Wesley Clark on c-span now.

[TacticalPeek]

Recorded Thursday.

Just a heads up.

:)

[wishlist]

1. Thanks for heads up

I'm watching now

[TacticalPeek]

2. Just being his usual brilliant but human self.

Forum
U.S. Defense Policy
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland (United States)


Clark, Wesley K., Supreme Allied Commander (1997-2000), NATO, Europe

[Julien Sorel]

3. It's a great appearance.

What a tremendous man.

[Gregorian]

4. Thanks.....Damn, he exudes intelligence and optimism.

He's the epitome of _Bush.

[zestfolly]

5. Has anyone thought "what if"?

If Clark were the nominee, there wouldn't have been any swift boat ads. Clark might very well have been the one 11 points ahead. Though Shrub would have looked for some small flaw of Clark's to exaggerate, so then again, who really knows?

[MidwestTransplant]

7. Was just thinking of that

What would they have said to smear him. They would have made some shit up because they sure couldn't have talked about the Econoomy.

[TacticalPeek]

8. Stop.

That way lies madness.

:(

[tishaLA]

42. They would have done it to Clark too

...and he's a man I love. It would have made me positively insane.

[Leilani]

6. Thanks so much!

Have not seen him in a while...needed a Wes fix.

Still lookin gooood!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Thank you! I see him! I see him!

:loveya: Made my day! :hi:

[Leilani]

10. People, he is speaking without a written text!!!!

He is talking Iraq War, economic strategies, US foreign Policy...

The brilliance of the man is overwhelming.

Telling people to vote.

Got a terrific applause; taking questions now.

[TacticalPeek]

11. Man alive, what a guy!

It is not yet America's strategy. It is the administration's strategy. In another four years it could be America's strategy.

This is an important election.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. Whew! Would you look at that man!

OMG....what can I say? He's STILL damn handsome! :loveya:

Questions and answers! He's so GOOD at this. He's so smart. <sigh>

[Leilani]

13. Answering questions

about dirty politics: he is quoting from the Federalist Papers on Political Philosophy.

He is brilliant!

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Off the cuff....go figure, eh?

He OOZES intelligence!

[Spazito]

15. Thanks for the heads-up!

Every time I listen to Wes Clark I learn something. He is so articulate and can break down complex geopolitical issues so that the layperson can understand them. I very much admire him, I believe he will play a key role in the Kerry administration either formally or informally.

[Leilani]

25. Don t count on a role for Wes...

Kerry has put his group together...Wes is not in that circle.

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. IT IS PATRIOTIC AND NECESSARY

to question our president ESPECIALLY during wartime. HE ROCKS!

[Leilani]

17. We must challenge the President...

Osama not mentioned at RNC.

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. He's explaining the Kerry IWR vote!

WooHoo! Go, Wes!!!

[Tatiana]

19. This man will be President someday.

And the world will be better off for it.

[TacticalPeek]

20. Jesus.

Hope is creeping back into my heart.

[Leilani]

21. Wes is defending Kerrys IWR vote.

Saying he was against the war...he testifyed against the war.

He just gave a brilliant answer for Kerrys vote.

It sounded a lot more credible than Kerry has ever stated.

[Tatiana]

27. He does a better job of defending Kerry than anyone, period.

(Carville, excepted.)

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. Speaking out against racial profiling.

Michelle Malkin will there speaking next week about how SHE favors it. :puke:

[Spazito]

23. It looks like the makeup of the student body is multicultural...

I suspect she will not get off lightly on her crap. I am very glad these students had the gift of hearing Wes Clark before she goes there.

[in_cog_ni_to]

32. Those students are not going to let her leave

there without a challenge to her racist bullcrap. Wes has helped them see a BETTER way. I wonder if she will have as big a crowd? ;)

[Spazito]

38. She may but for a totally different reason...

that being to challenge her racist views. I bet too she will NOT get a standing ovation and the wonderful response that Wes received from them!

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. He has learned A LOT about politics

in the last year, hasn't he? He's explaining how political campaigns "work." :) He's a FAST learner!

[BeyondGeography]

26. The party NEEDS to keep Wes involved

He (along with Dean) still retains an incredible ability to connect with young people. He respects their intelligence, speaks to their best instincts and enjoys their respect because of who he is and what he has accomplished in his life.

[Leilani]

31. The audience is really responding to him!!

Student says WE NEED YOU!

Run for office, any office!

[Leilani]

33. Saying the Dems need to be a Full Service Party!

Cannot get by with just domestic issues...

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. And he was wearing his Wes Clark 04 campaign t-shirt!!

:cry: Damn.

[SayitAintSo]

28. Dang he's good .....(and he purty too :) n/t

[Julien Sorel]

29. His answer to the question,

"Why are the Democrats doing poorly?" should be tatooed into the brains of some of the people here.

[Bread and Circus]

43. Synopsis please, I didn't see it.

[Julien Sorel]

45. He said it was because,

since Vietnam, Democrats have been seen as the anti-military, and thus, by extension, the anti-defense party. So when 9/11 happened, people naturally turned to the Republicans to protect them. In 2002, the Democrats ceded the war on terror to Bush by default, bowing to public perceptions. He pointed out that Clinton did a fine job on national security issues with regards to the Balkans and so on, that there was no reason for the Democrats to suffer by way of comparison to the Republicans on this issue, but they have to articulate a message.

That's a rough condensation, but basically the gist of it. If you look at it, he has an excellent point: a large number of "activists" were anti-Iraqi war, but I never did see a positive Democratic plan for the terror war until Clark himself came along, before he was a candidate. They were out there, but no one was talking about them. Kerry is trying to articulate a positive message on the issue, but the Iraqi war sucks up all the energy in the foreign policy debate.

Warning: dense soapboxing ahead:

The foreign policy debate should have two components: 1) How do you plan on dealing with terrorism; and 2) What are you going to do about Iraq. In that order of importance. Kerry has handled the first one, but his message is being ignored because all people, the Bush people as well as the angry left, want to talk about is Iraq -- not what are you going to do about Iraq going forward, but should we have invaded Iraq in the first place. It's a loser, both for our 2004 hopes, and for the country, because Iraq is a done deal, but deflects attention form the broader issue of how do we handle the war on terror. If the country were to have a serious debate on it, I have little doubt Bush, pushing pre-emption, would lose, both because of the results of the Iraq experiment, and because pre-emption goes against values this country has lived by since Woodrow Wilson. But our side won't let it happen because too many people want to keep whining about the invasion in the first place.

[Bread and Circus]

48. Thanks BillyBunter. I did stay up to watch the second airing...

he was great, again.

It's funny though, he seems as if he had never ran for office.

Being a politician was never a cloak he wore well, which is why I always liked him and wanted him for my President.

[BootinUp]

30. I will have to catch the replay y'all

I believe its at 12:35AM.

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. Jim, you HAVE to watch it!

He was AWESOME! As usual!

[Leilani]

40. Don t miss it!

Oh, the nostalgia of it all!

A Wes Clark thread!

[TacticalPeek]

35. Good Godamighty!

From now until Nov. 2, Kerry should be closer to Clark than he is to even Teresa or Edwards.


Now! Immediately! It's late.

[in_cog_ni_to]

39. Hear! Hear!

He was absolutely BRILLIANT!

[Protected]

37. Ah, that was great

Thanks!

[Leilani]

41. Now I m sad!

But also happy to have seen him again!

[in_cog_ni_to]

44. I know EXACTLY how you feel.

:( I miss him so much. I miss EVERYTHING about him. <sigh> Let's just hope he's a part of the Kerry campaign. THEN, we'll get to see him every now and then.

[FrenchieCat]

46. I'll definetly will catch the re-run

on C-span at 12:37ET, 9:37PT (I'm on the West Coast). Thank you for the heads up!

Finally....a Clark fix! Yeah!

[TacticalPeek]

47. Kick.

:kick: