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(Wesley) Clark Tanks
American Prowler ^
| 03/28/03
| The Prowler
Posted on 03/27/2003 9:28:52 PM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clark; demshills; wesleyclark
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:28:53 PM PST
by
Pokey78
Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO.
2
posted on
03/27/2003 9:30:28 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
General George McClellan, redux
3
posted on
03/27/2003 9:31:58 PM PST
by
patented
To: Pokey78
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.
4
posted on
03/27/2003 9:32:27 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(France: The whore for Babylon)
To: Pokey78
...CLARK = Lifetime CLINTON Friend...
5
posted on
03/27/2003 9:33:01 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
(Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..)
To: KarlInOhio
linup=lineup
6
posted on
03/27/2003 9:33:57 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(France: The whore for Babylon)
To: Pokey78
I like him and his "whisky" voice. I'll bet he is a corker. My kind of guy.
7
posted on
03/27/2003 9:34:40 PM PST
by
Pushi
To: Pokey78
Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO. I agree.
8
posted on
03/27/2003 9:35:05 PM PST
by
nutmeg
(Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)
To: Pokey78
Hunt is top notch. He acts at least like a man with some real history.
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:36:18 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(G-d speed our fighters!)
To: patented
General George McClellan, redux
He's gambling on a long painful and ugly war that bogs down and is mishandled.
10
posted on
03/27/2003 9:36:52 PM PST
by
Arkinsaw
To: Pokey78
Col Davud Hunt is a straight shooter and I think he is the best analyst as well
11
posted on
03/27/2003 9:37:25 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(We're Rolling)
To: Pokey78
Clark's a pompous ass. Good enough for 'im.
To: Pokey78
Clark, another unknown in the polls, can be crossed out.
13
posted on
03/27/2003 9:37:31 PM PST
by
swheats
To: Pokey78
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.
14
posted on
03/27/2003 9:39:37 PM PST
by
Quix
(QUALITY RESRCH STDY BTWN BK WAR N PEACE VS BIBLE RE BIBLE CODES AT MAR BIBLECODESDIGEST.COM)
To: Pushi
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!
15
posted on
03/27/2003 9:39:38 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
Bump
Col. David Hunt: The best military analyst on TV, IMO.
Ditto
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:39:59 PM PST
by
B-Cause
To: Pokey78
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.
17
posted on
03/27/2003 9:40:34 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: PhilDragoo
Another good one, who is one with Col. Hunt late nights is David Christian (Capt. or Col., can't remember).
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:43:06 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
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"?
To: Pokey78
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.
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posted on
03/27/2003 9:46:33 PM PST
by
MarkT
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