Wes Clark kicking Blitzer butt!

[BlueStateGirl]

Says Zell doesn't understand democracy. Bush is Commander in Cheif of military, not the American People. His only accomplishment is this war and it's our duty to question him

Go Wes!

[Richardo]

1. Wes!

Kick Leslie's ass for him (and the rest of us)! :yourock:

[kentuck]

2. "Commander in Chief of the military - not Commander in Chief of the people

That was quite a heavy statement ! :)

[lasttrip]

5. wes is the man.

[newyawker99]

31. Hi lasttrip!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[seabeyond]

17. excellent, kick ass i am gonna adopt

this one. he is so right on

[seabeyond]

19. so this took me too, this is it. in baptist religion

this is how they treat their people. that they need to be guided. they cannot interpret bible, be love ergo christ conscious without them. the people that go into these groups are people that think they cannot find it within themselves, that someone has to give it to them. why they say only people that are amongst them can truly find god. this isnt true. but the personality of these people need to be lead

nevah...........even as a baby, i remember stories told of me, have i need another to lead me. i have always had faith in self

this goes exactly to what bush is doing with our nation. why it disgusts me so, i have nevah allowed this in life and here they are trying to impose on me. and it is because they are weak, ultimately they are the ones without faith..........looking to lead

[madmax]

3. Wolf is always so damn nasty to Wes.

Wes is great at answering the questions and putting the onus on the potus.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. That was a GREAT line by Wes

The Republicans would try to convince us that we are all soldiers under his Holiness George Bush, good Christian soldiers. We are not under the orders of Bush, as he is NOT the Commander In Chief of the civilian American people. We are not an armed camp. We are not living in Nazi Germany.

[yardwork]

27. Bingo. Christian soldiers.

We're either with them or we're heathens who deserve to die. That's what they're trying to impose on the entire country. No sale. The country's document is the Constitution, not anybody's bible.

These people don't understand democracy. Wes Clark is right.

[incapsulated]

6. Wolf is an asshole

Just like last time, cut's the interview short, trying (but not succeeding this time) to contstantly interupt him...

:mad:

[RobertSeattle]

7. The GOP basically thinks you can't ever question WAR

GOP Memes:

If you question a war before the War starts, you are hurting the President and helping the enemy.

If you question a war during the fighting you are hurting the troops

If you question a war after you are hurting the honor of veterans who fought.

So as O'Reilly would say, "Shut Up"

:mad:

[oasis]

9. Yup, that just about sums it up. (eom)

[xchrom]

13. yes they can -- the war in the balkans

[RobertSeattle]

18. Touche

I should have caveated: You can question a war when a Republican is president.

[Pepperbelly]

24. not true by a damned sight!

When Bill Clinton used the military for ANY purpose, the gop congresscritter thugs would LINE the fuck up to diss him on camera.

As Bob Kerrey would say, fuck them and you can quote me on that.
:grr:

[stray cat]

8. Wes knows the constitution unlike our president!

nt

[MuseRider]

10. I heard him earlier

on MSNBC and he did a good job. He has really grown on me. He has the authority to speak to these things because of his past and he is doing it. Go Wes!

[incapsulated]

11. That's a beautiful photo btw...

Of the Kerry train. :hi:

[caledesi]

12. Woo Hoo! I love Wes Clark! nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Once again, Wes Clark

did a tremendous SMACKDOWN of Wolfie! Man he was good! I just LOVE how he smiled when Wolfie read that quote from Zell Miller's speech about how the Democrats are destroying our Democracy. Wes just chuckled and that's when said what you quoted. So Sweeeet!

<sigh> He was just fantastic! :bounce:

[arbusto_baboso]

15. Wes is an Old School Officer, who's also a Gentleman...

in every sense.

He knows that there has to be honesty and integrity in the military AND civilian command structure in order for our country to prosper.

The more Clark talks, the better I like him.

[DancingBear]

16. We're all thinking it - I'll say it

what if, what if, what if.....

(The precceding brought to you from a proud K/E supporter, of course)

:)

[Tatiana]

20. I'll admit it.

I'm thinking it. I guess it just wasn't his time. And yes, I'm a proud K/E supporter as well.

[arbusto_baboso]

21. Oh, he'll get a cabinet post, and an important one, too. Don't doubt it.

[FrenchieCat]

22. I loved the whole thing......of what Wes said on CNN....

BLITZER: Let me just get your specific reaction to this charge. And you spent more than thirty years in the United States military. "Our nation is being torn apart and made weaker because of the democrats manic obsession to bring down our commander in chief." You're one of those democrats and I want your specific response, how you felt when Zell Miller said that last night.

CLARK: I think he's a man that really doesn't understand democracy. Look, first, George Bush is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but he's not the commander-in-chief of the American people. He's not the commander-in-chief of our government. We have a democracy and his conduct in the office of the presidency is subject to approval by the American people. And so the major thing he has done is to take us to war. So the major thing that we are going to be talking about in this election is, a lot of us, is... Was that a good decision and was it well executed? I think that's the duty of people in democracies, to hold their leaders accountable. It's not unpatriotic, it's the patriotic thing to do. What we found in Vietnam is the Generals didn't speak out, the retired ones didn't. We are this time.

[Tom Rinaldo]

25. Wes Clark has always defended the essence of our American Democracy

Directly too, not just namby pamby stuff about our sacred right to vote. He talks about what needs to happen in the intervening years between our visits to the ballot box. Information, freedom of speech, open government, dissent, and the need to question authority because, in a Democracy, leaders are accountable for their actions to the citizens who elect them, and not just on election day.

God it was frustrating during the primaries when so many innately distrusted Clark because of his military background, and I'm not saying that suspicion was crazy, just that I wish more people could have gotten to know Clark sooner. Well he's firmly on our team now and he won't be going away, we can thank our lucky stars for that.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

26. God Bless Wes!!! This is why I supported him!

[AnnitaR]

28. Hey Frenchie nice pick!

I have the exact same one in my sig line and I cropped it from Yahoo! I love this pic of Wes!

[Tweed]

23. Wes Clark rules

I love that part about "Zell not understanding democracy"

[bobbieinok]

29. this line really hit home for me, who remembers the VN era very well

What we found in Vietnam is the Generals didn't speak out, the retired ones didn't. We are this time.

[NV1962]

30. The word that comes to mind is "authority"

Wes has that for me. He commands my respectful admiration.

Whodathunkit... A general reaffirming a long forgotten tingle, that Camelot is just around the corner...

What a team!

[JI7]

32. too many people don't get that, or don't want to

but having a general saying it makes it all the more powerful.