Clark on 911

[crissy71]

sorry if this is a dupe

"The No. 1 responsibility of the commander in chief is what? The safety and security of the United States of America. What happened on 9-11, Mr. President? Why is it that eight months into your administration, why is it that there was no plan to deal with the number one threat that Bill Clinton's national security team warned you about when you took office?"

God I love this man!

[rusty charly]

1. please! please! please!

the BUSH/CLARK debates!!!!!

[RobertSeattle]

3. Ain't going to happen

I still contend Rove is going to find someway for Bush to slime out of the debates next fall. He's not going to get the free ride he got last time.

[Brian Sweat]

8. If Bush is behind in the polls next summer,

they won't have any choice. In fact, if he does not have a huge lead, he will not have any choice. If Bush refuses to debate, it will hurt him in the polls.

[Ergotron]

15. If Bush refuses to debate, it will hurt him in the polls.

Absolutely! It will make him look afraid of the truth and afraid of looking ignorant.

[Emillereid]

31. If Bush is behind in the polls next summer --

we'll probably have some kind of national emergency or war or something -- in other words, the sequel -- 911 Redux.

[nostamj]

9. then debate AN EMPTY CHAIR

in fact, EVERYONE should organize a Town Hall Meeting and should FORMALLY invite * to attend.

if he CAN'T make it, do it any way.

address your questions to an EMPTY CHAIR.

this WAS being done but the website "emptychair" website never went up (AFAIK) if it did, LINK??

great political theatre.

[proud patriot]

10. with a cardboard cut-out of bush with a smirk on his face in the chair

That should make rove change his mind :evilgrin:

[nostamj]

11. or just a big "?" ;-)

?W SLIDE SHOW!

[Clark Can WIN]

18. I wonder what Bush's excuse will be because

They just can't put the shrub on stage next to General Clark. They might as well put him in that box over the Thames with David Blaine or a giant bag of microvae popcorn and wait for his head to blow.

When Clark wins the nom I predict team Bush will only allow one debate. They'll pull an Arnold with all the questions pre-reviewed and the candidates not allowed to address each other directly. In otherwords, a no-debate debate.

[TacticalPeek]

20. The panel must enter two by two, sit in the Rove-assigned seats,

and ask the number of "religious" and other sop questions ordained.

[Lefty48197]

25. Hey Robert?

Can you tell us Civvies what the ribbon is for?

[RobertSeattle]

29. It's the first Gulf War

The one that most of us agree was somewhat justified.

[knight_of_the_star]

5. Get the videotapes!

That is going to be well worth recording! Or better yet, get a DVD burner so that we can record Bush's screw-ups in all of DVD's digital glory!

[knight_of_the_star]

2. I think he did say that

And if he makes a big stink about it he has the rank to make his critique hard to touch.

[Old and In the Way]

4. A very simple question

that this administration cannot answer.

Republicans better on national security? How?

[Woodstock]

21. And a question surprisingly the American people

couldn't give a rat's butt about.

WHY??? How can we make them care? Will it take another horrific event for them to wake up and demand accountability?

[ComerPerro]

6. One thing I would like to see someone campaign on

Is the promise to release records and begin a full, well-funded investigation of the events of and leading up to 9/11. Above all I would like a promise that nothing released will be censored in the name of "national security".

[crissy71]

7. That rabbit hole is deep!

[Kahuna]

16. No one will come right on there and say it. But,....

Clark and Graham alone have telegraphed that they would do it. My two guys are the best! They rock.

[TacticalPeek]

19. There it is.

Stick 'em.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. Clark On Bill Maher - This Nation Wants Open Transparent Government

"But More fundamental than that, it's about what kind of country you want to live in..."

"I think this nation wants open, transparent government. I think it likes a two party system I think it likes to hear reasoned dialog, not labeling name calling and hateful politics. I think 2004 is the election that the voters have to put that back in..."

[Prodemsouth]

12. Jeeze, I haven't heard Dean even say anything like that?

Clark Graham or Kerry winning combo - but Clark at the top. Dean at Treasury. Paul Krugman replacing Greenspan, Edwards replacing Ratscroft. Mosley Braun at UN.

[dofus]

13. No doubt

Rove and company will present ANY challenge to the incumbent, ANY questioning of Bush's foreign policy, ANY suggestion that the tax cuts have not made the economy stronger, ANY doubt about the rightness of Bush to serve, as treason. It will go beyond the old not changing horses in midstream of earlier incumbent campaigns.

"If you're not with us, you're against us."

"You are either on the side of freedom or on the side of terrorists."

It's going to be one scary campaign season.

[Donna Zen]

14. Paul Krugman agrees with you.

He wrote last Friday that it will be the bloodiest election...ever. He reasons that with actual "jail time" facing some of the junta, they will stop at nothing.

[Kahuna]

17. Absolutely right. The junta and a lot of congressional repukes...

have a lot to fear. Why do you think they are scurrying to get control of CA and its 54 electoral votes. They want to "maximize" their chances of winning. That's why we need a kick ass, attractive and heroic candidate like Clark who can give the dems so coattails and win by the largest margin possible.

I can almost guarantee you that Clark can motivate the Democratic black voter base like Clinton and Gore did.

[Mz Pip]

22. He will have support from

the military. This is a powerful article written by military former CIA. Bush does not have a lock on the military and I do not think that these guys will let even their CIC play dirty with Clark.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10038-2003Sep14.html

MzPip
:dem:

[Doctor_J]

23. Looks like pentagon propaganda

"Congress must quickly approve the president's request for $87 billion".

Why? The first trillion got us only a quagmire.

[Donna Zen]

24. The quagmire is the problem

getting out of it is what's going to cost money. But then we who post on these boards and marched last year knew that. Oh right, we're just some dumb-ass focus group. Pulling out or not pulling out, according to the UN res and charter, we are now occupiers and therefore, responsible for Iraq. Oh...damn! no quick solutions here.

What we do know is that Clark will have some people in his "war room" who will be in uniform.

[cthrumatrix]

26. Sounds like a logical question....Mr. Russert are you listening..?

Why don't you try asking a few of these questions yourself?

[gully]

27. oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!

Go General!

[robbedvoter]

28. That'll play excellent in NYC!

I can see our group growing by leaps and bounds when we spread that!

[VOX]

32. You gotta like what the Gen. is saying...

The more candidates that put the fire to *'s feet, the better it gets!

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