Kerry calls Clark on lobbying/Republican support

[HFishbine]

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - A color brochure, mailed to New Hampshire voters this week by Democrat John Kerry's presidential campaign, set off a skirmish on Saturday between the staffs of the Massachusetts senator and rival White House hopeful Wesley Clark.
Clark's campaign officials in Little Rock, Arkansas, denounced the Kerry brochure in a conference call with reporters as an attack ad that portrays the retired general and former NATO commander as a Washington lobbyist and a Republican supporter.

Bill Buck, Clark's national press secretary, accused the Kerry campaign of pursuing a double-standard by emphasizing issue-ads in the race for Monday's Iowa caucuses but resorting to "negative" campaigning in New Hampshire's Jan. 27 primary.

"It's a daily practice of the Kerry campaign in New Hampshire ... while Sen. Kerry is sitting in Iowa crying about negative attacks," Buck said. Clark is not contesting Iowa.

The Kerry campaign denied the brochure amounted to negative tactics. "Calling a duck a duck is not negative," said Mark Kornblau, Kerry's New Hampshire press secretary.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4152696

[the populist]

1. I see Clark

as an extremely insincere man. When he speaks, I hear his advisors speaking. Moreover, he is adamant in refusing to renounce his campaign as one influenced immensely by Hillary Clinton and THIS can be a problem for getting Repuke votes in the election.

[KittyWampus]

2. Renounce His Campaign As One Influenced Immensely By Hillary?

:D

On Edit: Oh, you were serious....

[Democrats unite]

3. Sorry I'll be able to post after I stop this uncontrolable...

laughter I have right now!

[the populist]

8. that's very rude. n/t

[Democrats unite]

15. no this is rude, and even worse yet, not factual...

"influenced immensely by Hillary Clinton"

[xultar]

17. tee hee hee...insert more Uncontrolable laughter here....n/t

[LTR]

5. Instead of posting slams against other candidates

I suggest you read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=129999

And post an endorsement of Gephardt.

[jpgpenn]

4. Do you expect anything else from this life long politican?

This, from a guy that has waffled more then anyone since his sadsack campaign started. Here we have a man that has hardly a following and has to borrow against his own house to pay the bills. Kerry has shown over and over again that he will say and do anything for a vote.

The real test will be in NH were he is their New England son, the same one that once led and has since become an outcast.

[wyldwolf]

6. Kerry should be careful...

As much as I like him, he could blow his shot at the VP position under Clark.

[JI7]

7. clark should say that

he usually has responses with some light humor.

[adadem]

9. As long as

the information presented is true then it's ok. I deplore it when the facts are twisted into such a knot that it becomes a lie. The Republican charge, as long as it is presented in past tense is valid...as this is one point that causes me to pause in regard to Clark. If he is a true Independent then he should run as such...I would feel much better if he had voted Democratic for a longer period of time...this is the presidency, after all.

[jpgpenn]

12. It's not valid

Clark has said many times he was a registered Independent not republican. What part of that is so hard to understand. The man has voted Repub and Dem that would be the same voting demographic as most of America.

[mmonk]

10. Three words

Iraq War Resolution.

[KittyWampus]

11. Clark's Membership In The Democratic Party May Be As Recent as 2002

but at least Clark is smart enough NOT to suggest that we send James Baker or Bush Sr. as envoys to the Middle East.

After James Baker's role in the 2000 Florida Recount what the fuck were you thinking Kerry?

Oh, Kerry was wishing Gore would lose in 2000 so he could run NOW himself. Nothing anyone can say will convince me otherwise.

Oh, and Kerry... why couldn't you show up to vote against the Medicare Bill in November? That's right, you were too busy running for President. And the procedural vote didn't count Kerry. History shows you weren't there for the actual Vote.

And what brand of hair dye are you using Kerry? Grecian Formul

[Padraig18]

13. A 'lil buckshot in the backside, General?

Welcome to the front of the pack! :P

[newsguyatl]

14. i'm no huge kerry fan

but he is on fire on abc's this week on the bus... he's doing a great job...


it's nice to see him NOT going negative for a change and just talking about the issues... if he'd been campaigning like this for the last several months, instead of constantly badmouthing dean, he may have very well been doing just as well all along, that he's been doing these last couple of weeks.

[lurk_no_more]

16. I wouldn't worry about this

Kerry sees Clark as a viable candidate in NH and is doing politics as usual, when Kerry attacks he loses, by staying positive both Kerry and Clark's numbers rise.

If I were Kerry, I'd focus on Iowa first, I wouldn't be going negative now before he wins Iowa, it could very well cost him Iowa by attacking now.

Let the best man win, Clark is a big boy and my #1, I'm not worried.

Congrats Kerry on Iowa!


And then there were none!
” JAFO”

[Hoppin_Mad]

18. So ? "make America safe. That's what lobbyists mostly do" General Clark -