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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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From: LindyBill4/19/2005 12:09:59 AM
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David Frum's Diary:
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Thanks to all those who wrote in after the Maher show. For me, the most interesting part of the experience was the opportunity to spend some time talking with Wesley Clark, who is by the way running in 2008. It was in one sense a very troubling encounter. When we spoke about anything military, he was shrewd, incisive, penetrating, and eloquent. It's no wonder he was promoted to Supreme Allied Commander.

Then the subject shifted to politics. I've written enough talking points in my time that I cannot fairly complain when somebody else repeats those written for him. But I do wonder: What is it about today's Democratic party that foists such leaden talking points upon those who aspire to lead it? Wesley Clark feels he has to defend the absurdities of the Democratic gun obsession even as he safely maintains ownership of 20 firearms himself. Theoretically he should have positioned himself as the staunchest champion of national security on the Democratic side in 2004; how did he get trapped into standing with Michael Moore? You can blame Clark's personal judgment of course and you would not be wrong. But there is something unwell about a political party that induces its would-be leaders into such consistentently bad judgments....
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