Clark's interview on Blitzer - best of:

[robbedvoter]

Thanks, John!
Favorite excerpts:

"And to me, the problem is less about the intelligence community and more about how the president made his decision to take us into war in Iraq. We still don't know why we went to war in Iraq."


But Wolf, one of the virtues of being experienced in the national security business, as I am, is that I know a thing or two about how to read intelligence reports. And I would always be very wary of acting on the kind of inferential intelligence that the United States tends to collect. It has to be taken with a grain of salt. I learned that throughout my military career, and this is no different.

What we have here is an administration that wanted to find a pretext to go to war with Iraq. And that's the heart of the issue."

"But since when does the United States go to war with people because we don't like them?"

"It looks to me like reckless and poor leadership, and that's what I call it".

" Did those more than 500 U.S. troops who have died in Iraq so far, did they die in vain?

And that question you've asked me is the ultimate question that George W. Bush is refusing to answer"

"I believe that the president of the United States told them and ordered them to do the wrong thing. And he should be held accountable."

"Is it a good idea to let these commissioners take their time to study what went wrong?

CLARK: No, it's not a good idea. And if the intelligence is so bad that we went to war by mistake, then the intelligence is so bad that it needs to be fixed on an urgent basis. I would say 90 days is an appropriate period of time if you've got a major flaw that you're looking at in the intelligence community.

What we've got here is a president who simply doesn't want to be held accountable. This is an administration that's quick to take credit. They're very slow to take responsibility, Wolf."


"I'm going to try to help the party in every way I can. And the best way I can help the party is by being the candidate, because I'm the one candidate in this race that can not only pull the Democratic Party together, but can bring over a lot of Independents and moderate Republicans who want a change in Washington".
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http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/08/le.00.html

[Terwilliger]

1. BOO - yah!

What we've got here is a president who simply doesn't want to be held accountable. This is an administration that's quick to take credit. They're very slow to take responsibility, Wolf."

Edit: formatting

[maddezmom]

2. A: OIL and revenge for pappy bush

And, Wolf, the second point is, Saddam Hussein may well have been a bad guy. But since when does the United States go to war with people because we don't like them? There's any number of bad people around the world. Why did the president choose this particular man to go to war with?

[Leilani]

3. Wonderful Interview

He keeps getting better.

[glarius]

4. This man is SO ADMIRABLE......I hope you elect him America

As a Canadian I would welcome him as your new president....He sees America as a part of the world and not as a country apart....:)

[thelocalkgb]

5. This was a great interview

I couldn't believe how long it lasted! CNN interviews usually last 2-5 minutes top, and Clark survived a whole commercial break. I thought he did a great job. Although Wolfie asked him if he was going to drop out about 50 times.

[caledesi]

6. Clark was excellent today. He handled Wolfie very well.

And didn't back off dissing *.

[grisvador]

7. General - Please mention your masters in Economics every chance you get

you are not just a soilder from Ark. You are an amazing man. Tell those that don't already know. I believe that you are to modest.