Which is more like the Clintons?

[Utah Girl]

Ewwwwwwww!!!

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

"Either they are for him because (altruistic version) they think Clark would best lead the party and country for the next eight years, leaving them applauding on the sidelines, or (Machiavellian version) they think his muddy-the-waters candidacy is their ticket back to the White House in 2004 or 2008."

For a second, Safire almost makes me want Clark to win.

[martin_fierro]

Lol!

Disquietingly good question.

[Fred Mertz]

Here is where the politically inexperienced Clark comes in. He is the Clintons' most attractive stalking horse, useful in stopping Dean and diluting support for Kerry, Lieberman or Gephardt.

Hey, Mr. Safire, you stole my line. You're a little slow on the draw but you've got it about right.

I think I'll be a Howard Dean supporter from here on out. It will help the pubbies to hold onto the White House.

[jocon307]

"I think I'll be a Howard Dean supporter from here on out."

Fred, I am with you. At least Dean hasn't drunk the Clinton kool-aid!

[flamefront]

At least Dean hasn't drunk the Clinton kool-aid!

No, but he gets to feel the pain of the knife in the back.

Jim MacDougal: The Clintons are like a hurricane to all they come in contact.

[Atchafalaya]

What is amazing is how the candidates running put up with this shit! Dean, Kerry, Leiberman, Gepbhart, what a bunch of pussies. "Here" I am trying to do the best I can to represent a constuiency and I got gnomes with axes from my party chopping my legs off and not helping with the resultant bleeding, and I don't say stop or kick the crap out of the malignancy actively stealing my chance at the Presidency. WTF! How these guys can stand to be juggled by the Clintons and not tell them to effoff speaks volumes concerning who runs the show . TIME! If the bitch declares; how much time is available to ask the questions that need to be asked of her? Time Time Time.

[Destro]

Safire is a whore I admired Nato Commander Clark's military aggressiveness when the Serbs were slaughtering civilians in Kosovo. He wanted to use Apache helicopter gunships and send in NATO troops, as John McCain urged

So you admire lunatics when they appeal to you? Apaches were not used because they were falling from the Albanian sky. The army did not want to deploy them but did so because of politics. The Serbs would have chewed up those Apaches in the bushy hills of Kosovo. Imagine Iraq's damages to our copter fleet (done by half assed Iraqi soldiers) magnified when the opponents would have been highly motivated "slaughtering" Serbs. Secondly, the only slaughtering of civilian in Kosovo came as a result of Clark's strategy of terror bombing from 15,000 ft. The Serbs being smart well trained soldiers stayed in place during air attacks (the Serbs were able to predict the attacks since our pilots flew on a fixed schedule-plus we never knocked out their radar) while civilians were running. Guess what was targeted from 15,000 feet? What could be seen moving in convoys - that meant Albanian civilians. Remember when Clark claimed that Albanian tractors were really Serb tanks? and then tried to blame the Serbs for the Albanian convoy bombing? No, of course not.

Go back to writing about how much you hate that adults are reading the Harry Potter series, Mr. Saffire.

[Destro]

Late-Arriving Candidate Clark Got Push From Clintons (Clinton was "tricked" into firing Clark spin)

[Bittersweetmd]

If I were Clark I would watch my back! How many people have ceased to exist around the Clintons? I could see something tragic happening to him about 1 or 2 months before the election and Hillary just having to step in and save the day. Only a thought but considering...

[Finalapproach29er]

Safire voted for Clinton in 1992;and admitted it in print.
Enough said.

[PJ-Comix]

Word was out that Dean as nominee, owing Clintonites nothing, would quickly dump Terry McAuliffe...

Ironically, Clark's entry will hurt Ketchup Boy and Lieberman much worse than it will Dean. And now, more than ever, Dean is sure to dump McAwful if he gets the nomination.

[PJ-Comix]

Worse, as his Clinton handlers cringed, he blew his antiwar appeal by telling reporters "I probably would have voted for" the Congressional resolution authorizing Bush to invade Iraq. Next day, the chastised candidate flip-flopped, claiming "I would never have voted for war."

I guarantee that the Clinton people told him after his first statement (for authorizing the war vote) that he had to flip-flop right away in order to cut into the Dean support. It won't work. Weasely Clark has now made himself a laughingstock with his quick flip-flops. Watch for his support to melt away after the next poll is taken. Also he will probably crumble this Thursday with his lame excuses as to his flip-flops at the Demmycrat debate.

[PJ-Comix]

Which is more like the Clintons?

This is a tough question: Are they altruistic or Machiavellian? Give me a few days. I have to figure out the answer to this one.

[woofie]

That reminds me...Go Dean!!!

[SeeRushToldU_So]

The Times allowed this in their rag?

[woofie]

Ya know if the fate of the civilized world wasnt at stake this would all be pretty funny...Dean fighting Clinton for control of the Dem party