Suma,
Re: What do you all think about Ramsey Clark ? Opinions of what he said ?
I like Ramsey Clark, though I do find him often ridiculous. For example, he's decided to be part of Saddam Hussein's defense team. What possible good this might do for Clark's credibility is beyond me. It seems rather masochistic, actually.
Clark would be a lot more effective advocate for his mostly reasonable and democratic positions if he'd simply take a bit more media-savvy approach to things.
In that sense, Chomsky, Gore Vidal and Howard Zinn seem much better spokesmen for the Left, as does Amy Goodman with her level-headed and credible Democracy NOW! program.
Here's a recent Clark interview on Democracy NOW!:
democracynow.org
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Now, as for Charlie Rose, I've lost most of my respect for the man as the list of sponsors continues to grow at the beginning of his program. Rose is merely a mouthpiece for the Establishment. His bias in favor of the illegal and immoral attack on Iraq was, quite simply, reprehensible. Rose holds himself out to be better than the rabble at Faux News or Entertainment Tonight. However, he's just as phony in his own way as the other entertainers are. I really feel badly that Rose appears to have no soul. He's just a whore for "da Man". |
