Reply #82: I'm not sure how much you followed Clark's campaign. [View All]

[dogman]

Maybe not at all. Clark went to the South with a tour that stressed family values and how those are represented by the Democrat Party. If you heard him today with Al Franken you will know what I mean. He had a strong economic message, including an income tax package that would exempt families earning less than $50,000 from even filing a return. He had one of the most progressive agendas. He proposed health care that would have covered all children in America. A number of Kerry's campaign policies were derived from Clark's. Of course most of the candidates were similar and there ideas belonged to the nominee as part of the process. The votes we would have lost from people turned off by a military man would have been compensated for by the votes taken from B$$$. These votes are two-fers since they add to our number and also subtract from B$$$. If B$$$ led by 3 million votes you would only need to take just over 1.5 million to beat him. I don't know how accurate some reports are but I read on DU that there were gays voting for B$$$ in the same % as 2000. They reportedly cited National Security as there reason. This makes no sense but I have a neighbor with a "Remember 9-11" flag flying beneath his US flag and stuck in the ground beneath is a Bush/Cheney sign. If one remembers 9-11, one remembers B/C because they were in charge when it happened. The majority of people do not think logically about this issue, they think emotionally. The main point about a person who fights wars is that they know the cost in both money and humanity and prefer to avoid them at all cost, at least someone with the moral integrity of Wes Clark.