Newhounds take on Clark's appearance

[LittleClarkie]

Watching Fox so you don't have to...

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/06/17/wesley_clark_surprises_hannity.php#more

Wesley Clark Surprises Hannity

Wesley Clark, new Fox News contributor, had a chance to test his debate strategies with Hannity last night on Hannity and Colmes. Clark was on to discuss Dick Durbin's comment about treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and if Hannity expected Clark to apologize for Durbin's comment, he was in for a surprise.

The segment opened with a video clip of Durbin's statement on the Senate floor. Seeing the complete statement in context with Durbin's intonations and body language gave a very different impression to viewers. Durbin described a detainee chained hand to foot, naked, on the floor covered in feces and urine for 18 to 24 hours. Durbin's point was that this scenario seems more consistant with a Nazi camp or Soviet Gulag or some other mad regime.Durbin was clearly concerned and sad that this had become U.S. policy.

Of course, Hannity called for Wesley Clark to condemn Durbin calling it "over the top, repugnant propaganda". Clark's response to Hannity was very effective.
" I'm not going to condemn Durbin. How we are percieved at Guantanamo on top of the bad press from Abu Ghraib is important. I'll fight anyone who compares our soldiers to Nazis but we have a policy issue here. How do we deal with it?"

After Hannity made his usual veiled accusations of treason, Clark calmly responded refusing to get defensive.He told Hannity that this should not be a political issue at all and we should all pull together and focus on the issue so we can find a solution.We need to look at the situation and evaluate. "We need a process."

[Sopianae]

1. Thanks, LittleClarkie!

I've just posted the same link in the "other" thread. But it deserves its own thread.

[kentuck]

2. Did Durbin use the qualifier "If" in his comments ?

Did he say, "If" the people did not know this was an FBI document? The little word "if" can be very important in qualifying statements.

[Last Lemming]

3. He did great

so I wonder how long they will have him on--

then again--maybe he's an attempt to improve their ratings

[damntexdem]

4. The general is concerned for the troops:

it's not smart to torture prisoners. Any military concerned for its own troops will resist use of torture.

[CarolNYC]

5. thanks for starting this thread....

I like the last line of the New Hounds post...
"When Hannity thanked Clark for his appearance,his expression was somber and slightly sour." ha!