Reply #18: Nice write up [View All]

[Egnever]

It seems to come down to clark being a general.

I agree with you that the american public as a whole votes on perception. And they are easily led to percieve clark will make them safe. His instant standing in the polls when he first entered the race shows pretty clearly that people are looking for some kind of assurance that the next president will ensure a strong america defensively.

however in the end I think the desire to get bush out will outwheigh almost everything else this election.

There are just too many areas where GWB is dangerous to our society. I truely believe the man is a ticking time bomb waiting to be set off. There are just too many things that can be brought to light on this man for him to be able to survive it.

I like Wesley Clark and I keep watching him to see what I would get with him besides the gold stars. He is getting better with his message and I think you are right in the end it will come down to him and Dean.

So far though the only thing I have seen from clark is the "Be all you can be" campaign. I realize the majority of his life has centered arround the military but I dont want america to become the army. He needs to start answering question without constant referances to the military for me to copnsider him a serious presidential candidate.

The military isnt really the greatest model of a perfect society. Veterans benifits are a mess, a large portion of the military is below the poverty line, ongoing issues with gay rights, the list goes on.

I am not trying to say clark is responsible for these deficiencies but I certainly dont think the army model fits america very well.

So far I dont see a lot of depth to Clark and I cant look back into his record really to see if its there and that bothers me.

In the end I think it will come down to exactly what you referance here though.It will be a dean clark race in the end I think clark will draw a lot of people who are concerned more about thier saftey than anything else while Dean will draw more of the people that are worried about domestic issues.

It should be interesting to see wich contingent ends up being larger.

I do think a Dean/Clark ticket ensures us the white house. The other way arround though I dont think is as strong.

I am not trying to bash Clark here. I think he is a strong candidate and could make a decent president. Certainly way better than bush.
I will be satisfied if he becomes the nominee and vote for him hapily largely because I do think he is an inteligent man and will not be easily manipulated by a biased staff.