GENERAL CLARK PRAISED CONDI, POWELL, RUMSFELD AND BUSH: 'WE NEED THEM THERE' (DRUDGE)

DRUDGE ^ | 9/25/03

[aquila48]

LOL!!

This will forever be his tag line.

[joesnuffy]

Silver Star...said to have been seriously wounded and fought fiercely even while wounded protecting his guys...
Then again Hack is probably the most decorated Veteran for valor in the USA today..
Its a shame when good men go dinky dau...and still believe they are rational.....
As Gen Shelton said about Clark...he had character issues....problems with the truth...

[Timesink]

The wackos over at DU think this is great. They think it will back fire and draw Bush supporters to Clark!

Ah ha ha ha! BWA-HA-HAAAAAAAA!

Dear GOD they're imbecilic, delusional morons!

[truthandlife]

I can bet this was leaked by the one of the 9 dwarves. The timing is suspect. Dean, Kerry (et all) needed to stop Clark's momentum and it wasn't too hard to dig this information up. I hope they keep slinging bows and arrows at each other.

Rush today said the 9 dwarves needed to take the gloves off and I think they finally did. You knew it was coming.

[A. Pole]

"And I'm very glad we've got the great team in office, men like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Paul O'Neill - people I know very well - our president George W. Bush. We need them there."

"All is well - and all will be well - in the garden."

[finnman69]

Rove is likely already cutting video tape for the commericals. Then again so are Kerry's and Dean's managers.

[flamefront]

All this is just manufactured factionalism to look like there are differences, perhaps?

BTM Wesley's Leadership for America Web site www.leadershipforamerica.org has been decommissioned as of September 23, 2003.

Here is some history I was unaware under "Meet our Founder":

GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK
US Army (retired)


General Wesley K. Clark is one of the nation's most distinguished retired military officers. During his thirty four years of service in the United States Army, he held numerous staff and command positions, rising to the rank of 4-star general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander.

From 1997 through May of 2000, General Clark was NATO Supreme Allied Commander and Commander in Chief of the United States European Command. In this position, General Clark commanded Operation Allied Force, NATO's first major combat action, which saved 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.

From 1996 to 1997 General Clark served as Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command, Panama, where he was responsible for the direction of U.S. military activities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

From 1994 to 1996, he served as Director for Strategic Plans and Policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff with responsibilities for worldwide U.S. military strategic planning.

General Clark is a 1966 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he graduated first in his class. He holds a Master's Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

General Clark is a recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign military awards, including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He has received honorary Knighthoods from the British and Dutch governments and was made a commander of the French Legion of Honor. In August 2000, General Clark was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

An acclaimed public speaker and commentator for CNN, General Clark is the author of the best-selling Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future of Combat (Public Affairs, New York, NY, 2001).

General Clark is also licensed as an investment banker. He joined Stephens Inc. as a consultant in July of 2000 and was named Managing Director - Merchant Banking of Stephens Group, Inc. from March 2001 through February 2003. He is currently the chairman of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic advisory and consulting firm.

He and his wife Gert live in Little Rock, Arkansas where he grew up and graduated from high school. They have one son, Wesley, who lives in New York City.

Remember Bill and Hillary's Dixie mafia connections to Stephens?

[PhiKapMom]

Drudge said on Hannity's show a short time ago that the three networks will have the video of this they will play tonight on the air and Hannity said they will also play the video of Clark praising the REpublican Administration!

Drudge said the Clintons did not vent Clark! ROFLOL!!!!

[Timesink]

They need to hang with us some time.

Don't worry, they are. Every hour of every day. They are OBSESSED with FR.

[PhiKapMom]

Drudge said on Hannity the three networks are going to show it and Hannity said so is H&C!

[finnman69]

ROFL

Drudge has 4 pics of Wes up now and the story broken into 3 columns.

Clark praised Reagan for improving the military:

'We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan'...

Clark continued: 'That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership'...

Clark on President George Bush: 'President George Bush had the courage and the vision... and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship'...

'And I'm very glad we've got the great team in office, men like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice... people I know very well - our president George W. Bush. We need them there'...

[flamefront]

Those who want background on Wesly Clark and his leadership institute are advised to run this google link for the soon to disappear google cache of web pages that now have been pulled from view.

From leadershipforamerica.org it now only says

The Leadership for America Web site has been decommissioned as of September 23, 2003. Thank you for your interest and support.
Leadership for America is not affiliated or connected with General Clark's presidential campaign.

[woodyinscc]

The story of Rove not wanting anything to do with Clark, insulates the Bush Adm. of any Rat spin. I guess the Clinton advisors will be scrambling for a job. If the Clintons got blind sided they are now in war room mode!!

[conservativecorner]

ROFLMAO...Mary help indeed!

[middie]

General Clark was accurate in his comment. I put off retirement for a couple of years, until I was forced by federal law to do so, because Pres. Reagan delivered a great deal of renewed enthusiasm to the active force. No one could reasonably argue otherwise. Those who hang a 'hickie" on Pres. Reagan do so directed to his domestic and economic policies.

I recall that the unit I commanded ceased having supply and re-supply problems and the need to cannibalize aircraft for parts became much less prevalent. When attention is paid to an identifiable institution like the DOD and its fielded forces it is inevitable that the morale improves and personnel issues become less formidable.

I don't recall from his book precisely what unit General Clark commanded or was associated with during the middle Reagan years, that might have been the period of his higher level professional military education emphasis. But where ever he was in the upward progression that marked his brilliant career, he benefited from the Reagan years just like the rest of us. He would be less than candid if he had not acknowledged that fact, and, General Clark's trait of candor is unchallengeable. I know there are some out there who would disagree with that comment but they are wrong.

[Howie]

[eureka!]

"Drudge said the Clintons did not vent Clark! ROFLOL!!!!"

Any details on this? The 'toons & Co. are pros and such would be a most rookie mistake...

[Chantal]

General Wesley Clark offered lavish praise for the Bush
Administration..

Hold on Clark, we know what you're up to....if you think you're gonna lure us in your corner with lies, sorry you're
a bit late, Clinton tried the same deception on us and it didn't work....

[LS]

I think you're right. Neal Boortz, whom I listen to very little, put this pretty succinctly when he said that Clark's job is twofold---take the momentum away from Dean, and don't get too powerful himself. I think that's about right. Certainly he doesn't have to worry about the latter, and it does appear he has thrown off Dean.

But the fascinating thing is that the "no-enemies-on-the-left" mantra of the Dems keeps EVEN DEAN from responding to this direct assault on him by the Clintons! How long will he put up with it?

[CyberAnt]

Well .. I think it will split the democrat party (because there is a whole host of them who don't like the path Dean is taking) - and even if Hillary gets in - the President will still win.