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Clark 'Jokes' Southerners Are 'Stupid'
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| 11/9/03
| Limbacher
Posted on 11/09/2003 9:06:13 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Yet another Democratic presidential candidate has put his foot in his mouth while trying to appeal to Southern voters, and this time it's a Southerner himself, Gen. Wesley Clark. "All Americans, even if they're from the South and 'stupid,' should be represented," Clark told the New York Daily News on Thursday, in a quote first reported in Sunday editions.
Clark was commenting on ex-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's attempt to reach out to Confederate flag carrying Southerners - and he prefaced his "stupid Southerners" comment with the qualifier: "This is a joke."
Who knew Gen. Clark was such a comedian.
What's next? Will the Arkansas Rhodes scholar follow his quip about stupid Southerners with more "humorous" stereotyping about Irish drunkards, cheap Jews and lazy blacks?
That would surely spice up the campaign trail.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; clark; southerners; wesleyclark
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Once again, liberals display their bottomless hatred of Southerners. If we aren't being portrayed as stupid, lazy hayseeds we are being portrayed as incestuous trash or sodomizers of "city folk." I'm sure this little "joke" played very well with the tolerant, compassionate, progressive elites.
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posted on
11/09/2003 9:54:14 AM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I thought that the 1988 slate of Democratic presidential candidates was the most pathetic assortment ever. I am very quickly revising my opinion. Mike Dukakis must be loving every minute of this.
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posted on
11/09/2003 9:54:15 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(198.8 (-101.2))
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To: okie01
So, if it's a joke, it's a bad one.I'm the last person to defend Clark, but this is really nothing. What he is saying is that EVERYBODY deserves representation in Washington. In true Clark fashion, he puts it poorly.
We really need more on this story to provide context.
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posted on
11/09/2003 9:59:32 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(Member since before you! I win!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Another revealing episode in the on-going saga of how the condescending, arrogant Democratic party and their willing accomplices in the elite media really view the South (or, for that matter, anyone they perceive as insufficiently liberal, overminded, or as "progressive" as they are). Southern Whites certainly fill that bill for them!
Don't expect the media attention over this crass remark to last more than a day or two. Can you imagine if a Republican made such an ignorant, flippant remark that insulted a whole class of people? Wait a second....yes I can!! Remember Trent Lott? His off-hand pleasantries at Strom Thurmond's birthday celebration caused a media furor that lasted weeks and forced him to resign his position as Senate Majority Leader!
Do you think any of the media elite will call for Clark to withdraw from the current Democratic nominating circus that - in the immortal words of the Washington Times' Wes Pruden - is starting to resemble the "Gong Show"? Don't hold your breath. That brand of phony "righteous indignation" is reserved for Republicans!
That OK - Southerners have long memories and will take their revenge come Novemnber 2004!
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:00:14 AM PST
by
GaryL
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:03:26 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(Member since before you! I win!)
To: GaryL
I remember the firestorm when Ross Perot said "you people," when speaking to a black audience. If he'd been saying it to a group of Southerners, it would be considered a non-issue, by the media.
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:03:39 AM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Let us not forget the IMMORTAL WORDS of General Wesley Clark when ordering the British General to confornt the Ruskies!
Gen Clark's Motto
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:05:14 AM PST
by
steplock
(www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
To: WoofDog123
Like I said, is he including himself among "stupid southerners"? Or is he separating himself from the south?
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:08:28 AM PST
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
To: Nakatu X
"Good grief, are the Democrats racing to see who can fall off the cliff first?"
Lemming Clark, reporting for duty, sir!
To: Porterville
Well, Clark is out so I guess that means Dean will be the challenger... unless Hillary dykes her way into the race. Now, I like that verb usage! LOL!
'Course I'm just a dumb southerner...
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:09:27 AM PST
by
Allegra
(CBS has canceled this tagline. It was "not due to controversy." Tom Daschle is disappointed.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Thanks for the laugh :o)
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:18:36 AM PST
by
Nataku X
(Praise the Lord! May Terri recover from her starvation ordeal; may her parents become her guardians.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Look at the red and blue map of the 2000 election. Proof that Southerners are not stupid. lol
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Clark seemsw to be "frog-marching" his way to the Presidency!
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:21:16 AM PST
by
claudiustg
(Go Sharon! Go Israel!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Mr. Clark can kiss my southern butt. nuff said...
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Gen. Clark is a douche bag.
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:25:00 AM PST
by
BobS
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
newsmax has such a way with words - their words, not other people's - they are so good at screwing things up and - oh well
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:26:26 AM PST
by
maisyday
To: Have Ruck - Will Travel
>>...Mr. Clark can kiss my southern butt...<<
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow.
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:27:36 AM PST
by
FReepaholic
(Never Forget: www.september-11-videos.com)
To: TankerKC
See my post #36. It explains everything:)
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posted on
11/09/2003 10:28:56 AM PST
by
BobS
To: Matthew Rush
Newsmax's intentional distortion of the quote is pathetic. I agree. The conservative gripe has always been about the lack of fair press. Clark's a loser and an idiot, no doubt about it, but Newsmax's representation is not fair to him.
Even if coverage is slanted towards conservatives, it's STILL slanted. I'm about done with Newsmax anyway. I've come to the conclusion that all they do is scan FreeRepublic for interesting news tidbits and commentary and recycle them as new articles for 'net publication the next day.
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