If Clark made statements about Kerry & intern why is he endorsing him?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Why endorse someone who you think will implode? I don't know what to believe! This intern thing smacks of Rove's trickery.

[farmbo]

1. Secretary of State or VP, of course

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[NNN0LHI]

2. Because he didn't. It was all bullshit. You can't figure that out? n/t

[Meshuga]

8. But If the story came from the Drudge report it must be true! :-)

n/t

[Mobius]

3. cuz Kerry wont implode with Clark on his ticket?

:shrug:

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. It's not a done deal yet. n/t

[oasis]

14. Not done, but the fork is poised and ready to stick.

[Fenris]

5. Well don't believe Drudge or Kos or Sterling

If it was from a legitimate source, it might be worth pursuing. But it isn't. So don't believe it.

[Killarney]

6. I don't think he made the statements about Kerry.

It seems unlike his character to do something like that. I won't believe it unless he confirms it.

[JVS]

7. To make up for the statement, which was supposed to be off the record

[lancdem]

11. Suppose he did say those things

Unless he knows they aren't true, I still don't see why he'd endorse someone who could "implode." Why would he want to be associated with that? It appears more and more likely Drudge was fooled on this.

[JVS]

22. kos verified the off record comments

[lancdem]

26. Again, why would Clark

endorse a man who could "implode"? That's my question.

[JVS]

29. Anyone could implode

[OKNancy]

28. Why do people care what kos says?

Who cares what an obscure blogger says.

[JVS]

Dunno. We'll just have to wait and see what's true

[oasis]

15. Everyone knows that "off the record" statements are always true.

[JVS]

20. Only time will tell.

the scramble looks odd though

[Cheswick2.0]

9. maybe he feels guilty

:shrug:

We don't actually know if Clark did talk about Kerry's affair.

[RedEarth]

10. Because he never made them.........Drudge is full of it......nt

[maddezmom]

13. agree, nuff said n/t

[stickdog]

12. Can you say Damage Control?

Clark has always been a good soldier.

[lancdem]

16. Damage control for Clark or for Kerry?

[stickdog]

27. For Clark for speaking off the record and for Kerry for being spoken of.

Just a working theory ...

[The Blue Knight]

21. Here's a quote from Drudge himself, and this is why I don't believe him...

"Screw journalism! The whole thing's a fraud anyway!"
- Matt Drudge

Taken from an article of David McClintick, "Town Crier for the New Age," Brill's Content, November 1998.

[Fleshdancer]

17. IF he said it, I think it sends a strong message to Lehane to get lost

Again, if the story is true in the sense that Clark made the off the record statement (which by the way, if it's off the record, why do we know about it??) then one can assume that Lehane told Clark about the alleged story.

If Lehane told Clark about the story, then Clark was man enough not to run with it and Lehane must have known Clark wouldn't have approved of this strategy. Lehane was getting his paycheck from Clark so he had to shut his trap.

Now that Clark is out of the race though, Lehane has nothing to lose by retaliating against the man who fired his sorry ass. Lehane has a proven track record of playing nasty and Kerry was right to get rid of him. But now that Clark is endorsing Kerry, I think it undercuts Lehane's ridiculous story so now (hopefully) it's much ado about nothing.

[lancdem]

24. You could be right

[YouMustBeKiddingMe]

18. Kerry is not going to implode over this.

The story will be dealt with.

I'm not so sure this didn't come from Dean, considering his murder-suicide mission lately.

[Taeger]

19. Maybe that's why Clark is endorsing

Clark may be offering an edorsement to kill this story BEFORE it gets started.

Thats is, assuming that it's all bullshit in the first place. I can't imagine that Clark would try to cover anything up. The man is too much of a straight shooter.

We'll see what Clark says on Inside Politics after the commercial break ;-)

One thing is for certain. Clarks candidacy is over, but he is sticking around to hammer Bush. He no longer has to stay "above the fray". So he can finally "look into the AWOL issue" and lay into Bush without looking negative.

[yellowcanine]

23. That's easy - He didn't make those statements. Drudge lied.

Imagine that.

[West Coast Democrat]

25. Because Clark didn't say anything like that

My, My....isn't Drudge clever? He slimes Kerry and Clark on the same day he hears the buzz that Clark is endorsing Kerry.

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[Meshuga]

31. Because it's BS. n/t

[xray s]

32. They punk'd Drudge

Isn't it a beautiful thing to behold? :)

[NNN0LHI]

33. You may be right? You may want to start a thread on this idea? n/t