Reply #48: Dean Shows He Can Spin With The Best [View All]

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by only mentioning some, not all, of the facts. He fails to mention that Wesley Clark has voted Democrat for the last 2 Presidential cycles (Clinton and Gore). He failed to mention that Wesley Clark stumped for at least two Democratic campaigns in 2002, including Max Cleland. He also fails to mention that in Arkansas one doesn't have to register with a party. If Wesley Clark were a Republican, he would have registered Republican. He didn't. While surprisingly true that Clark seemed to praise members of the Bush administration at a speech at which he was asked to appear to accept an award, let's wait to hear his explanation. I didn't hear Clark endorse their policies although he did offer them personal praise. He wasn't a partisan politician at the time, running for office. Also, at the time, I don't think anyone in the world could expect the Bush administration to go on this arrogant, militaristic, neo-colonial adventurism in which they have engaged. If Democrats in Congress now had the opportunity to again vote on confirming Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, I don't think it would be a unanimous vote. Things have changed that much. Personally, I'm more concerned with ideas instead of Party. Rignt now in the Democratic Party, there are millions of members alive today who voted for the likes of George Wallace, Orville Faubus, and Lester Maddox. There are millions more who voted for Ronald Reagan. People change and events change them. I'm willing to Judge Wesley Clark on what he says today, rather than how he voted more than a decade ago.