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About FaceAnother videotape has emerged in the Wesley K. Clark collection of kind words for the Bush administration.By MICHAEL WEISSKOPFFrom Day One as a Democratic presidential candidate, Wesley K. Clark, the retired general, has had to defend his past praise of the president's national security advisers—some of those compliments coming in a speech Clark gave at a GOP fundraising dinner in Little Rock in May, 2001. At that event, he singled out top officials from Vice President Cheney to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling them a "great team" and saying that "we need them there." Those remarks raised the hackles...

<p>WASHINGTON — Wesley Clark's presidential campaign released records of his 34 years in the Army on Thursday, but the 200-plus pages shed no light on the high-level bickering that ended his career.</p> <p>The campaign said that the release was not a response to remarks last month by Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who questioned Clark's character and integrity. "We wanted his record to be available for public scrutiny," said Matt Bennett, a spokesman for Clark.</p>

[CTRL] The Real Wesley Clark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: flw Subject: [CTRL] The Real Wesley Clark Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:58:05 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Caveat Lector- THE WESLEY CLARK MYTH NOW THAT establishment favorite Edwards is fading in the Democratic primaries, there is increasing talk in similar circles of launching a campaign for General Wesley Clark, some of it so absurd that it compares Clark to Eisenhower. But the Clark boosters better do a bit more homework. For example, this from a piece by Lowell Ponte "[Clark] was named Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, III Corps, at sweltering Fort Hood southwest...

<p>October 17, 2003 -- THE super-sizzle may be fizzling on Wes Clark's run for the White House and it could be that the retired general wasn't quite ready for prime time.</p> <p>Clark began with a "Swoon Strategy" - handsome general gets blessed by Bill Clinton, graciously agrees to run for president as a (gasp!) Democrat and the party swoons in rapture, hailing him as its savior.</p>

Weasel Clark is assuaging his critics in the military by releasing his military records, which include glowing reviews. But there's a key piece missing: The evaluations released by the campaign did not cover the period when General Clark was in a senior command position. Hmmm. What is Clark trying to hide about getting fired from his NATO job?

Must read transcript from Fox... Brit Hume: I want to just for the benefit of those who may not remember it, look back to a scene outside of the NBC studios here in Washington, when Clark had been on "Meet The Press," he came out, there were the other reporters waiting there to ask him some of the same questions. This was a ritual weekly in Washington and this is the scene that ensued. Reporter: General Clark, do you have a moment to stop at the stakeout cameras? Clark: Is it okay if I don't? Reporter: When you're on the...

WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. Wesley Clark will participate in the Democratic presidential debate next week, party officials said Thursday. Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Debra DeShong said Clark's campaign confirmed that he will be at the party's debate on economic issues next Thursday in New York City. Clark was scheduled to give a paid speech on Thursday, the day the nine other candidates were scheduled to participate in the debate that will be broadcast live on CNBC. His aides had said he may have to miss the debate to honor his commitment. He was criticized by rival campaigns, who said Clark...

Sept. 19, 2003 | I'm not ready to declare Wesley Clark's candidacy doomed after his embarrassing afternoon of free-association with political reporters Thursday, but it's kind of tempting. It's tempting because Clark's melange of candor and equivocation and "probablys" and "I'm not sures" captured in the interviews, most notably on the enormous and divisive issue of Iraq, showed he's not ready for prime time. And it's tempting because it would just feel good, in a way. A dead-in-the-water Clark candidacy would be a great rebuke to party big shots who are trying to foist him on Democrats because he's more...

WASHINGTON—A Montreal man has emerged as the key figure in a controversy that has dogged Democratic presidential aspirant Wesley Clark during the summer months. Questions have swirled since June when the former NATO commander alleged on national television that he was pressured to link the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in a mystery phone call he received. Clark first implied the call, not long after the attacks, might have come from White House, then later said it came from a Middle Eastern think tank in Canada. He has never identified the caller. As Clark kicked...

Retired General H. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9/11, shared his recollection of that day and his views of the war against terrorism with the Foothill College Celebrity Forum audience at Flint Center, Sept. 11 and 12.His review of that historic event and his 38 years in the military kept the audience's rapt attention throughout. But it was his answer to a question from the audience at the end that shocked his listeners."What do you think of General Wesley Clark and would you support him as a presidential candidate," was the question put to him...

<p>The American Empire needs a general in the White House.</p> <p>Lincoln, confronting the South's rebellion, first established our imperial presidency. Since then we have become increasingly a plutocracy. Like such precursors as Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Warren Harding, the current possessor of the White House sincerely believes in making the rich richer, while expressing the hope that somehow all of his constituents must eventually benefit from this benign process. Our nation has long invested in this hope, with our territorial expansion (mostly at the expense of Mexico, and of the Native Americans) and also overseas extensions fueling the investment. At this time, we occupy all of Iraq, and rather less of Afghanistan. These irrealistic adventures, while expensive in money and in blood, are more venturesome than most of our past incursions, but otherwise not radically new. What is different are the provocations. Fundamentalist Islam conducts a world-wide terror onslaught, much of it financed by Saudi Arabia. Israel and the Arabs continue to fight a Hundred Years War, going back to the earliest Zionist emigrants, and we are now well along in the first decade of a religious war that could endure for another century. All this is piously denied by nearly everyone, yet all the deniers know better. The American Empire, like the Roman before it, seeks to impose a Roman peace upon the world.</p>

Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark didn’t show up at his recent Washington fundraiser, though enough of his supporters did to make it interesting. Former Clinton White House adviser Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) was there. So was surprise guest former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D). The event was organized by Mora Segal, daughter of Eli Segal, Clark’s new campaign chairman. Like most Clark gatherings, the atmospherics were distinctly Clintonian, right down to a couple of kissing gay guys. Segal, past director of AmeriCorps, is just one of several top Clintonites involved in Clark’s campaign. Richard Sklar, Clinton’s ambassador to the United...

<p>Americans tend to trust Republicans more than Democrats when it comes to national security, suspecting that Republicans are from Mars and Democrats from Venus. In the post-September 11 world, therefore, it is not strange that Democrats are pleased to find a four-star general among their presidential candidates, and a telegenic one at that.</p>

<p>October 15, 2003 -- Democratic 2004 presidential wannabe Wesley Clark came to New York yesterday and used Yankee mania to zing President Bush.</p> <p>The retired general joked he was overwhelmed when he got to the city and saw all the folks cheering and waving flags.</p>

On both sides of the Atlantic, the media have highlighted the credentials of Wesley Clark, the retired general who has entered the Democratic race for president. Bob Herbert of the New York Times said Clark "led the successful military operation in Kosovo in 1999," while The Guardian of London called him "the U.S. hero of Kosovo." Human Events is the only newspaper we have seen which noted that the Kosovo war was initiated by Bill Clinton "without seeking prior authorization from Congress." But it’s far worse than that. Ignoring the constitutional role of Congress, Clinton waged his war through executive...

WASHINGTON - Democrat Wesley Clark says if elected president, he would create a corps of civilians who could be called up for service in national emergencies much like the National Guard. Every American age 18 or older could register for Clark's civilian reserve, listing skills that could aid the country in a disaster. Registration is voluntary and would involve a commitment to serve any time for five years. In times of national emergency, such as floods, forest fires or terrorist attacks, the president would have the power to call to duty up to 5,000 civilian reservists. Tours would last as...

Less than a month after kicking off his campaign in South Florida, Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark was back Monday -- an indication that the Sunshine State is wide open since favorite son Bob Graham abandoned the presidential race. Clark's stop at the Rascal House delicatessen in Sunny Isles Beach was even more telling because of the political support he is picking up. U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch, D-Fort Lauderdale, a bevy of Miami-Dade officials and many Democratic leaders attended the event.

<p>Lincoln, confronting the South's rebellion, first established our imperial presidency. Since then we have become increasingly a plutocracy. Like such precursors as Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Warren Harding, the current possessor of the White House sincerely believes in making the rich richer, while expressing the hope that somehow all of his constituents must eventually benefit from this benign process. Our nation has long invested in this hope, with our territorial expansion (mostly at the expense of Mexico, and of the Native Americans) and also overseas extensions fueling the investment. At this time, we occupy all of Iraq, and rather less of Afghanistan. These irrealistic adventures, while expensive in money and in blood, are more venturesome than most of our past incursions, but otherwise not radically new. What is different are the provocations. Fundamentalist Islam conducts a world-wide terror onslaught, much of it financed by Saudi Arabia. Israel and the Arabs continue to fight a Hundred Years War, going back to the earliest Zionist emigrants, and we are now well along in the first decade of a religious war that could endure for another century. All this is piously denied by nearly everyone, yet all the deniers know better. The American Empire, like the Roman before it, seeks to impose a Roman peace upon the world.</p>

SUPPORTERS of Wesley Clark feared the worst from Thursday night’s debate in Phoenix, and they got it. As expected, the retired general was asked about how he, now a Democratic Presidential candidate, praised George W. Bush and his whole administration at a Republican fund-raiser in 2001. Neophyte politician Clark was not prepared with an adequate response. What was worse, the conqueror of Kosovo seemed diminished by the eight professional politicians debating him. Clark has mastered Bush-bashing talking points, but he seemed smaller, less fluent and less confident than his opponents. While increasing his lead against other Democrats in national polls,...

For the second time in a generation, the Democratic Party is in search of a white knight, a charismatic outsider who can seize the White House from a seemingly impregnable incumbent.And Democratic kingmakers are again turning their gazes to an Oxford man, and a Southerner.   Gen Wesley Clark Just like Bill Clinton, this new Democratic front-runner is from Arkansas, a Rhodes scholar who slogged his way to Oxford.Like Mr Clinton, Gen Wesley Clark, studied at Oxford in the late 1960s, against the background din of the Vietnam War.But there the parallels end. Mr Clinton's Oxford years drifted by in...