Clark's Response to Tom DeLay's attack ...

http://www.clark04.com/story/52/


This shows the difference between having Clark versus having Dean as the nominee. When the Republican attack dogs like Delay come out, Clark can literally "take it to the street" on them and there is not much they can say in response.

Tom Delay said a lot of snarky, half-assed things about both Gen. Clark and Gov. Dean, but I haven't seen a response yet from the Dean campaign. If they made one, my apologies, but what could they possibly say to top the Clark campaign's response.

This is why the Republicans SO don't want to see Gen. Clark as the nominee. They simply CANNOT get away with doing to him what they have repeatedly done to every other Democrat. No other candidate can respond to these attacks the way Clark can with the credibility he can. Certainly not Howard Dean. And, we will see plenty of what we saw on Meet the Press in the general election, $250 million dollars worth.

The right's strategy of negative attacks bounces off of Clark and hit them in the ass.

that Wes Clark has some unique advantages when counter-attacking the right-wing crowd and I support him heartily. At the same time, I suspect Gov Dean won't take too many attacks lying down when the time comes. Unfortunately, it won't be simply about counter-attacking, it will be about whether those responses are seen as credible in the GE.

although I still think Dean would be a better progressive president... IF ONLY DR EVIL COULD MORPH THE TWO INTO A SUPER CANDIDATE CAPABLE OF KICKING BUSH SQUARE IN THE NUTS!

from a texan who s going to suffer because of him (delay)
love this line
"The closest to real combat that Tom 'Chicken-Hawk' DeLay has ever come was when he got himself a student deferment from Vietnam and instead suited up in his exterminator outfit and defended the people of Texas against invading cockroaches, marauding red ants and hostile moths,"

that one of the candidates called it like it is

Lets have two seats for Prez.(a co-president) One for domestic issues and the other for Foreign affairs.

Dean for Domestic, Clark for military/foreign affairs.
weeeeeeeeeeeeee I like it. :bounce:

I can't stand DeLay and Clark certainly wasted no time in putting him in his nasty place.Looks like he's using an effective Clinton strategy;not letting an attack go unanswered in a news cycle.I would imagine Smirk is wetting his pants at the prospect of facing Clark in a debate and having his AWOL status thrown at him.But regardless of who our nominee is I'm sure they'll not treat Bush nearly as gently as Al Gore did.Not to knock Al.In a just world he'd be in the White House now.

In 1999, DeLay tried to blame minorities for his lack of military experience. According to the Houston Press, DeLay described himself and former Vice-President Dan Quayle as "victims of an unusual phenomenon back in the days of the undeclared Southeast Asian war. 'So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.'

his volunteering. That is one sad revisionist and hypocritical dude.

I'm so sick of all this candidate bashing bloody wankers.

I'm not a Clark supporter or detractor (I don't have a candidate now, other than Anybody but Bush) - but, that was a good response. We need more Democrats with backbones to stand up to the Rethuglicans in Washington.

That is friggin AWESOME!!!!!

:thumbsup:

The Republicans like to rewrite history and call things what they obviously are not. And people seem to fall for it! "Compassionate conservative," my eye. Can't think of one instance of Baby Bush being compassionate to anyone other than his corporate friends.

It's a good thing to respond quickly with cold, hard facts. We have gone too long letting things that the Republicans say just lie there w/o argument. Hard core Republicans will continue to believe the their leaders, despite the evidence. But rational people will listen to the truth. Way to go, Wes!

Don't you fence-sitters see the beauty of a Clark candidacy? There aren't too many Dems who thrash the chickenhawks at their own sorry game. When Clark calls someone out for being a hypocritical coward, there IS no comeback. Clark talks the talk AND walks the walk. It's a thing of beauty.

the "Chickenhawks" don't have a chance against Clark.

As the recent direct attacks underscore.

And they're right to be worried about him.