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John McCormack catches Wes Clark in a couple of egregious errors on the surge today on Morning Joe. The lesser mistake is Clark’s insistence that the surge didn’t involve Anbar at all, when as McCormack notes the Marines sent two extra battalions to the hotbed of terrorist activity as part of the increased deployment. Worse, though, Clark tries to tell Scarborough that the surge had nothing to do with the Marines, and everything to do with the Saudis paying off the Sunni tribes: This isn’t exactly a lost history. Actually, 4,000 extra Marines went to Anbar. The extra Marine battalions...

I am writing this urgent message because I was once a witch. I lived by the stars as an astrologer and numerologist casting horoscopes and spells. I lived in the mysterious and shadowy realm of the occult. By means of spells and magic, I was able to invoke the powers of the "controlling unknown" and fly upon the night winds transcending the astral plane. Halloween was my favorite time of the year and I was intrigued and absorbed in the realm of Wiccan witchcraft. All of this was happening in the decade of the 1960’s when witchcraft was just starting...

General Wesley Clark comments that President Bush should act as President of the world (world leader), not just the US, in times of disaster. He also denounces the president for not picking Carter as part of the tsunami fund raiser as he's one of the greatest presidents of the US. Clark also commented that by GWB picking his brother, Jeb, to go to Southeast Asia to see the after-effects of the tsunami is in part preparing Jeb as a contender for the 2008 presidential election. The show is still going and Chris Matthews just keeps pounding Bush on Iraq, that...

This man must have a demon.

Next major stop: Tennessee Kerry Express wins Mich., Wash. Candidates continue to focus on Vol state in days before primary By TOM HUMPHREY, tomhumphrey3@aol.com February 8, 2004 NASHVILLE — John Kerry on Saturday focused his presidential campaign briefly on Tennessee, where he has a shot at winning Tuesday's primary despite a far greater investment of time and money by two competitors from neighboring states. That prospect was certainly not diminished when former Gov. Ned McWherter stood on stage during the Massachusetts senator's first visit to the state in 10 months, declaring in effect that he has deemed Kerry the most...

Tennessee may send the losers packing By Richard Locker Contact February 8, 2004 NASHVILLE - Tennessee's moved-up Democratic presidential primary has become a close three-man race among retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark and Sens. John Edwards and John Kerry, state party officials say. Tuesday's balloting might winnow the field, although Clark and Edwards vow to press on against national front-runner Kerry regardless of the outcome. Of the four major Democrats still in the national race, only former Vermont governor Howard Dean is bypassing Tennessee. He is focusing on Wisconsin's Feb. 17 primary that he acknowledges is make-or-break for his candidacy....

Bush voters like Clark's message By BRYAN MITCHELL, mitchellb@knews.com February 6, 2004 Jade Rose, 22, works at Goody's Family Clothing corporate office in West Knoxville. Darrell Hickman, 45, is the deputy director of engineering and public works for Knox County. Both said they voted for President Bush in the 2000 election. But on Thursday night they were two of more than 100 people who packed a banquet room at Calhoun's on the River to hear Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark. "I like the fact that he's not a career politician," Rose said. "I stand behind the issues that he is...

Edwards says the South belongs to him, not Bush By Bartholomew Sullivan Contact February 4, 2004 Fresh from his Tuesday night first-place finish in South Carolina, Democratic Party presidential candidate John Edwards came to Memphis Wednesday with the message that he can beat George Bush in the South. Arriving late and slightly hoarse for an event at The Orpheum downtown, Edwards stressed his southern heritage, his dedication to civil rights and to ending poverty, and said he would end the divide between haves and have-nots for which he blamed the president. "The truth is that we live in a country...

AUBURN, N.H. - Democrat Wesley Clark (news - web sites) touted his executive experience as a military commander Saturday, saying it makes him better suited than Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) to be president. "My experience is the experience of leadership, of setting goals and organizing teams, of bringing people together, motivating and inspiring and making tough decisions," Clark said. At one of the retired general's trademark pancake breakfasts, a woman asked Clark what she should tell friends who are trying to decide between him and the Massachusetts senator, now leading the polls in New Hampshire. Clark called...

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark (news - web sites) wasted no time in going after former supporters of Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) on Tuesday, a day after Gephardt's distant fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses pushed him toward abandoning the race. AP Photo Latest headlines: · Clark Moves to Court Gephardt Supporters AP - 2 minutes ago · Bush, Iraqi interim leader discuss election optionsAFP - 14 minutes ago · Delegates Won by Each Candidate in Iowa AP - 20 minutes ago Special Coverage   Gaining in recent New Hampshire polls, Clark scrambled to maintain...

General Wesley Clark unleashed his most blistering attack yet on the Bush administration in the president's home state Monday, vowing to win Texas in November if he is the Democratic nominee. "I think we're at risk with our democracy," Clark told an audience of about 500 people at a fund-raiser at the Westin Galleria hotel. "I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame. They are a threat to what this nation stands for, and we need to get him out of the White House. And we're going...

<p>RALEIGH, N.C. -- It's not rocket science to figure out the rejection of a lottery referendum in the state House last week was a sound defeat for Gov. Mike Easley. So how did he soar again so fast?</p> <p>Easley's drive for his education initiatives paid off in a handsome dividend in the state budget - which may place more lottery pressure on lawmakers next year.</p>

<p>RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley did himself no favors with legislators when he announced that he planned to move forward with his education initiatives with or without their backing.</p> <p>Even lawmakers from his own Democratic party were angered by the move last week, with many questioning his constitutional authority to take the steps.</p>