Clark appearance report du jour.

[chaska]

General Clark came to SC today to accept the endorsement of former SC Democratic governor Jim Hodges. Your's truly, chaska, was in attendance.

The endorsement occured at Midlands Technical College, conveniently
located directly adjacent to the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. I'd
be willing to bet they kept the motor running on the plane. The
general probably spends a lot of time in the air these days.

There was a small crowd there (guessing 50). Not surprising since
there was virtually no publicity, locally or otherwise. My local
campaign staffers didn't even email me. I found out about it on DU.

The event started right on time. There was no opening act. Hodges
went on and spoke for about five minutes. It was the first time I'd
heard him speak. I lived in Seattle during his term in office. He
was much better than I had expected him to be. He did a very good job of talking up the general.

Clark went on and spoke for about ten minutes. In honor of the fact
that he was appearing at a college he gave the Cliff's Notes version
of his program. This is the third time I've seen General Clark in
about a week. Each speech was completely different. I don't know how
he does it. Each speech was as sure footed as the last. It's like
he'd been in politics (minus the smarmy pandering) his whole life.
When does he even have time to write, let alone rehearse, these
things? Simply amazing.

He ended the speech and went out front to meet/greet a lady and her
toddler. He hung around and shook hands, and answered questions one
on one - for how long I don't know, I had to leave.

I was really pleased at the reception the general received at Tech.
He was enthusiastically applauded at many points in the speech. He
was actually interupted by applause mid-sentence a couple of times.
South Carolina is very conservative. I've been shocked at how well
General Clark has been received in all three appearances. Midlands
Tech is a rather blue collar school (a bastion of Bushit). I really
expected there could be heckling. I was very pleasantly surprised.

It just keeps getting better and better.

[Renew Deal]

1. So he is not yelling "YOU HAVE THE POWER,"

"YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER" "YOU HAVE THE POWER"

[Eloriel]

2. Probably not. He's a general. HE has the power. And

isn't like to want to share it. In fact, as I understand from what I've read at DU, he dealt rather harshly with some of HIS grassroots supporters.

Eloriel

[Renew Deal]

3. Wait, I am a grassroots supporter.

I have met him 3 times. I have been treated pretty well. Do you have any links? I think not.

[retyred]

4. Of course not

"You want proof? You can't handle the truth, if I had any to give....which I don't"



Retyred In Fla
So I Read This Book

[xultar]

5. I can understand how you'd be misinformed on the subject...

Yes, one Ego maniac jerk went public with some bullshit. Mainly cuz he wasn't able to run the show.

The people on the ego maniac jerks blog ripped him to SHREDS first for being an EGO maniac and second for being an asshole.

There are plenty of grassroots efforts. We all do our little thing. I'm goin to NH for a few weekends! Others have developed a site for students and another group created Comapny C. They were the one's who put the fundrasing event to gether last night. I was invited twice but I was in Detroit on Business. Then there was the fundraising event in the AM which and the free one that the Georgia for Clark called me about last week.

Clear...?

There are 2 things a candidate can do
First let the professionals run the campaign
Second let the profesionals run the campaign and pretend to the world that you are letting the grassroots run the campaign

Which one would you like your candidate to do?

[wndycty]

7. He dealt pretty fairly with THIS GRASSROOTS supporter

Do you see this picture of General Clark answering questions with a grassroots supporter by his side? Guess who that grassroots supporter is. This picture was taken in Chicago on Monday, October 27 at Frankie Z's CLARK BAR, it was an event for that grassroots community you say is treated harshly.

[kodi]

8. i notice that whenever a clark thread appears you come by to piss in it.

.

[dobak]

9. I've noticed that too...

Must be a reflex

:-)

[kodi]

10. dont get too close dude, i like dean alot, but her guttersnipping gets old

i make no bones about it, i like howard dean and his ideas, but more than the man i like what he has stirred up by his grass roots movement. that is a potential sea change for american poltics.

remember dean says each day that the election is not about him but us, and his grass roots movement shows it. dean feels comfortable enough to trust people to do the right thing in his campaign. that indicates in dean a high and dramatic level of confidence in the american people. that feeling of enfranchisement by being a dean supporter is infectious and is in part the reason he has supporters so committed in that they recognize that as they work for dean they work for themselves too.

clark would do well to have that too, but he doesn't, and that might well make all the difference this spring.

[RandomUser]

6. Thank you for this account

I think Clark will win SC for sure. He's really starting to shine.

[wndycty]

11. It will be interesting. . .

. . .I hope he surprises people with a strong showing in NH