If Clark announces, how will Repubs attack him ?

[kentuck]

And we know they will attack him. He is not immune. It would be naive to think so.

But, in my opinion, they could attack his connections to Bill Clinton? Or the way they went into Kosovo without UN approval? Or they would find something personal about his life to attack. Any ideas?

[grytpype]

1. Desperate, stiff, a liar, a commie...

...the usual stuff.

[Nashyra]

2. He can stand the heat

He will bring new meaning to the term "Bring it on"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. They Will Call Him A

Primadonna and resurrect the Pristina Airport incident....

Who cares....They will be exposed for the chicken hawks they really are...

Bush isn't fit to shine Wes Clark's shoes.....

[RobertSeattle]

4. Here's my thoughts

1. Anything negative in his Officer Efficiency Reports (OER's - an officer yearly report card) will "mysteriously" be leaked to the press.

2. Some officers he uses to work with or for will come forward with something nasty similar to the Arkansas troopers.

3. They'll comb though his book and find anything incorrect.

[Nashyra]

19. Let them leak all they want

it will throw the barn doors open for * AWOL dismal military service record, and on top of that someone will have to actually have to come up with * AWOL military records, you know the one that the "dog" apparently ate because it is only one or two pages because it was misplaced. Imagine the pResident of the USA and they can not find his full military file. "Bring it the F*&^ on"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

5. They are wetting themselves trying to figure that out right now

So far, they've called him "perfumed prince" a "commie" and said he almost started WWIII. I expect next it will be something to do with aliens and a UN takeover.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Like The Perfumed Prince The Best

The man left part of his calf in Nam and lost full use of his hand there too...

All while * was hanging out in the Texas National Guard flying obsolete fighter jets...

[Brian Sweat]

6. Deleted

[kentuck]

7. They would probably try several things to see if anything sticks....

First of all, they might say he doesn't know what he stands for...since he didn't announce until recently that he was even a Democrat...

[Brian Sweat]

8. I don't think the Clinton Connection will hurt

and the certainly cannot attack him for leading our forces in Kosovo.

They will attack him for his lack of experience. If this staff is smart, they can easily counter this.

[denverbill]

10. They blame him for Waco and bombing errors in Kosovo.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983504/posts

[StandWatie]

11. if I wanted to attack him..

I'd ask how anyone could expect anyone with a background at the Pentagon to ever manage a budget but I don't think Republicans can use that..

[PurityOfEssence]

16. Good one

Use it.

(edited completely for silly mistake)

[Silversocal]

12. Yep, Already happened

:-)

[jumptheshadow]

13. We've seen some of the strategy already

* Plaster the "World War III" sound byte anywhere you can knowing that many people will take it at face value.
* Leak word to your RW press sympathizers that the General is a wack job so they can start writing insinuations without any supportive evidence at all. This supports the WW III sound byte and the notion that the guy might not be a trustworthy leader.
* Then it's time for the RW generals to make their debut, criticizing Clark's leadership.
* Next phase: Roll out any unhappy subordinates. Have them call the radio shows with their stories. It doesn't matter if these people are pushing their own agendas. Again, you're going for sound bytes.
* Dredge up any dirt you can. He's from Arkansas and he's a Rhodes scholar. Find a woman -- any woman -- who will claim sexual harassment so you can tar him with the worst Clinton memories.
* Try to mention the name "Clinton" whenever you say "Clark."

Dem strategists, you need to be ready to blitz the radio shows with Clark advocates.

[JPace]

14. Rove is known for his dirty tactics when

undermining the opposition. I am sure he
has a plan and it will be nasty. I hope
Clark has hired handlers that are ready
for this.

[chadm]

15. They won't, he is a Republican

.

[Cat Atomic]

17. I expect it'll be race baiting and a suggestion of homosexuality.

John McCain was a similar case (war hero), and that's what Bush's team used against him.

I don't know just how they'd race-bait Clark, but "he's got an illegitmate Vietnamese child" sounds likely.

Just what are Clark's politics? Guys like this make me very uncomfortable. Candidates' actions often differ from their words (see Bush and the "Compassionate Conservative" shit), and without a voting record, there's no way to see if Clark's rhetoric is sincere.

[realFedUp]

18. you sound like Jenk yesterday

give them the talking points so Tucker doesn't have to
do any real work.

[Jackhammer Jesus]

20. Well, someone was just saying on MSNBC that

despite his impressive military credentials, he was "not liked" by his peers in the military. When asked why, the guy clearly couldn't come up with a reason - finally he said Clark was "too ambitious."

If that's all they can come up with, it's clear sailing for Clark... but I have a feeling they'll find worse things to say about him, given more time.

[RedSox02]

21. Rumsfeld isn't liked by many peers in the military either

So that would be a good response.

[fishnfla]

22. But shrub's military peer loves him

the janitor from the Texas Air National Guard has stated on record that even though he was always hungover and puking, he hit the toilet every time. Jebadiah Knowles, chief maintenance and sanitation technition:

"It was obvious he had alot of experience being hungover. He never got any vomit on the floor. There was also a couple of times he was still drunk from the night before. Our crew would rush to clean the traffic control sector to find out his take off and landing times as well as his flight path, we didn't want to take any chances. But he flew that plane pretty good, drunk and all"

[LoZoccolo]

23. They'll say he didn't serve America...

...because he was fighting a war under Clinton, and that he should have retired just because of that, because he was really fighting a war for the Blow Job Nation and not the US of A.