Obama has to choose someone like Wes Clark for VP

The media whores are letting mccain's statement that the surge worked, that he was always right about Iraq go unquestioned

The credentials of Clark and his experience are impecible

And the hell with the m$m. Watch Obama at that presser in Jordan today; the affirmations will be coming in that this man knows what he's talking about. That, in the coming days, will become even more evident.

disadvantage unless he chooses someone with military experience

The media is not even questioning mccain's credentials, they are painting him as someone with extensive military experience, without asking about the QUALITY of that experience

Obama can stand on his own, but it my view it would help blunt the misrepresentations coming from the mccain camp by Obama choosing a person with military and international experience

a priority. I've read all kinds of opinions. I guess we'll see.

Kennedy/Johnson

Johnson/Humphrey

Nixon/Agnew

Ford/Rockefeller

Carter/Mondale

Reagan/Bush

Bush/Quayle

Clinton/Gore

Bush/Cheney

The last with real relevant military qualifications was Dwight Eisenhower. Serving in the military without any leadership position doesn't qualify one to have the necessary military experience needed to be President. Military experience does not make one the best candidate for anything except following orders.

someone from the military, or didn't.

as much as I would like to see him consider Clark its not a deal breaker for me or I can't see it as for anyone else, those of us that matters anyway. If someone will vote or not for Obama because of his vp pick is going to vote the way they do no matter what. They might tell you that but I wouldn't buy it.

the media whores have nothing to do with my decision as I don't watch or pay them any attention anyway excepting of course KO and Bill Moyers.

against the lies and misrepresentations coming from the mccain camp, unquestionably propagated by the MSM

Obama will be President because of himself not with the help or hindrance of the m$m or anyone else IMO

among top military who were forced out for contradicting PNAC and AIPAC on foreign policy and military matters.

My guess is that the pick will be somebody we never heard of.

Clark doesn't need the job. He would be an inspired pick, but I doubt he'd take it.

that mccain's experience is so great, which it isn't, if you look at his voting record

That's the loveliest thing about him.

:thumbsup:

....This has always been my hope...a brilliant ticket to combat the "national security credentials" of Crasher McCain...

It would be nice if he'd pick someone who'd make a great PRESIDENT following him ... like Gore, Kerry, ... I love Leon Panetta from Carmel California ... I think The DLC will be thinking longterm ... we need to keep the NEOCONS out as long as possible ... like forever ...

Fuck them and the corporations they rode in on.

It was pretty clear when Clark made his totally appropriate critism of McCain not gaining military leadership credentials from being a prisoner of war, and Obama distancing himself from it. Obama isn't as interested in taking them on as directly as Wes Clark.

At a fundraiser in April, Barack Obama was asked, long before he’d locked down the nomination, about the kind of qualities he’s looking for in a running mate. “I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I’m not as expert on,” he said. “I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more Commander-in-Chief-like. Ironically, this is an area — foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than … Senator McCain.”

It was a reminder that when it comes to his perceived liability, Obama sees a strength. In fact, he’s not lacking in confidence on the issue — asked this week whether he has any “doubts” about the power of his foreign-policy vision, Obama said, simply, “Never.”

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16280.html

words around.Now I think it would be poison to put him on the ticket.