Anyone have a link to this Clark reference?

[Bread and Circus]

quoted from another thread on GD 2004:

"Elizabeth Drew straightened out the IWR rumors as well. It seems that the meme about any flip-flop by the General came directly from the WH, and were feed to his opponents who immediately went with it. She of course cites the Congressional testimony."

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I'd like to read the article.

[Donna Zen]

1. here

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16965

The Bush administration for a while took the threat of Clark's candidacy seriously, and tried to undermine him by spreading the charge that he had been inconsistent in his opposition to the Iraq war. This was unfair. He maintained the position of his testimony to the House Armed Services Committee on September 26, 2002, that a congressional resolution "need not, at this point, authorize the use of force" and that

if efforts to resolve the problem by using the United Nations fail ...then we need to form the broadest possible coalition, including our NATO allies...if we're going to have to bring forces to bear.

The press—some reporters encouraged by the Bush administration— also attacked him for not distancing himself from the left-wing humorist Michael Moore, who, in a funny introduction of Clark at a rally, called George W. Bush a "deserter."

[flpoljunkie]

2. You may find something here also. Video interviews with Elizabeth Drew.

http://www.ex-deaniacsforclark.com/The%20Debunker/TheDebunker.htm

Check out these two links.

Ian Masters Interview with Elizabeth Drew on the Media Smear Campaign Against Clark 11/02/03 Audio Clip. Renowned journalist Elizabeth Drew explains the smear campaign against Clark, the difference between military reporters and civilian journalists, how Clark was misreported as being "for the war," and theorizes about Clark's chances after seeing him in action.

Judy Woodruff Interview with Elizabeth Drew Drew defends Clark on CNN. It's just too bad she had to do all the reporting that everyone else passed on.

[Leilani]

3. Elizabeth Drew is such an excellent journalist!

She has written many books on campaigns & always reports the real
story, unlike these jokers who believe what the White House tells them & then writes it up.

I believe Drew was the first journalist to report in depth, the entire
story of what Bush did to McCain in 2000 in S. Carolina.

[Mobius]

4. well I found these links:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16795
Volume 50, Number 18 · November 20, 2003
Feature
Waiting for the General
By Elizabeth Drew
Wesley Clark

"The mystery at the center of the contest for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination is whether a late-entering candidate with no direct experience in domestic politics can win it. The entry of retired General Wesley Clark in mid-September dramatically changed the dynamics of the race: he has been at or near the top of polls of registered Democrats ever since and has a strong and enthusiastic following that began to organize months before he entered the race. Some polls show him defeating President Bush. Clark is trying to do what no other serious candidate for the presidency has done before.
Until Clark's announcement, the presumed front-runners were Howard Dean and John Kerry. Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman, and perhaps John Edwards were also considered serious candidates. But none appeared to be a runaway winner. This lack of enthusiasm on the part of voters was one of the reasons why Clark decided to run. The mystery is whether such a belated and, to many, unlikely effort can succeed.
Never before has someone so in-experienced in national politics—at least one whose candidacy has to be taken seriously—entered the presidential campaign so late and under such difficult circumstances. Though, like virtually everyone who runs for president, Clark is immodest, he doesn't think of himself as comparable to Eisenhower. When Eisenhower decided to run as a Republican in 1952, both parties had been seeking him out, and he was handed the nomination by Republican Party leaders.


Wesley Clark, for all his fame, is the least known of the major candidates. He is a complex man, intense and often tightly wound. He can also be relaxed and humorous. He is a talented mimic who can mock his own performance in the debates. He is capable of apologizing for the slightest discourtesy without being prompted, a rarity among politicians and part of his considerable charm. He is known to be exceptionally intelligent—he was first in his class at West Point and a Rhodes Scholar—but he is clearly aware that he has a lot to learn in his campaign. He's shown that he can change his mind. For example, he at first resisted turning back his fees for already booked speeches at three universities after he launched his campaign and after The Washington Post said they might be illegal under the campaign finance law. His campaign lawyer had advised him that the fees were legal, and his inclination was to seek a ruling from the Federal Election Commission. But when he was told that the FEC is dominated by Republicans, and that the administration might unleash the Justice Department to tie up his campaign, as it did John Edwards's over an allegedly questionable contribution, he reversed himself and put out a statement saying that he would return the funds and cancel all the other paid speaking arrangements that had been booked before the campaign. "



http://www.videos4clark.com/vidclips/drew_11_02.WMV
Listen to Ian Masters Interview with Elizabeth Drew on the Media Smear Campaign against Clark at

[Kool Kitty]

5. I miss Wes.

:cry: