Posted on 02/12/2005 2:50:52 PM PST by Cableguy
Here's another reason why some Democrats are fretting over installing antiwar former presidential candidate Howard Dean as chair of the Democratic National Committee. He might cede national defense to the Republicans. That's the charge from associates of another former presidential candidate, former NATO boss Wes Clark. Seems the Clark and Dean teams have been warring over the future of the Democratic Party, and now that threatens to spill into the public if Dean, as expected, wins the chairmanship this Saturday. Here's the fight: Clark wants the Democrats deeply involved in foreign policy and the war, and Dean's team isn't as jazzed about that. They see domestic policy and issues like Social Security and the deficit as the keys to success. But this might be the real rub against Dean: Clark fans think the retired general will be marginalized by Dean. Chart the fight on their blogs.
Dean fans blog here: www.peopleforchange.net Clark supporters chat here: chat.forclark.com
The long knives are coming out
To me, it seems a strange process indeed which would permit a career military man to turn into a total pantywaist. Beats hell outta me. I don't get it. I guess there are misfits in every outfit; I just can't explain it. It sort of reminds me of theologians who don't believe anything.
Nice. These guys are both idiots.
I wonder which of these, erm... *cough* "titans" will win that battle.
Clark advanced in his career by being a politician, not because of his military aptitude. He never had any military core values, he was just a people-pleaser. It's a pretty sad commentary on the state of the senior military these days.
Unfortunately it doesn't matter. The Democrats are the party of Hillary no matter who holds the chairmanship.
but I heard a great synopsis the other day from some Dem that the Clintons are losing influence.....since Dean is not on thier team per se and the Clintons did not have any viable candidate for DNC Chairman.....don't ya think that if they had that much power they would have fielded a more substantial candidate for that role/????
"Goooood! Goooood!"
Wasn't he also a boyhood FOB?
I thought the Dems were united in their quest to take power back from the evil Republicans.
To this civilian he always seems like one of Ralph Peters's "perfumed princes".
Clark is a Soros front.
He seems to believe he is still, in some way, relevant...
Brouhaha? Ha, ha, ha!
Dean to Wes: "You're lucky you have your brown paper bag!"
(Deep inside reference)
Oh No!!! We've been found out!!!
Someone pull my e-mail to Karl Rove and hide my press credentials with access to the West Wing. Send out the private e-mail list to all Freepers in deep cover, and call out spy at the Washington Post via payphone and use the duress phrase:
"Blue horseshoe puts the lotion on its skin whenever it is told."
You also better ping Jim Robinson and have him call President Bush on the Iridium STU-III phone, and tell him we need the Secret Service to round up "the usual suspects."
Looks like the Commies against the Socialists (if there is a difference)
Well .. it was so funny today - Dean said in his speech that the dems CANNOT be known as the party who is against everything Bush [paraphrase].
Then there's Terrytoons pointing his finger at the camera and screeming about how the dems are going to stop the repubs from making any changes to SS.
So which is it dems .. you're going to act like human beings and do something good for the American people - OR YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THE OBSTRUCTIONIST PARTY ..??
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