(Wesley) Clark Tanks

American Prowler ^ | 03/28/03 | The Prowler

[Pokey78]

DEAN-DUMB
So much for the Democrats' hope that retired General Wesley Clark was going to be their Colin Powell. "He's more Benedict Arnold than anything else, if you believe the mail we've been getting here," says the Democratic National Committee staffer who, only a month ago was touting Clark as his party's answer to the military star power aligned with Republicans.

"Any cachet he might have had he's pretty much pissed away on TV," says the staffer.

Since the outbreak of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Clark has been on CNN, bemoaning the Pentagon and Gen. Tommy Franks's strategy in the opening days of taking down Saddam. And while several other senior retired military men have made critical comments about the ongoing fighting -- Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, another former Clinton-era official, has been quick to criticize during his stints on MSNBC -- Clark has by far been the most vocal.

"It just looks really bad that he's knocking the troops and the way we're executing this war," says the DNC staffer. "He's taking hits everywhere, on TV, in the newspapers, on talk radio. People are furious at him. We can't fundraise off performances like this. The only presidential candidate that would probably want to be seen with him is Howard Dean."

Prior to Clark's "tanking" on CNN, the DNC had Clark pegged for political stardom. He'd visited New Hampshire, and had hinted that he was interested in perhaps running for president as a Democrat. Now, the DNC isn't sure what they can do with the man who directed Bill Clinton's military machinations in Kosovo.


LOW TURNOUT
The University of Iowa invited former President Bill Clinton to speak on Wednesday night, and even though tickets were free to students, turnout was comparatively low.

"It wasn't the sellout they thought it would be," says a Hawkeye undergrad. "There were lots of girls who went to take a look at him, though."

There were no estimates on the crowd, though more than 1,000 tickets went unused. For once, the terms Clinton and sellout weren't synonymous.

[Pokey78]

Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO.

[patented]

General George McClellan, redux

[KarlInOhio]

There were lots of girls who went to take a look at him, though

Ladies, it is far safer to do this in a police linup.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...CLARK = Lifetime CLINTON Friend...

[KarlInOhio]

linup=lineup

[Pushi]

I like him and his "whisky" voice. I'll bet he is a corker. My kind of guy.

[nutmeg]

Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO.

I agree.

[wardaddy]

Hunt is top notch. He acts at least like a man with some real history.

[Arkinsaw]

General George McClellan, redux

He's gambling on a long painful and ugly war that bogs down and is mishandled.

[MJY1288]

Col Davud Hunt is a straight shooter and I think he is the best analyst as well

[RightOnline]

Clark's a pompous ass. Good enough for 'im.

[swheats]

Clark, another unknown in the polls, can be crossed out.

[Quix]

GO AHEAD DEMODUMBS, DEMOCR*PS!

RUN ALL THESE HIDEOUS TRAITORS UP THE FLAGPOLE

BEGINNING WITH

her unroyal lowness,
her hideous heinous,
Bwitch Shrillary . . .

Pretty soon, you'll have enough traitors plastered across the public consciousness that the nation might even begin to wake up that you are out to destroy it for your own personal and twisted ends.

People might even wake up soon enough to run you out of town and hopefully, off the planet. Maybe there's a moon of Jupiter you could take flawed shuttles to for your little commie colony.

Mars would be too close.

[Pokey78]

Col. Hunt was on O'Reilly tonight. The discussion turned to those retired generals who are carping (Bill mentioned CNN's Clark), and in that raspy voice the Col. said, "They say 'We don't have enough heavy divisions! WAAA! WAAA! WAAA!'".

I almost fell out of the recliner LMAO!

[B-Cause]

Bump

Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO.

Ditto

[PhilDragoo]

Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO.

The Voice is great. Endearing. He's the one you want in the fight.

Not the Clark Schmuck.

[Pokey78]

Another good one, who is one with Col. Hunt late nights is David Christian (Capt. or Col., can't remember).

[Steven W.]

The University of Iowa invited former President Bill Clinton to speak on Wednesday night, and even though tickets were free to students, turnout was comparatively low. "It wasn't the sellout they thought it would be," says a Hawkeye undergrad.

Since when does not even being able to give away free tickets qualify as a "sellout"?

[MarkT]

The only kind of sell-out Clinton represents is that of selling out our technology to the Chinese for campaign donations - the f*ck is a traitor.