Mr Clark i applaud you!

unsung

Well it was between him and Alan Keyes. Jack Ryan had to drop out because he took his hot ass wife to sex clubs. That poor man.

BamaPJFan

blackredyellow wrote:

exactly... the swiftboaters were claiming that Kerry didn't deserve any medals and that his whole service was pretty much a hoax and a way to get attention for future political dreams.

Clark didn't question McCain's service (actually he praised him as a hero to him and millions of other soldiers), but in a response said that being shot down isn't a qualification to be president.

Like I said, it wasn't wrong, but it's not a good thing to say when you are supporting a candidate with no military experience.

Good points.

Bottomline - Clark's remarks were silly/foolish/bizarre. John McCain isn't qualified to serve as president because he was merely shot down and held captive for several years. McCain is qualified to be president because of his entire resume'. Like him or not, McCain is more than qualified to be president. He has a great military record and post-military record. If there was ever any candidate qualified to be president, it's John McCain.

I can't understand why Clark and the liberal wing of the democratic party want to try and pick this particular fight. McCain has a definite advantage over Obama in this regard. Obama and his surrogates need to stay off trying to find something questionable with McCain's military service record, because as we say in Alabama, "That dawg won't hunt."

Smellyman2

BamaPJFan wrote:

Good points.

Bottomline - Clark's remarks were silly/foolish/bizarre. John McCain isn't qualified to serve as president because he was merely shot down and held captive for several years. McCain is qualified to be president because of his entire resume'. Like him or not, McCain is more than qualified to be president. He has a great military record and post-military record. If there was ever any candidate qualified to be president, it's John McCain.

I can't understand why Clark and the liberal wing of the democratic party want to try and pick this particular fight. McCain has a definite advantage over Obama in this regard. Obama and his surrogates need to stay off trying to find something questionable with McCain's military service record, because as we say in Alabama, "That dawg won't hunt."

Not really. Nobody really has the qualifications to be president or even know what they are.

I want someone smart and passionate who shares many of my ideals. George bush wasn't smart or remotely gifted enough to be president and it overwhelmed him.

McCain, McCain circa 2000 maybe, but his long resume only proves he is really really old now and is COMPLETELY out of touch w/ todays reality.

Cosmo

Read the transcript and decide which is true:
http://securingamerica.com/node/2993
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"Bob Schieffer: Well you, you went so far as to say that you thought John McCain was, quote, and these are your words, "untested and untried," And I must say I, I had to read that twice, because you're talking about somebody who was a prisoner of war. He was a squadron commander of the largest squadron in the Navy. He's been on the Senate Armed Services Committee for lo these many years. How can you say that John McCain is un- untested and untried? General?

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Because in the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk. It's a matter of gauging your opponents, and it's a matter of being held accountable. John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in Armed Forces as a prisoner of war. He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn't held executive responsibility. That large squadron in Air- in the Navy that he commanded, it wasn't a wartime squadron. He hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn't seen what it's like when diplomats come in and say, 'I don't know whether we're going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle it-'

Bob Schieffer: Well-

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: ' -it publicly.' He hasn't made those calls, Bob.

Bob Schieffer: Well, well, General, maybe-

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: So-

Bob Schieffer: Could I just interrupt you. If-

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Sure.

Bob Schieffer: I have to say, Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down. I mean-

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be President.

Bob Schieffer: Really?!

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: But Barack is not, he is not running on the fact that he has made these national security pronouncements. He's running on his other strengths. He's running on the strengths of character, on the strengths of his communication skills, on the strengths of his judgment. And those are qualities that we seek in our national leadership.
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Taking ons sentence without the context in which it was said is a typical 'news' trick to gain airtime. It works, regardless of the person making the statement.
And remember... this is the SAME American style 'journalism' that puts Britney Spears shaving her head or Paris Hilton getting released from jail as 'Breaking News'.

iwasthere

If you like Wesley Clark or not. If you are an Obama supporter, this was a very bad move. Even if it is true. The mistake is that now Wesley Clark has made a non-issue into an issue. Obama isn't going to win this fight.... so why pick it? Now, because of this, McCain has formed is so called "truth squad". Led by Swift Boat commercial star Bob Day.

The goal of everyone, including Mr. Clark, should be to make sure that no matter what, that there is not a Republican in the White House past January. Agree with the comment or not.... it didn't help achieve that goal.

Cosmo

iwasthere wrote:

If you like Wesley Clark or not. If you are an Obama supporter, this was a very bad move. Even if it is true. The mistake is that now Wesley Clark has made a non-issue into an issue. Obama isn't going to win this fight.... so why pick it? Now, because of this, McCain has formed is so called "truth squad". Led by Swift Boat commercial star Bob Day.

The goal of everyone, including Mr. Clark, should be to make sure that no matter what, that there is not a Republican in the White House past January. Agree with the comment or not.... it didn't help achieve that goal.

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True... it was a poor choice of words.
John Kerry's 'Reporting for Duty' and McCain's comments about having combat experience helps were equally wrong. Just because you served in combat is not a qualification the be President. Hell, we are in a war started by George Bush, who never was combat duty (even in a period where we were at war) and Donald Rumsfeld. And Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and John Ashcroft who never served... period.
Combat duty is not a qualification for President and Presidential candidates need to quit pretending it is.