The Honorable, Accomplished Wesley Clark

[in_cog_ni_to]

This is an opinion piece in response to another letter which said... "Dean,
Clark Not Worthy of Attention," This letter sets her straight. :7 It's from The Chattanoogan.com

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The Honorable, Accomplished Wesley Clark
posted December 21, 2003

To Kelley McNabb,

You have absolutely got to be kidding. In your letter, "Dean,
Clark Not Worthy of Attention," you say that liberals wanted the U.S. to "mind our own business." Wesley Clark has never said that we should simply "mind our own business." It was his determination as NATO Supreme Allied Commander of Europe to stay involved that stopped the slaughter in Kosovo. He saved a million and a half Albanians from Milosevic's genocidal plans. With regard to Iraq, he has said that we will eventually have to deal with Saddam Hussein, but it doesn't have to be now, and it doesn't have to be militarily. With Osama bin Laden uncaptured, and Afhganistan not yet stabilized, this was a bad time to deal hastily with Iraq, and jump into war without planning what happens afterwards.

On C-SPAN, I saw 200,000 British demonstrators take to the
streets and pull down a statue of Bush, symbolizing the fall of
Saddam's statues. I think this substantiated for me the existence of
international anti-Bush sentiment. Britain is our greatest ally. Did
you know that Wesley Clark was knighted by the Queen on March 28, 2000?

He didn't receive this honor by promoting isolationist policies. Bush will never know this honor. He will have the memory of his high
security state visit in which his helicoptors smashed the royal flower
gardens around Buckingham Palace. He couldn't dare be exposed to the angry public.<snip>

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He is at the very least a great American. He has done nothing
but express his deep love of this country and the principles on which
it was founded. He spent 34 years in the service of this country, and
has done nothing but honorable things in that time, and since. Who are you to smear his name? What great credentials do you have? How many lives have you saved? How many medals to you wear? How many Masters degrees do you have? Were you a Rhodes Scholar? Do you own a Presidential Medal of Freedom? Silver stars? Bronze stars?
Have you read his books? You have to look way beyond the CNN military analyst job to see who this man really is. Once you know, you'll see why people like me get behind him and stay behind him.<snip>

by....Theodore James Payne
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Go Mr. Payne! :bounce:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_44784.asp

[maddezmom]

1. great response

thanks for posting. :)

[MasonJar]

2. Who is Kelly McNabb?

What credentials does she have to denigrate such a proud American? I hope she got many letters as eloquent as yours.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. I don't know who she is.

She must have written an opinion piece and this was an opinion of HER opinion...written by Mr. Payne, not me. :)

[jmaier]

3. Nice letter

It's important to at least get in the face of the media smear authors every time they write something.

[MIMStigator]

5. Clark is so honorable and accomplished it's almost funny

it's like someone said Clark candidacy is an "ANSWER TO A PRAYER" but it looks like democrats might nominate a lightweight with plan to raise taxes and no foreign policy experience instead.

[webkev]

6. I won't vote for Dean

I will vote for Nader if Dean gets the nomination..
I refuse to throw my vote away

look at the polls..
bush is more popular in Dean's Hometown by 30%..



i do have one theory though..

The media refuses to focus on Clark because at the moment it is a right wing media..
therefore when it comes to name recognition, the only one people recognise is Dean
will these same people still vote in a primary though?


I mean check out the DU Poll that Wesley Clark won last week

The majority of the politicallly active want Clark

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. The Dean supporters

have reported that if Dean wins the nomination, Nader won't run. Whether that is true or not, I have no idea. What if Nader doesn't run? What would you do? :shrug:

[Toucano]

11. Do you hate Dean more than Bush? n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. The WH fears Clark.

Clark has it all and will wipe the floor with Bush and the administration knows it. They have started their attacks on Clark already because they see how well he's doing in the campaign. They sent out the rabid dog.... Tom, the asshole, Delay and then FAUX NEWS was whining about Clark saying "shit". Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Clark's going to do well in the early primaries and that will get their attention! Clark IS an answer to a prayer and is "The President I was promised as a child." Another DUer said that...and it's TRUE! :bounce:

Go Clark!

[Myra]

9. Thanks in_cog_ni_to

Good read!

[imhotep]

10. polling at 7% Nationally

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-22-2003/0002079944&EDATE=