I have respect for many of the democratic candidates for president--Lieberman, Kerry and Gephardt chief among them--but I have no respect for Wesley Clark. The guy seems to have real trouble with telling the truth. What was all that wierdness about an administration official calling him on 9/11 and asking him to link it to Iraq? That story turned out to be false. He's flip-flopped on just about ever issue.
Someone (I forget who) who was connected with Clark in the Clinton administration and was somewhat responsible for his firing said that Clark was fired for "character issues."
The guy just strikes me as really sleezy. It's no wonder some have taken to calling him "Weasly" Clark.
Don't forget the accusations that he was within an inch of starting World War III.
Right, how could I forget?
You know, you can say what you want about Lieberman and Gephardt, but they have the courage to stand for their convictions. Neither have budged an inch on the war even while facing a Democratic party that is trending further and further to the left. Kerry, although flip-flopping on the war, is a decorated war veteran who did his duty for his country even when he disagreed with the war he was fighting. That's courage. Clark is just a two-bit bureaucrat who commanded a fairly inept operation in Kosovo and got fired shortly thereafter (And rightly so!). The guy cares about nothing but himself. He doesn't seem to have any real convictions or even any coherent political philosophy. The only reason he's even a Democrat is because he wants to be president right now and he knows he's not going to beat Bush in a Republican primary battle. I've enjoyed and will continue to enjoy watching Clark's campaign shrivel up and die.
