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burr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 01:12 AM
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When will Clark release details of his domestic agenda?
From American Prospect...
"IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Wesley Clark made his first visit to this state as a presidential candidate on Friday, speaking to a crowd at a diner and later to an audience at the University of Iowa. While he didn't hesitate to remind voters that he is from the heartland (Arkansas) or that he was enjoying his visit to the heartland (Iowa), he left many wondering about his specific policy ideas for the heartland.

That is, he didn't fill in many of the blanks in his domestic agenda.

Clark entered the Hamburg Inn, a local diner, Friday morning to a crowd of about 70 people, many of whom chanted, 'Win, win, Wes!' Addressing the group from one end of the diner, he paused to liken Iowa to his home state of Arkansas before launching into the topic he really wanted to talk about: foreign policy.

But foreign policy alone seems unlikely to satisfy most Iowa voters. While Clark arguably has the strongest foreign-policy credentials in the Democratic field, voters are going to be looking for him to become more specific on health care and the economy -- and fast. At the diner, Clark made a brief nod to the 'jobless' economic recovery and to health care, but he devoted most of his speech to criticizing the Bush administration for invading Iraq and failing to apprehend Osama bin Laden."
<http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/webfeatures/2003/09/ganeshananthan-v-09-22.html>
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 05:56 AM
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1. Like anybody needs to be reminded
that things in Iraq suck. And I still have that trust problem with Clark because I think I have read three different articles BY HIM on the Iraqi conflict and come up with about five different opinions on where he supposedly stands. It's like I keep saying, I really don't have a problem with somebody who says, "Look, given the info I had when the IWR was voted on and based on the fact that Saddam Hussein was an appalling dictator contributing to the destabilization of an already problematic area, I was for the resolution. But the whole thing was handled for shit by this administration and we have to get in there and straighten things out." Which, BTW, is what Edwards says. He voted for something, it might not be a popular stance and actually kills him with some people, but he is not backing down from his vote and he is not trying to whitewash it or apologize for it.

I don't need to agree with a candidate on every single issue. I need to be able to TRUST that the ones I agree with are actually his positions. If I can look back over the last TWO YEARS and find several different positions on the same subject for several different subjects, it makes me think that this persons says what they think their listeners want to hear.
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BushGone04 Donating Member (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 08:56 AM
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2. What domestic agenda?
Honestly, does Clark even have an agenda for things like the economy, health care, etc? I'm not trying to flame here; if he does have plans for these issues, please let me know. But I haven't seen anything from him yet.
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burr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 09:05 AM
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3. I assume he must have a domestic agenda...
how else would he be gaining so much support? :shrug:
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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 07:39 PM
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5. Douglas MacArthur Had Alot of Support, Too
And he didn't die, so much as fade away...
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 09:22 AM
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4. Will he appear in Harkin's candidate forum?
I'd like to hear some answers, too.
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