Wesley Clark has finally shut up .
That’s too bad, because it was just getting hilarious. Hilariously revealing, that is…about the true nature of Barack Hussein Obama and his anti-military, anti-American sentiments. Flying a fighter plane and getting shot down, or really doing anything whatsoever at all better qualifies one for president than parking ass in a Chicago church sponging up Jeremiah Wright’s hateful, twisted ideas about race and America.
Obama hangs around some interesting folks. Tony Rezko, Wrong-is-Wright, and now Wesley Clark, who has revealed himself as a bunyan brain. With Obama making close company with Hillary Clinton, Americans should ask themselves: is this the crowd of clowns we really want in the Oval Office?
July 8th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Oh please! Clarks major error is that he got off message. He didn’t stick to the script. He was honest. He was frank.
Getting shot down and tortured makes you a war hero but that doesn’t automatically make anyone a good president! This is NOT a crazy farout concept!
READ THE TRANSCRIPT!!!
Bob S. said, Obama didnt get shot down either. Clark said, well I dont think getting shot down necessarily makes a good prez.
CLARK WASNT INSULTING MCCAIN!!!! DUH!!!
You people ARE TOO MUCH! ITS CRAZY HOW THIS HAS BEEN SPUN TO MEAN SOMETHING IT DIDNT!!! GET A GRIP YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!!!
July 8th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Yeah I’m rather baffled by the idea that being kept hostage for 5 years somehow translates into experience or other virtues for which someone should be elected president. While it sucks that he had to endure all that he did, I’d rather have a leader elected on their ability to enact good public policy. McCain’s captivity may have given him thick skin, however its unlikely that any contender who makes it through the primary process and other aspects of public life, lacks this quality. I’m not saying he has nothing else going for him, but this “war hero” stuff, is lame at best. Given his high profile, he was likely more concerned with shaming his father and family name by leaving early than he was about being a good American patriot.
Additionally, I don’t understand what you guys see in his foreign policy merits. He advocates the same ridiculous interventionalist bull that created the Iraq debacle. Elect McCain for more of the same.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:31 am
So being pretty much a white kid that just looks black, having no record, and being of all things a community activist makes one qualified for the highest office? Then on top of that associating with terrorists and racists.
Sorry Mark, that boat don’t float.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:35 am
And to go on, here is what Clark had to say about John Kerry in ‘04 (it would seem your service only means something if you are a leftist):
Text of Retired General Wesley Clark’s Address to the Democratic National Convention
FDCH E-Media, Inc.
Thursday, July 29, 2004; 9:06 PM
The following is a transcript of the remarks by retired general Wesley Clark to the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, Mass.
CLARK: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, my fellow Democrats.
(APPLAUSE)
I am an American soldier. Our country has been attacked. We are at war. Our nation is at risk. And we are engaged in a life-and- death struggle against terrorists who are seeking nuclear and biological weapons.
As we are gathered here tonight, our armed forces are in combat.
Our freedoms were won in war. Our freedoms have been protected by generation after generation by the selfless service and sacrifice of men and women in uniform.
From Bunker Hill to Bastogne, from the frozen hills of Korea to the steaming jungles of Vietnam, from Kabul to Baghdad, American men and women in uniform have served with honor. They’ve given us so much; they’ve asked for so little.
Tonight, please give them a round of applause. Honor them, our veterans, our families. Give them a round of applause. We love our men and women in uniform.
(APPLAUSE)
They have given so much.
(APPLAUSE)
I want all America to see our party and how we respect the men and women who serve.
(APPLAUSE)
CLARK: Thank you. Thank you.
And I want to thank my wife, Gert, my son Wesley, his wife Astrid, their son, and all of the military families especially who’ve stood year after year behind those who have served in uniform.
But I ask you now to observe with me just a moment of silence to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, so that we could have the freedoms that we exercise here tonight.
(MOMENT OF SILENCE)
CLARK: War. War. I’ve been there. So has John Kerry. I’ve heard the thump of enemy mortars. I’ve seen the tracers fly. Bled on the battlefield. Recovered in hospitals. Received and obeyed orders. Sent men and women into battle. Awarded medals, comforted families, attended funerals.
CLARK: And this soldier has news for you tonight. Anyone who tells you that one political party has a monopoly on the best defense of our nation is committing a fraud on the American people.
(APPLAUSE)
Franklin Roosevelt said it best. Franklin Roosevelt said: “Repetition does not transform a lie into the truth.”
(APPLAUSE)
This hall, this Democratic Party are filled with veterans who have served under the American flag. And this is our flag. Right there, that flag, we saluted this flag. We rose up in the morning and stood reveille to this flag. We fought for that flag. We’ve seen brave men and women buried under that flag. That flag is ours, and nobody, nobody will take it away from us.
(APPLAUSE)
We are the that America can trust.
(APPLAUSE)
CLARK: But we’ve got to tell the truth. And the truth is this: The safety of our country demands urgent and innovative measures to strengthen our armed forces. The safety of our country demands credible intelligence. The safety of our country demands cooperation with our allies. The safety of our country demands making more friends and fewer enemies.
(APPLAUSE)
The safety of our country demands an end to the doctrinaire, ineffective policies that currently grip Washington.
Enough is enough.
(APPLAUSE)
A safe America, a just America, that’s what we want, that’s what we need. And with John Kerry and John Edwards, that is what we will achieve.
(APPLAUSE)
John Kerry has heard the thump of enemy mortars.
CLARK: He’s seen the flash of the tracers. He’s lived the values of service and sacrifice. In the Navy, as a prosecutor, as a senator, he proved his physical courage under fire. And he’s proved his moral courage too.
John Kerry fought a war, and I respect him for that. And he came home to fight a peace. And I respect him for that, too.
(APPLAUSE)
John Kerry’s combination of physical courage and moral values is my definition of what we need as Americans in our commander in chief. And John Edwards with his leadership and extraordinary intelligence, he’s going to be a great member of that command team.
(APPLAUSE)
John Kerry is a man who in time of war can lead us as a warrior, but in times of peace, he will heed the call of scripture to lead us in beating swords into plowshares.
(APPLAUSE)
John Kerry will lead American with strength and wisdom. He has the will to fight. He has the moral courage born in battle to pursue and secure a strong peace. Under John Kerry, I have no doubt — and neither should any American — that we are going to attack and destroy the terrorist threat to America.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25727-2004Jul29.html
July 8th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
McCain has decades of experience in the House and Senate. That’s primarily what gives him the political experience to be President.
Much of Obama’s experience is actually tied up in running for the office that he seeks to hold. He is the most well-qualified fetus available.