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Politics : Wesley Clark -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (864)	11/25/2003 10:14:54 AM
From: mph	Respond to of 1414

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To: American Spirit who wrote (864)	11/25/2003 10:35:21 AM
From: Cactus Jack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1414

I think Dean gets some support simply from the fact that he answers questions and delivers opinions directly. I don't necessarily agree with many of his answers, but I always know where he stands. Kerry, on the other hand, couldn't (or more likely wouldn't) even answer the question of whether the French had acted as friends or foes of the US in the last 18 months. Instead, he stated "the French are the French" and then, when Brokaw asked him what that meant, stated that "most thinking people know what that means". What amazing arrogance. Dean was asked whether the Saudis have acted as friends or foes of the US. He didn't flinch, stating that the Saudis made a "deal with the devil" 70 years ago, funding the spread of Wahabbism in exchange for security, and that as long as the Saudis didn't stop that policy, they are not friends of the US. There is a dramatic difference between Dean and Kerry, regardless of whether one agrees with their positions.

To: American Spirit who wrote (864)	12/7/2003 1:21:14 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1414

Campaign 2004: Clark calls Bush policy 'all bully and no pulpit' ____________ He accuses president of taunting enemy, vows diplomacy BLOOMBERG NEWS Friday, December 5, 2003 seattlepi.nwsource.com <<...NASHUA, N.H. -- Criticizing President Bush for challenging enemy forces to "bring 'em on" earlier in the Iraq occupation, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark said yesterday only someone who has not witnessed combat "would ever say anything as fatuous" as the commander in chief's remark. "You don't make policy by taunting the enemy," said Clark, a retired Army general who was wounded in the Vietnam War. Bush was a Texas Air National Guard pilot, but never flew in battle. Clark told students and faculty at Daniel Webster College that Bush had played a game of bait-and-switch by suggesting Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was a national security threat after the Sept. 11 attacks. Clark said the 2004 election would be decided on foreign policy. Democrats should avoid being labeled anti-war, he said, predicting that Republicans would question the patriotism of Democrats as they attacked his party over the war. Offering himself as the best candidate to oppose Bush, Clark said Democrats need a candidate who understands how to balance force with diplomacy. He called the Bush administration "all bully and no pulpit."...>>