WES CLARK, NEW TV STAR

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:21 AM Original message

WES CLARK, NEW TV STAR

WES CLARK, NEW TV STAR December 26, 2004 -- FORMER Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark is planning a new chapter of his career: He’s working on a sitcom. Clark, a former U.S. Army general who lost in the Democratic primaries, is writing a television show based on his experiences. It’s about a retired general who is reintegrating to civilian life after many years in the army. "It’s going to be about what it’s like to be back in the real world," said a source. Characters in the sitcom are going to be based on Clark’s real-life friends and acquaintances. -snip- http://www.nypost.com/gossip/elisa.htm

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message

1. kick for comedic thread potential

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1

79. Oh, the irony, the symbolism

And who was it who objected to some of us pointing out Clark's lack of substance? This is just too perfect.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message

2. Does this mean I get to watch regular television again?

eom

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2

42. Next year, maybe!

(I think the article mentioned something about 2005.)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message

3. It's Major Dad!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #3

7. Major Dad was STILL in the Marines, however

Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 10:47 AM by Clark2008 Not trying to adjust to live without Gunnie. :D

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message

4. will there be funny episodes about the SOTA?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #4

5. Yes. They're holding a casting call for commie pinko protestors..

Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 10:41 AM by Kahuna for that episode. Spread the word. :7

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #5

13. I don't know any commies...but I do prefer them to fascists

Apparently Clark thinks a bit differently than I do.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13

15. woot, pfc grudge match

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13

23. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #23

74. I'm having fun

Sorry you aren't

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #13

51. Wrong address:

Write to Leahy of Vermont since he oversees the plan. You know...ask the people who voted for this. Or just continue to use this strawman argument if it's the only thang ya got.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5

82. Oh good! Me and a bunch of my friends

will have a shot at getting on TV then! BTW, the SOTA yearly protest is a great event. The Indigo Girls usually come and are a lot of fun.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #4

6. No, but there will be funny episodes about

people who honestly believe that Clark supported rape and murder. :eyes: Get over it, Cheswick. It's not true.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6

8. Some people can't just let go. . .

. . .the constant refight of the 2004 PRIMARIES is just so damned stupid. I am a big Clark fan and hope he runs again, however I am more focused on 2006 and when it comes to 2008 there may be a whole new crop of potential candidates to choose from. Its December of 2004, can we just move on. I post something about a Wes Clark sitcom and some people can't help but take pot shots at him.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8

9. I noticed that.

I was hoping this would be a cute thread... you know like the Major Dad post above. That was cute.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #9

11. The thread was intended to be cute. . .

. . .however some people can't pass up a pot shot when they have an opportunity.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11

14. seriosly.........it was a joke

why are you all so sensitive about something you are so positive is untrue? On the other hand, is making a sitcom about your life the best way to prepare for a run in 2008?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #14

17. Well. . .

"On the other hand, is making a sitcom about your life the best way to prepare for a run in 2008?" I'm not sure but if one can do ads for Yahoo, I don't think a sitcom is all that bad. . .http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000035.html

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #17

24. Wes Clark's sitcom criticized but OK with Dean's Yahoo spots?

Hey Cheswick I am waiting on your response. I mean if you question Clark's sitcom what do you have to say about Dean's Yahoo ads?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #24

72. that ad was hilarious n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #72

83. Yes, it was! n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #17

59. I don't either. A sitcom would be fun. n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14

81. sure, think "Bedtime for Bonzo"

:)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #6

10. what's not true?

It's all true unfortunately.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #10

12. It's twue, it's twue!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12

29. See, *that* was cute!!

Thanks, Jim! :D I heart cute Clark threads, VolcanoJen

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #10

16. Actually, it's been proven to you over and over again

that it's not true, but you don't choose to believe it. Instead, you come into what was intended to be a cute thread and ruin it for the rest of us. To bad we don't have a "re-do" button.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #16

19. nothing has been proven to me

Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 11:02 AM by Cheswick2.0 sorry. I have seen it rationalized and I have seen it excused. But I have never seen a credible source proving it utrue.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #19

21. And of course if has not been proven false to YOU. . .then its still true

We know how that goes.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16

116. no, I have seen plenty of proof the other way actually

What I see from some Clarkies is a lot of rationalization and excusing. I never see any real debunking.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:00 AM Response to Original message

18. Now Wes Clark Jr is a screen writer?

I never heard that during the election. How long has he been doing that?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18

20. Since well before the election. . .

Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 11:07 AM by wndycty . . .I think your hatred of all things Wes Clark is clouding your judgement. Please do not act like this is something new. Those of us who have supported Clark have known this for sometime. It was widely speculated that he was the creative force behind the MTV spot. Your posts on this thread show you are just here to start a flame war. Have fun.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #18

22. Aw jeez. That's such old news. You can't really be that..

out of touch... Oh wait... :D

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #22

76. I tutor for a price

your sarcasm could be improved.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 03:17 AM Response to Reply #76

101. Actually, I think her sarcasm is very good.

Perhaps you're the one who should be taking lessons.:)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18

25. Well, if YOU didn't hear it....it didn't happen. He in fact doesn't exist

Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 11:17 AM by robbedvoter We made him up to have an excuse to keep posting Wes Clark Wes Clark. Everyone knows you have the sole mastery of all facts that are out there, What were we thinking, trying to pull a fast one on you?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #25

77. I don't know what you were thinking

and I am glad you recognize my sole mastery of all pertinent facts. I guess I didn't slavishly read all the Clark threads. I was often afraid to open them for fear of being assaulted by Speedo pictures.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #77

78. Please! Don't mention those pics!

;-)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #78

84. tigerbeat contingent.........LOL

no comment

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 03:19 AM Response to Reply #77

102. So, if we agree to put one of those pictures

in every Clark thread, will you agree to stay out of them? That's a price I'd be willing to pay.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #18

26. If you didn't hear about it, you weren't paying attention.

It was mentioned quite often.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #26

27. But according to some Wes is evil. . .

. . .and obviously his son was a do nothing before he ran for president now he is a screenwriter (sarcasm).

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #27

46. The only people who don't know anything about Wes or his family are...

the ones for whom knowing nothing is the only way to fulfill their agendas.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 03:14 AM Response to Reply #18

100. I would have thought you would have known that,

what with your obsessive fascination with all things Clark. Really, if you're going to spend so much time obsessively brooding about someone, you might as well learn a little something in the process.:)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #100

107. not effective Crunchy

to insult someone there must be a grain of thruth in what you say. That same rules works for comedy. So you have not been effective in either insulting me or being funny. If you were to look at all the Clark threads over the last 2 years you would see I only show up on about 5 percent of them. That's hardly obsesive. That tip was for free. And the thread is KICKED to the top!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #107

108. 5%?

You are keeping stats? LOL

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #107

115. Hey, I don't keep stats.

All I do is notice that on just about every Clark thread, a certain someone shows up to make gratuitously rude remarks. It looks like obsession to me, and probably to alot of others as well. Anyway, I point it out when I see it. I wasn't trying to be either insulting or funny, just making an observation. Maybe it really is only 5%, and I just happen to be supremely unlucky about which Clark threads I end up reading.:shrug: Oops, I kicked it again. Now yet more people will get to see how many DUers take what's written in the NY Post as gospel truth.:-(

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message

28. Hope Gert gets a part too!

:)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #28

57. So do I. She's great. I really liked what I saw of her during

Clark's campaign.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

deminflorida (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 02:19 PM Response to Original message

30. The Post will print anything but a serious story about Wes Clark

running for the White House in 2008. That's because they know he will win, and the first order of business will be to put their asses OUT of business along with FOX news. :hi:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message

31. New York Post Right Wing Mag....

Garbage is what this is. Whatever the truth might be, you won't find it in this article, in this newspaper. Bah Humbug! Whatever it takes to bring the General down a notch is important to them. Like 34 years of Service to this country can be boiled down into a sitcom. Sharpton with a sitcom, maybe. General Wesley Clark, former SAUCER, 4 star General who won NATO's only war and a renown National Security Expert, Wounded War Hero and most decorated officer since Einsenhower with a sitcom.....priceless but impossible. Wasn't this the same Newspaper that said Gepardt was selected as Kerry's VP? Nuff Said.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message

32. A sitcom?

Is he going to star in it, or is his input there just for the sake of the story?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #32

36. Will it be something like Gomer Pyle?

Of so Clark couldn't star in it since he is not that type.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #36

37. I'm trying to imagine what kind of character he will portray.

Since it has something to do with reintegration into civilian life, it could be funny.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #36

39. Maybe he will render a kind of bumbling, professorial general

type...who keeps trying to order people around even though he has retired from the military.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message

33. How can he do a sitcom and run for governor of Arkansas?

Clark, who is also mulling over a run for governor of Arkansas, has met with two writers and a producer who have traveled to his home in Little Rock to see him. It doesn't sound very compatible to me. I mean, what kind of character would he be in the sitcom?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message

34. I'll admit that I kinda like Wesley Clark...

...but what qualifies the man to star in a sitcom? :shrug:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #34

35. I was thinking about that too.

Maybe he has a comedic acting ability that we don't know about. Also, it has been pointed out that his son is a screenwriter, so maybe this is some kind of family collaborative effort.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #35

49. I had no idea Wes Jr was a screen writer

But yes, often creative talent runs in families.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #49

53. Yes, it was mentioned a time or two here at DU!

And if I'm not mistaken, he has experience writing comedies! So maybe this idea isn't so far-fetched. It could be really funny, as a matter of fact--the bumbling old general trying to reconnect with the civvies after so many years in the military. He orders people around, and they don't know why (but then again, neither does he).

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #49

61. Wes Jr is a DUer too! n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #61

69. He once told somebody to fuck off in here! n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #69

71. Haven't we all! LOL!

Or at least we've all wanted to!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #69

75. yeah, that was very humorous

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 08:20 AM Response to Reply #69

105. We've all done that and gotten an Admin spank

:spank:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #105

110. Hey, I thought it was great that he did that!

He was defending his father. Who could fault him for that?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #110

112. I couldn't and he is FINE as all get out too. I wish I could have done

Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 10:32 AM by xultar the spankin for the Admins on that one. OK Wes JR. bend over baby...It won't hurt you as much as I will love it. :spank: But, alas, he's married to a beautiful woman with a beautiful baby. :cry:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #112

117. uh oh.. you don't have any pictures of Wes Jr in a speedo do you?

:scared: The swooning scares me. I am affraid one of the swooners is going to hit her head on a coffee table or something.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #117

120. Then be VERY afraid....

Wes Jr. is growing to be as fine as his father.....Just a few more years will do it.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #120

124. Wes Jr. actually reminds me of Elvis.. With the black hair, sideburns..

and deep southern drawl. :smoke:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #124

128. Elvis? Really? I didn't like Elvis much, and I like Wes Jr.

so I guess I don't see the connection.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #128

135. Like Elvis or not. He was undeniably handsome and sexy. And I think..

that Wes Jr. has characteristics like the young Elvis. Don't care if you agree. It's not a contest. :shrug:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #135

138. Of course it's not.

I just don't see the connection, that's all. We all have different perspectives.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #112

121. Yes, you are right....

Spankings can be lotsa fun! And you are right again.....Wes Jr. is married to a beautiful Dark Haired Columbian beauty. Spanking may be out of the question. Wes 3.0 must be a really beautiful! He was georgeous when first born....so he must be just an absolute cutie pie now.....just like the other Clark men folks!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #34

43. What "qualifies" anybody to star in a sitcom? It used to be..

talent. These days, who knows??? :shrug: For the record, I don't think that the general would "star" or even act in a sitcom. As Frenchie pointed out, this is a ridiculous rumor, from the ridiculous rumor mongering, NY Post.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #43

44. I take it you don't like the idea.

But I think it would be kind of fun, if true. It might give the General more exposure.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #44

52. He could be the Democratic party Ronald Reagan

It's either him or Alec Baldwin. We are due our actor/president.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #52

54. And why not?

It's one more way to make a household name, eh? Show business is probably a logical way to go.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

DemOperative (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #52

126. All's he needs to add is the monkey

That shouldn't be too hard.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #34

62. Where did it say he'd be starring in it?

One of us is a sloppy reader, evidently. And...I think it's you. ;)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

x_y_no (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message

38. The Gossip Column of the New York Post

Yeah, that's a real credible source ...

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

JPJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message

40. I heard he's doing it just to stop Dean from getting a sitcom

And is just a stalking horse for Hillary's sitcom.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #40

41. I can't wait for the episode about how he caused Haitian Man-boobies..

:7

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #41

47. yes because it was so much fun for the Haitian men involved

real nice mocking men we imprisoned and then experimented on.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #47

48. According to you.

nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #48

50. according to scientists

I have no idea if Clark knew what was going on. But we did lock them in the Krome detention center and they did get the condition while there. However that is besides the point. The point is that it is crude to joke about the pain of other people.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #50

55. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

 

Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #40

66. Hah!

My first big laugh of the day! Thanks! :o) Mz Pip :dem:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message

45. Guess no CLARK '08 then?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #45

56. It's probably a bit early to speculate about that. n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Dec-26-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #45

58. Au contraire Placebo, this means he wins in 2008 and does WH Real World.

Thus satisfying our infatuation with stars, or need to snoop, and the need of the USA to be more inner directed and led by a capable and intelligent individual. I'll take Clark for $400.00 Alec. WES CLARK, FIRST IN THE RATINGS, FIRST IN OUR HEART "Just win baby." Al Davis

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

marc_the_dem (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #45

63. unless the show is the start of the campaign...

which it probably is...

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #63

64. Now that would be a different angle.

Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 12:23 PM by janx Very different. In the sitcom, he might periodically say, "Vote for me!"

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #63

129. Could that help him?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message

60. I was hoping he got to host a show for an hour every weeknight (nt)

nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #60

67. We don't yet know how often the show will air.

I guess it depends on how much screen writing gets done.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #67

80. I meant I'd prefer Wes Clark as the host of a news-show to

sitcom-writer.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message

65. I'm already laughing

:)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #65

68. Oh, Quiet, You

:-) DTH

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #68

70. Sorry,the whole concept has me giggling

Not at Wes,just the idea of a Presidential candidate and a sitcom.Seems so...American :)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #70

85. I Am Wondering If the Author Actually Got This Wrong

I know for a fact that Wes Jr. is working on a sitcom of this nature, and although I don't doubt he's drawing on his own experiences in the army, and his father's, this is the first I'd heard that the General was actually taking a credited role in the project. DTH

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #85

86. Probably so--it's a junk publication and a gossip column at that.

The only way to know will be to wait and find out sometime next year.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #85

88. Thanks for the update

:kick:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #85

89. The General was just meeting with someone

That's it! The people working on this project showed up in LR to interview Wes and the Post comes up with this leap. Good Grief!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 04:10 PM Response to Original message

73. It will come right after the Clinton sitcom that the Post announced

a while ago (or was it a talk show like Oprah's?)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-27-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #73

87. Bill Clinton decided to write a book instead. Maybe now that

the book is done, Bill Clinton will host a tv show. I wrote MSNBC asking them to hire Bill Clinton: (attention Rick Kaplan) feedback@msnbc.com

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #87

92. Nice way of missing the point: media LIED about Clinton AND Clark.

There was not INSTEAD. There wasn't a show. Period. Just the Post intent to trivialize.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #92

99. How do you know that Bill Clinton never talked to any media

excecutives about doing a tv show?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:07 AM Response to Original message

90. So...TV is the new "RETIREMENT" community of

former presidential candidates. Clark will join Sharpton who also has a tv show in the works.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #90

91. You have to be making that up!

?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #91

94. No..seriously, this was announced shortly after the election...

It seems that he will have the working man's version of Donald Trump's show. Sharpton's show will take blue collar workers and let them get the jobs they REALLY want. Don't ask me the details :)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #94

96. OH please! I want details!

pleasepleaseplease!

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #96

97. Gosh, Janx!...I don't remember ...

anymore...I swear.:) I remember this much because it was announced just before Al announced that he was separating from his wife of 23 years...but then it came out that he had really separated from her 2 years ago. There are rumors that he is having an affair but there are also rumors that his wife was having an affair. Big article in the Village Voice about two weeks ago.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:42 AM Response to Reply #97

98. That's OK.

;-) It's really amazing how shallow and media-driven our culture is right now.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #91

109. It's called "I Hate My Job" and it's on Spike TV...here's the site:

http://www.spiketv.com/shows/series/index.jhtml?seriesID=12281&refID=ihatemyjob

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #109

111. Words fail me...!

Not only is it true, but it is ongoing (though probably not for long).

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #90

93. According to the Post it is. Nice of you to buy it.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #93

95. If you mean the NY Post...

I do not buy or read that Murdoch-owned rag. I got my info from the nearly-as-bad-as-the-Post, NY Daily News. :) I also saw it someplace else but I can't remember where...tv or print.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 03:41 AM Response to Original message

103. Just for the record

Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 03:42 AM by incapsulated One of the Clark bloggers happened to be there the day these producers where in Clark's office. Clark said they were there doing research for a documentary on folks in the military re-adjusting to civilian life. The Ark. Governor rumor is just that, started by a single reporter who was rather wildly drawing conclusions based on nothing, really. Here it is recycled as some sort of fact. As for Wes Jr.'s project, I'll wait to see if he has anything to say about it and how it relates to this story. But please, remember, this is the fucking NY Post gossip column, fer chrissakes. And it sounds like it is a bunch of facts, rumors and whatnot all rolled together.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 04:11 AM Response to Reply #103

104. Amazing how many people on DU

take the words written in the NY Post as some sort of gospel truth. I always thought people here were a bit more sceptical when it came to things written in RW media. I'm amazed to see how far from the truth that perception was.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 08:22 AM Response to Reply #104

106. Only when it is against a person they don't like or for a person they do..

the same thing is done with drudge and the other conservative rags.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #106

114. ding...ding...ding....

We have a winner! Anything at all--including eating your own---if it advances their cause. Pitiful. The MSM lies about ALL Democrats or anyone who threatens their role as "gatekeepers." Period.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #106

118. I don't think there's anyone in this thread who actually takes

this "article" at face value. The original poster posted it for fun, I think. And there may be some truth to the gossip, but I guess we won't know what's going on until after it happens (if it happens at all).

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Dec-28-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #103

113. Its just like the "Clinton to host talk show" rumors...

Which turned out to be debates b/t he & Bob Dole on 60 minutes. More smears from the GOP/media- and my, are they starting early. I doubt the Dem leadership even has their boots on.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

DemOperative (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 04:57 PM Response to Original message

119. Wesley Clark is in fact working on some kind of television

production from what I've heard. We can be somewhat skeptical about this source though.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message

122. This was around the Clark lists a few days ago....I refused to

Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 07:15 PM by Gloria post it because it sounds like a garbled version of something. Apparently, someone was in Little Rock talking about some sort of film or docuentary about military readjusting to life back in that States....I may be wrong, but that's what I remember....I'll check on it in the meantime. So, I think the Post picked it up and mangled it...or it was deliberately mangled even before the Post got it....

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #122

123. OK, confirmed from the Clark blog on 12/26, what happened

"...reported, and reiterated last nite on the blog, that the woman in the General's office said she was making a movie on reentering civilian life after the military;" ---and, as you can see, obviously garbled and reported wrong in the post..... I feel like that game where you say something and it gets passed around and turns out all wrong...was it called "telephone"?? Anyway, so much for the "communications age"

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #123

125. Also, Wes Clark Jr.'s post about this story

over at the DU Wesley Clark supporter's Forum here..... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=235x2680#2693

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message

127. All I want to know is if he'll wear his Speedo.

I'll tune in for sure then.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #127

130. I wish you guys would stop talking about and referring to the

Speedo pic, because it only encourages more posts of it--like the freeper posts of women, etc. I suppose it's natural for people to get off on semi-nude pictures of others, but I don't know if it helps a political cause. Maybe it does. Maybe that's what it's all about now.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 11:23 PM Response to Reply #130

131. What political cause?

Ratings are where it's at.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Dec-29-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #131

132. Maybe so! Maybe about genetalia against nylon or something.

?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Dec-30-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #132

133. And think of the (ahem) exposure he'll get.

Worked for Arnie.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 03:01 AM Response to Reply #130

134. Is that a rocket in your pocket , Wes?

:evilgrin:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 10:35 AM Response to Reply #134

136. Ha ha..

:D

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 11:47 AM Response to Reply #130

137. I think of it as a playful inside joke on DU

since almost everyone who goes on about it here is also a hard core policy wonk who knows the issues and where Clark stands on them and would be backing Clark anyway even if he were spherical and green. However it is truly frightening how much all of the "good looking" stuff is taken seriously by the main steam media in regards to candidates and the air play they are given.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 12:04 PM Response to Reply #137

139. Your point is well taken Tom,

Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 12:08 PM by janx but I haven't seen that Speedo pic on television--at least not yet. I've only seen it here. What's next, Albright in a bikini? Also, I don't understand why Wes's writing for television, whether true or not, would be something bad. Some people on this thread have implied that. The guy has a life, and he seems very talented in a lot of respects. Why wouldn't his writing for television be an interesting and positive development?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

DemOperative (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #139

141. He's doing it.

It's all good.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message

140. Madness.

n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #140

142. So who plays the wacky neighbor?

I'm voting for Jimmy Fallon

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #142

143. Who is that?

?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

 

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sat Apr 20th 2024, 08:42 AM Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top