Wesley Clark: Proving Allegiance by Governing? [View All]

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We know about Clark's past (repeatedly praised Bush and his cabinet, voted Reagan, voted Nixon). Now, this wouldn't be so troubling if Clark could prove that he has left his past allegiances behind by being elected to some position and governing as a Democrat. But he has never done this. And frankly, it's a risk to assume that he has, overnight, dissuaded himself of all the Republican ideas he was drawn to that would lead him to support presidents like Nixon and Reagan. It seems to me more that he's disagreed with Bush on how the war should have been fought, and that made him a (D)emocrat. I don't know if there's been a genuine shifting of views. And we can't know. I think people are rightly hesitant to blindly throw their support behind someone who'll "resuce" us when we don't really know how much different he'll be.