WHAT PUNDITS LEFT OUT..............shhhhhhh by C.McClendon

[robbedvoter]

WHAT PUNDITS LEFT OUT..............shhhhhhh
C. McClendon

http://writers.forclark.com/story/2004/2/5/145913/8276
A few weeks ago, I realized that Democracy in America is broken. Nothing I can do will ever be enough to overcome that fact; I have no power.

News channels and commentator have assigned themselves the task of selecting my Democratic presidential nominee. They have decided that Senator John Kerry and Senator John Edwards are my picks. The talking heads declare that voters are deciding, but I don't see it quite that way.

When I turn on my cable or open the New York Times, I am assaulted with images of a Stoic Kerry or a charming Edwards. Headlines scream their names and cameras follow them around 24/7; for sure I cannot miss them.

Who would be best to stand against George Bush in November? I've not decided.





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That's when I realize that I don't know enough about General Wes Clark, because the national media have made no attempt to inform me about him. But, but, but, I think...... Why would that be? This is a Four Star liberal General who grew up in the South (like Edwards), a military hero wounded in Vietnam (like Kerry), is a foreign policy expert (unlike the other two) and has Commander In Chief experience (like Bush)? Whoa....this guy helped negotiate a peace treaty, commandeered a war where not a soldier was lost (unlike Bush)? But get this, he's not an ordinary military yes-man; he actually had enough cojones to tell the Pentagon Brass to get lost. Good, I don't want a rigid militaristic President after all.

The more I read, the more I see. Medal of Freedom? Rhode scholar? Masters in Economics, Philosophy and Politics from Oxford? First in his class at West Point? White House Fellow? College Economics Professor? Served under bipartisan administrations? 34 years of service to our Nation? Wow, I'm floored! Heck, this guy could beat Bush!

So now that I have made my little discovery, my question is, why aren't the pundits pushing this guy 24/7?

Oh, I get it now.....shhhhh.......

He really is the one that could beat Bush.

[leftchick]

1. Excellent....

Great piece and so true! :)

[patricia92243]

2. So true - but, alas, nothing will change - the media will keep choosing...

for us and we will keep being sheep.

Pubs are robots, we are sheep - the people lose either way.

[Racenut20]

3. May I plagurize you a little bit?

I am thinking I will close the office door, cancel a couple of appointments and send a close variation of your thread to every newspaper in the country. Starting with Tennessee and Virginia today.

[Jivenwail]

4. Thank you!

This sums it up so well, no one could say it better!

We are privledged to have Gen Clark in Norfolk tomorrow and I intend to go with my 88 year old mother at my side. I look forward to hearing him speak.

[FrenchieCat]

5. Loved It......

And yes, please send it around....I wrote it and I give permission to plagerize..........Hell, it's only the truth!

[jansu]

6. I've been screaming this for a long time......

Who did the White House and all their people say they wanted to run against?

AND WHO DID THEY SAY THEY DID NOT WANT TO RUN AGAINST? KERRY!!!!!

Now, have the Republicans lied about anything else? And, why would most of the Democratic party decide to believe them on this one?!!!!!!!

They have chosen who our candidate will be and he is the guy who can not point out the faults of this president, because he has the same ones!

Dumb and Dumber and Dumbest is our action!

[Skittles]

7. YUP - THAT'S IT

Clark would wipe the floor with Bush but the media whores do not want that to happen. Kerry is such a much, much easier target. Worst of all, Democrats across the nation are falling for it.

[teryang]

8. Clark needs to be on the ticket

I acquiesce to the success thus far of Kerry. His campaigning has improved a thousand percent. So has Edwards.

However, Clark would be a real asset as VP. Edwards forte is on domestic issues. He is a babe in the woods when it comes to the national security apparatus. Kerry is going to need Clark's assistance in this area. Being a war hero is one thing, dealing with the machinations of the intelligence community, Pentagon, and defense contractors is another. The VP office is the center of this activity in most recent presidencies. If Edwards is VP they will be plagued with dirty tricks, back stabbing and crises manufactured in the national security community to change the national agenda and distract the new President from his important domestic charge. If Clark is VP he will dance circles around the enemies of a democratic whitehouse and nip all schemes in the bud.