KERRY TO CHOP CLINTON BUDDY ...not my caps

[bearfartinthewoods]

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm

March 4, 2004 -- ONE of the first things Sen. John Kerry will do now that he has won de facto control of the party is to oust Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, say top insiders in the Kerry campaign.


McAuliffe — who was hand-picked by Bill Clinton and has remained under the influence of Sen. Hillary Clinton — wasn't helpful to the Kerry cause. In fact, he seemed to be secretly supporting the Clintons' favorite son, Gen. Wesley Clark, until Clark crashed and burned.


"The Kerry people can't stand McAuliffe. They want their own man in charge of the party, someone they can trust," one top Democrat told us yesterday.

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Political analysts say Sen. Clinton, who has her eye on a White House race in 2008, would have a better chance four years from now if Bush were re-elected. If Kerry is elected this year, he will most likely be renominated in 2008, and she probably wouldn't be able to run for president until 2112, when it might be too late.



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[Adelante]

1. Heh

"secretly supporting the Clintons' favorite son, Gen. Wesley Clark"

If Terry McA was supportive of Clark, secretly or otherwise, I'm a monkey's uncle. But then, it's the NY Post...

[revcarol]

4. It's all a plot to get Hillary the Presidency...

:tinfoilhat:

Seriously, McAuliffe should have been gone after 2002. A total disaster. No, McAuliffe, running to the right isn't the answer.

Sez she, :cry: over a candidate leading who seems to want to agree with Bush on the major issues...

[JI7]

7. HAHHA

and if that crap about clark being under the control of the clinton's was true, why didn't the clinton's do one simple thing the ycould have to help support him, which is to endorse him ? so we are supposed to believe the clinton's are so evil and trying to control the party by putting their own candidate in, but when it comes to what they can to support that candidate, they can't even endorse ?

maybe the clinton's just liked clark as they did many other candidates so they said good things about him. maybe they even favored him. but they support and respect the democratic voters and all the candidates even more and don't want to abuse their influence over the party. but this actually makes the clinton's look good so it's better to make up some conspiracy crap. will the right wing ever get over the clinton's ?

[democratreformed]

16. Amen to that sentiment

With that type of support, who needs opposition????

[JI7]

2. is the POST moonie paper ?

whoever ended up winning the nomination would have replaced terry in terms of setting the agenda and being a spokesperson for the party. but as usual people want to gossip about conspiracies about the clinton's attempt to keep power and other crap.

[IrateCitizen]

11. No. It's a Murdoch rag. (nt)

[mikehiggins]

3. If Mac was helping Wes Clark we desperately need a new DNC

Chairman. Not because he did it IF he did; because IF he did, he did such an abysmal job of it.

Of course, I don't believe the NYPost for a second. If they reported that the sun rose in the east I'd still want a second opinion.

They have been flogging this "Clark = Clinton" line since the days of the draftClark movement and have presented absolutely no evidence in support of it whatsoever. Which is the NYPost m.o. all the way down the line.

[bearfartinthewoods]

5. sometimes i think the post chanels morris's wet dreams

and calls it news.

[JI7]

10. do you remember

that stuff about clark getting in the race to win the nomination so he could hand the nomination over to hillary clinton later ?

[bearfartinthewoods]

13. yeah...although i never could figure how that could be legally done.

unless they thought he would win the nomination and then stand at the convention and quit with a recommendation for hill.
sheer silliness,

[democratreformed]

17. No, he was supposed to get the nom so he could lose the GE

and let Hilary come riding on her white horse in 2008!!!!

[molly]

6. T Mc is retiring - not getting fired

Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Thursday he plans to step down as head of the national party when his term concludes early next year.

McAuliffe said he has always planned to serve only one term and looks forward to spending more time with his family.

"I said from day one I will not do it," McAuliffe said Thursday in a phone interview from Arkansas. "I've done this for four years, I've got five little kids at home."

McAuliffe, 47, a wealthy businessman and veteran fund-raiser, is a close ally of former President Clinton and has been active in national Democratic politics for 25 years.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/26/p...

[DancingBear]

8. The N.Y.Post is to responsible journalism

what a grapefruit is to vinyl siding.

[NNN0LHI]

9. If the Clinton's wanted Clark to win the nom over Kerry he would have

This is the NY Post gossip here.

Don

[looking glass]

12. He can't be fired - he already quit . . .

Last week, Terry Mc said that he would step down after the 2004 elections. There is no way that Kerry will oust him and stir up controversy this close to the election.

I CAN believe that Kerry is laying the groundwork to make sure that Terry does not pick his successor, though.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. McAuliffe was on TV

SWOONING over Kerry. Remember? "I can't wait to see Bush and Kerry on stage in a debate and see Kerry's chest full of medals." McAuliffe had already chosen Kerry as the candidates a month and 1/2 ago. What? That wasn't good enough for the Kerry camp? I read that this whole 'Kerry taking over the DNC' had to do with the AWOL story and how it took the Kerry camp off guard and they want to shut him up...stop the AWOL story. It wasn't the DNC who started that shit...it was Faux News and Peter Jennings flinging it at Wes Clark. McAuliffe sucks, but Kerry was his "chosen" candidate, not Wes Clark (Clinton's supposed candidate) so I don't understand what their problem is with him.

The whole Hillary as prez scenario just doesn't make any sense. I'm sure the Clinton's DO NOT want Bush in office for another 4 years....that is just ridiculous and sounds like RW rhetoric to me.

[bearfartinthewoods]

15. another example of how clueless he is

not about kerry's worthyness but about pushing the chest full of medals. that is dangerous turf and should NOT be a primary focus.

[robbedvoter]

18. Actually bear, when Duvya is posing with firefighters and dubbing himself

"the wartime preznit" a chestfull of medals is NOT irrelevant. Some said that "The war heroes vs the Chickenhawks" way make a better race than "The two Johns"

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. Since the AWOL Wonder

is running as a "Wartime" prez....I think Kerry SHOULD use his "Chest Full of Medals" against him. Kerry's anti-war protests and his book "The New Soldier" is already going to be an issue in this election. I'm sure it's part of KKKRove's playbook. He's probably got a RW publisher re-printing the book just for this election.