Video Of Gen. Wesley Clark On The O'Reilly Factor

[Mark Williams]

I have now posted Gen. Clark's full appearance on last night's O'Reilly Factor. Gen. Clark did a superb job at knocking around Bill O'Reilly and O'Reilly even joked that Clark was running the show!


Video Link -- Part One


Video Link -- Part Two

[i miss america]

1. Awesome! Thanks for posting this

:yourock:

[Adelante]

2. You duped, Mark

:hi: You should alert the mods.

[Mark Williams]

3. no

I posted the first part yesterday. This is the full part. I thought the DU community would like to see the video of his full appearance.

[Adelante]

6. Ah, yes

Thank you.

[Totally Committed]

4. Thank you so much!

I'd love a re-watch!

TC

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. He forgot something:

He forgot to tell Bill that he is an insufferable meatball.

[poverlay]

7. Thank you for posting this.

General Clark articulated several things, particularly the right way to fight the war on terror, in such a clear and concise way that he put himself in front-runner status for the '08 election in my book. I agree that he sounds like Harry Reid. Just what we need: clear and confident "leadership".

[Boo Boo]

8. I'll second that nomination! /nt

[Capn Sunshine]

9. I've always admired Wes Clark's self control

Me, I'd be over that desk and strangling Billy O" until they dragged me off him.

Nice job by Clark. Despite my problems with his online supporters, he is still a good strong progressive.

[CarolNYC]

26. Thanks Capn....

...for that assessment of the interview. Clark's self control and discipline amazes me too.

And, as one of the General's online supporters, I'm sorry that you have problems with me. :( What'd I do? :shrug:

[grumpy old fart]

10. Ya gotta admire the self control, for sure...where O'Liely responds to

clark's reliance on 34 years military/diplomatic experience for his statements with "I'm a political analyst, and I think".....lol....How did the General keep from bursting out laughing?

[Clark2008]

27. He bit his lip

Seriously - watch it again and you'll notice he keeps biting his lip (that is, after he got over the shock of listening to the pompous ass).

:rofl:

[Shredr]

11. Clark is amazing, but O'Reilly is such a pompous ass

it makes me sick to even look at him! "So What if there were no WMDs," he says, "so what if there's no connection with Al Queida -- which I don't believe." What a moronic pompous ass. Grrr...

[DuaneBidoux]

13. He sure didn't want to hesitate to look "at the past" for Clinton!

And nobody died when Clinton lied.

[Ilsa]

12. I am so glad I listened to Part two!

Clark kicked his ass, and in a nice way!

He told O'Squirrlly how mistreating prisoners gets them international sympathy.

[DuaneBidoux]

14. Sorry, I was dissapointed in Clark...

I thought he let many lies and outright bogus assertions goes unchallenged that he should have stood up for.

[Totally Committed]

15. Such as?????

please elaborate.

TC

[DuaneBidoux]

21. France and Germany crumbling because they didn't follow shrub?

Bullshit. The average French family is in about 10 times less debt and about 10 times more solvent than the average American family (this I know from having lived abroad).

And I'm sorry, you don't just let statements like "it doesn't matter what mistakes in the past were made we now have to deal with reality..." You say, the reality we face today is DIRECTLY related to the screw ups of shrub. You also point out that it is arrogance and unilateralism that has caused most of this mess, and that technically, "little things" like the Geneva convention are international law that we have an obligation to obey (we signed that treaty!)...and you talk about why such laws protect us just as much as our enemies. And you point out little facts like fighting terrorism is a hydra headed monster: kill one and you get two new ones. Don't believe it? Then why has Israel that uses tactics much worse than O'Reilly is advocating still has not "solved" their terrorist problem. You point out that that fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting a war against adultery. Terrorism is like fungus: it grows where conditions are right, and you can scrub and scrub the walls all you want but if you don't get rid of the initial conditions causing it you might as well just torch the whole place (which I'm sure O'lielly would happily agree to).

I could go on, believe me. That covers a fraction of the bs that Clark let slip by.

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. This is more like a Cricket match than a Soccer game

It won't be decided either by one telling blow or fatal error. I thought Clark did quite well under the circumstances. The roles for both Clark and O'Reilly have changed from the days when Clark got a rare post election chance to appear as a Democratic spokesman on FOX. As an ongoing commentator, Clark can't "go for broke/ at the throat" in every sitting, nor can the FOX ass holes treat him like a complete dog turd the way I bet many there want to. Because the ground rules are based on giving at least the appearance of working together to present the news, the sessions can not be as combative as a "Cross Fire" segment, which means that neither "side" can throw every punch they can think of. Each has to chose its moments carefully when stepping outside of being "collegial", and that can't be done constantly.

If this weren't so god damned important it would be interesting to observe, simply as a study of the media and political messaging. But my gut feeling is that FOX wins if they can pull off a Knock Out or TKO of Clark, and Clark wins if he goes the distance and the match has to be judged on points. I know that is a clumsy metaphor, but what I mean is FOX needs to make Clark look foolish to the majority of their viewers to "win", and they certainly have tools they can use to do so. Clark needs to hold his own and keep on ticking. If he does, he pierces their arrogant mystique that FOX is trying so hard to project, and that opens up the possibility for more viewers to start thinking for themselves and viewing Democrats as sincere patriots with opinions, rather than mere punching bags.

P.S. on edit. I'm betting on Clark in this match

[CarolNYC]

17. I agree

And Gen Clark is not going to be able to combat all of the lies that come out of O'Reilly's mouth in one sitting...There are way too many of them. He has limited time and a definite goal in mind. I think he'll be careful to choose his battles wisely. If he doesn't influence at least some of the people watching out there who don't now vote Democratic then he doesn't accomlish what he's setting out to do.

Sure, we might like him to respond to certain things differently but we're not the intended audience. I think he's in the winning the people's trust phase now. He can't come across as too partisan or viewers will just tune him out....Yet he's quietly getting his points in there and they make a lot more sense than anything coming out of O'Reilly's mouth. The reasonable ones out there ahve to see that.

[rasputin1952]

18. Clark is beating FOX at its own game....

Clark has credibility, whereas FOX does not. Clark researches before he speaks, and people like O'Reilly just bully their way through things. If they don't have a viable answer, they make stuff up.

Take the, "Who cares if they didn't have WMD's" statement. What an idiotic thing to say! The whole premise of going into Iraq, was that Saddam was an immediate and direct threat to US security. No WMD's, no reason to go into Iraq. It destroyed any credibility that bush had, and ensured that he would be questioned, even if he said the sky was blue. I wonder how many family members liked hearing that O'Reilly didn't care that their loved ones died for a lie?

As far as O"Reilly talking about anything military, especially w/Clark, it is all a joke. Like w/Limnbaugh...these Chickenhawks haven't got a clue about anything with the military. They watch old WWII flicks, and think they know how the whole system works...it is sickening...:mad:

[FrenchieCat]

19. Wes Clark says.....

Eat the elephant one bite at a time.

It took 30 years for the GOP to have the kind of influence they have in the media. Don't expect Wes Clark to knock it down in a 10 minute interview.

It's about building up the Democratic party and its credentials in the eyes of those faux viewers.

We don't need Clark attempting to correct every single thing that O'Lielly says....Clark didn't have enough time for that. O'Lielly's show is all about gotcha, talk over the Dem guest, don't let them finish, or just don't let them talk tactics. The factor is the worse in this genre of shows on the television. I'm glad that Wes understood that, and didn't take the bait that would derail him from the original point that O'Lielly made.

Some people just don't know how bad that show is. Considering, Clark did a great job. Just cause he made it look easy enough...doesn't mean that it was!

Look....it's pick your battle time....not I'll show him....smackdown and walk off in a huff time!

We have an objective here....and it ain't to make news by jumping O'lielly....although that would be entertaining.

[DuaneBidoux]

20. You probably have a point...but I just want to vomit watching O'Lielly.

[i miss america]

22. Me too. Please pass the barf bag when you're finished with it

:puke:

[Adelante]

24. Oh, God, me too

I could never do what Wes Clark is doing. I give him a lot of credit, but it would never be me. I didn't mind it as much with Hume for some reason, but this piece of shit, bleh!

[ClarkUSA]

23. Thank you, Mark and Dembloggers.com!

What a great interview. He planted some great seeds for future thought cultivation in the Fox audience minds.

O'Reilly - man, what a braying ass. :eyes:

[David Zephyr]

25. Wes Clark towers over O'Reilly...even in O'Reilly's controlled format.

Kudos to Wes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. WOW General Clark Bich Slapped O'Leilly a bit

(A lot)

By the way, O'Leilly hates this country and it came out clearly

he also hates the law

And as usual came out with no facts

Thanks this was great

[MODemocrat]

29. My how handsome and dignified the General is

Thank you so much for posting these nice photos. :loveya: :hi: :dem:

[MsUnderstood]

30. anti-bush haters undermining war effort?

Umm that would make the people who are bush lovers undermining the war effort. . .good call o'reily.