Clark Finally making Headway

The Boston Globe December 19, 2003

CLARK FINALLY MAKING HEADWAY

BY SCOT LEHIGH

CONCORD, N.H. –During a week that was everything a Republican President could hope for, it was the kind of day that, of the Democrats, only Wesley Clark could have. With the capture of Saddam Hussein pushing George W. Bush's polling numbers up (at least temporarily) from competitive to formidable, the former supreme allied commander returned from testifying at the war-crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic, the man whose forces he ran out of Kosovo, to spend Wednesday laying out his ideas for trying the deposed Iraqi dictator.

Talk of your transition from testimony to testimonials. First human-rights advocate Samantha Power praised Clark for helping reverse a long history of US inaction in the face of genocide. "That changed in the mid-1990s, and it changed in large measure because General Clark rose through the ranks of the American military," she told the audience at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. Then Edita Tahiri, an Albanian Kosovar, offered her own stunning encomium. "General Clark," she said, "is the savior of my nation, the Albanians of Kosovo. He is the savior of my personal life."

All that underscored the central message of Clark's campaign: In the general, Democrats have a man who has actually conducted the sort of effective, multilateral foreign policy their party celebrates.

But just in case anyone missed that message, Clark drove the point home. Predicting that Bush would question the national-security credentials and resolution of the Democrats, he said: "Let me tell you what happens if he tries to do that. I'll put my 34 years of defending the United States of America and the results that I and my teammates in the United States Armed Forces achieved against his three years of failed policies, any day."

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Don't mind a non-American butting in here, but Clark would be so good for the "rest of the world!" He sees the global picture so clearly and is anxious to repair the damage Bush has done to America's relations with former allied countries, (like mine, Canada)....From what I've read he seems to have a handle on what needs to be done for America, too....He has something very important too....A BIG HEART....:loveya:

I'm sure it doesn't hurt that he's a pretty good looking guy.

He could star in a movie about Captain America, playing CA's alter-ego Steve Rogers!

He might get away with Nick Fury, but most likely just too short.

Shave his head and he'd make a good Professor X.

Thanks for your views. I hope you know that there are MANY, MANY Americans, like me, who are HORRIFIED at what little George has done in the name of America.

It is hard for me to believe we're having so much trouble convincing other Americans of what so many foreigners, like you, see very clearly: that Wesley Clark is the kind of leader America should have, for our sake and for the sake of the world community, as well.

was AWESOME, and if you haven't seen it, check to see if it's archived on CSPAN. It was just a day or so after bush's 'press conference' in which he sounded like he had been over-medicated. Unbelievable.

The more I see Clark, the more I admire him and see that people who have worked with him just honor and respect him to no end. He is so brilliant and compassionate - how can we not ask this man to lead our country?

It seems that the media almost ignores our candidate. A good positive article, yea!!!!

It underscores one of the reasons why I support General Clark. He has the national security cred, that our pResident so sorely lacks.

This would make a good subject for letter writing. (If you haven't seen it already, its on the www.clark04.com page, there is a letter writing campaign underway for key states. I sent out 25 letters today and probably will add this to my next set!)

that much more because he is still keeping up although he gets so much less press than "you know who"!

Give him that much press....and we will be up and away! Watch and see!

You dont seriously believe a majority of the press Dean gets is anything other than pundits atacking him ot comenting on other dems attacking him do you?

...and not just from the liberal press, but from the New Republic, Faux News, and other stalwarts of the conservative press, too. The guy who gets _really_ bad press is Kerry.

I'm trying to let the process play out and not let the whims of daily events and endorsements hold sway. Today, I am most impressed with Clark with Edwards and Kerry on the cusp. My wife thinks Clark is "hot".

...especially for your wife, there are apparently a lot of women who agree with her, including my wife. Must be a man in uniform thing.

The Clark blog is a great place to hear positive comments about the General, http://www.clark04.com/ then look for the Clark Community Network. If you go, look up Cris Hernandez's posts; he served with Clark directly and can give you a personal view of the man.