The Dean-Clark ticket
George Will:
"...Another potential Dean weakness, implicating his political judgment, is suggested by believable reports that he admires retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO commander. Dean, more than any other possible Democratic nominee, might need a running mate who would assuage anxieties about a former Vermont governor's lack of national-security experience.
"Other Democrats see Clark as a solution to a problem their party has had since the McGovernite takeover in 1972, the problem of voters' doubts about its competence regarding national security. But the fact that Clark is the kind of military man who appeals to Democrats - and that they appeal to him - helps explain why the party has that problem."
"...Clark's claim to presidential stature derives from directing NATO's 78 days of war at 15,000 feet over Serbia. It was the liberals' dream war: Tenuously related to U.S. security, its overriding aim, to which much was sacrificed, was to have zero U.S. fatalities."
"...Now Clark darkly says there are 'rumors' that in February 'the White House' tried - well, 'apparently' tried - 'to get me knocked off CNN.' Clark still coyly refuses to say he is a Democrat but forthrightly confesses to being a 'centrist.' As he prepares to heed the clamor for him to join the pursuit of Dean, he is earning the description National Review has given to Sen. Bob Graham: 'a deranged moderate.'"
I still give him my Ross Perot paranoia award.
George Will:
"...Another potential Dean weakness, implicating his political judgment, is suggested by believable reports that he admires retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO commander. Dean, more than any other possible Democratic nominee, might need a running mate who would assuage anxieties about a former Vermont governor's lack of national-security experience.
"Other Democrats see Clark as a solution to a problem their party has had since the McGovernite takeover in 1972, the problem of voters' doubts about its competence regarding national security. But the fact that Clark is the kind of military man who appeals to Democrats - and that they appeal to him - helps explain why the party has that problem."
"...Clark's claim to presidential stature derives from directing NATO's 78 days of war at 15,000 feet over Serbia. It was the liberals' dream war: Tenuously related to U.S. security, its overriding aim, to which much was sacrificed, was to have zero U.S. fatalities."
"...Now Clark darkly says there are 'rumors' that in February 'the White House' tried - well, 'apparently' tried - 'to get me knocked off CNN.' Clark still coyly refuses to say he is a Democrat but forthrightly confesses to being a 'centrist.' As he prepares to heed the clamor for him to join the pursuit of Dean, he is earning the description National Review has given to Sen. Bob Graham: 'a deranged moderate.'"
I still give him my Ross Perot paranoia award.
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