Comments on: Clark Doesn't Back Off McCain Critique

Retired General Doesn't Apologize For Saying GOP Candidate's Service Does Not Qualify Him To Be President

[notbuynit]

Nothing to apologize for ...it''s true! My father was in the military, doesn''t make him any more qualified to be president of the PTA let alone USA.

Slaughter this sacred cow already!

[sgtrds-e4]

Why should he back off? He didn''t say anything wrong! I have read and re-read his statement and I can not find one single way to take anything he said as denigrating McCain''s war record in any manner. Can ANYONE point out to me what was insulting about what he said? Can anyone point out to me where what he said was any kind of a shot at Mccain''s service? All he said was that getting shot down and being in a prison camp does not constitute command experience and it doesn''t. What''s wrong with saying the truth?

[demwatcher]

"martel_v:
your rips on women and nonmilitary folk says alot about what a little person you are. and NO, this country was clearly designed to be run as a DEMOCRACY, not as an army! what is wrong with you? seek help!
done.

Posted by medmom04 at 07:47 PM : Jul 02, 2008"

This country was designed to be run as a Republic. What''s wrong with you?

[demwatcher]

Ret Gen Clark is a bitter, whiny, jerkwad. He was FIRED as Supreme Allied Commander of our forces in Europe.

You''ve got to REALLY screw up as a General to get fired from a post like that. His integrity and character were found wanting. He was seen as a (wait for it) loose cannon by his superiors and opposed Pentagon policy even after his removal.

I wouldn''t trust a word that comes out of his disgraced mouth.

Educate yourselves on this man''s background before supporting the *** that he spews.

[medmom04]

the constitution does not say the country should be run like an army. if citing, do it correctly. this is ridiculous!

[medmom04]

martel_v:
your rips on women and nonmilitary folk says alot about what a little person you are. and NO, this country was clearly designed to be run as a DEMOCRACY, not as an army! what is wrong with you? seek help!
done.

[starleo146]

mccain better toughen that skin, and stop his whining. Clark said," he admired his service, but in all of his service he never held an executive position." He has been elected over and over for his war service, so Clark treated Mc Cain with respect, and the media pulled that one sentence out and blew it up, and y''all fell for it. He was treated better than the republicans treated John Kerry for his service. You can never say a word about a republican devils that they are.

[martel_v]

RE: the thinly veiled sarcasm Posted by martel_v at 04:57 PM : Jul 02, 2008.

Well done. I loved it. - Posted by dmgenet

Thanks, but I can''t take any credit. I owe it all to the echo effect.

You know how irresistible it is when you hear a repeating echo. You have to shout something so you can hear it echo back to you.

I just listen to the echo chamber for awhile, give the echo a half-twist counterclockwise, and there it is! ;)

[dmgenet]

RE: the thinly veiled sarcasm Posted by martel_v at 04:57 PM : Jul 02, 2008.

Well done. I loved it.

[martel_v]

%u201CYou think everyone over there is a college graduate? They%u2019re 19 and 20-year-old kids who couldn%u2019t get a job%u2026 You know, the soldiers are not scholars, they%u2019re not war experts%u2026 They%u2019re not the best people to ask about the war because they%u2019re gonna die any second.%u201D

Actor and Obama SUpporter Richard Belzer, showing his %u201Csupport%u201D for our troops - Posted by von_marko

Yeah, there''s another guy who just needs to keep his piehole shut. It doesn''t matter if it''s true or not true, if somebody''s fighting for the country he''s much more intelligent and informed than anybody who isn''t fighting; and what he says has to be heard and believed by the rest of us. If somebody doesn''t see it that way, they need to be taught a lesson - a few years in the slammer would be a good start. Pretty much everybody can agree with that and, if you don''t, you''re a traitor, right?

[dmgenet]

Clark is right. Being in combat or serving in the military is not a qualification for public service. How much more simple can one get. Apologies need not be offered. Obama should have not taken the bait.

Even McCain should appreciate Clark''s forthrightness. It certainly is NOT "truthiness", which most politician speak. Go ahead Clark let the Republicans mentally masturbate while the Democrats take the presidency.

[martel_v]

Gen Clark is a disgrace to the Brave Men and Women of the United States military.Obama should kick him under the bus. - Posted by mr2258

Of course he''s a disgrace. We can''t allow people to utter such heresy, especially when it''s a general doing it. After all, the Constitution specifically says that the qualification for the presidency is military service because the country is supposed to be run like an army.

After all, that''s why people voted for Bush instead of Kerry. Bush was a war hero; Kerry was a draft dodger. Everybody knows that. Who''d want to vote for a draft dodger? Of course, Cheney helped in this regard too. He was another great war hero who served his country FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES; imagine that, FIVE times.

It''s also why people voted for Reagan instead of Carter. Reagan was another great military hero in wartime. Carter? Another draft dodger.

So history demonstrates clearly that not only does the Constitution mandate it, but the people clearly always vote for the man with a military rank over somebody who taught Constitutional law or was, God forbid, a woman, for example.

I could go on and on...Roosevelt and Lincoln to name just a couple more.

So there''s just no excuse for Clark''s statement. He needs to read his Constitution. A person would think he had, given the fact that he swore an oath to uphold it but, given the fact that he''s a Democrat, he certainly doesn''t care about America anyway.

[medmom04]

There is no way, no possible connection, between military service & commander in chief qualifications. Clark is right, and should be, considering his own military achievements. he doesn''t flaunt his experience, as McCain attempts to (hard to blaim McCain, it''s really all he has to tote for independents, dems, & anyone who gives a ***** about their civil rights.

[zerato-2009]

Posted by von_marko

"It is not important when the troops come home" mccain showing his support of the troops

[zerato-2009]

Gen Clark is a disgrace to the Brave Men and Women of the United States military.Obama should kick him under the bus.
Posted by mr2258

From what I heard he did run over Clark with the bus. Clark was right. Being a pow does not make him ready to become president. Mccain agreeed with that with statements in the past. So tell me why you would say both clark was a disgrace, if he is saying the same thing Mccain said?

[von_marko]

%u201CYou think everyone over there is a college graduate? They%u2019re 19 and 20-year-old kids who couldn%u2019t get a job%u2026 You know, the soldiers are not scholars, they%u2019re not war experts%u2026 They%u2019re not the best people to ask about the war because they%u2019re gonna die any second.%u201D

Actor and Obama SUpporter Richard Belzer, showing his %u201Csupport%u201D for our troops

[von_marko]

John Kerry February 23, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has already used these weapons and has made it clear that he has the intent to continue to try, by virtue of his duplicity and secrecy, to continue to do so. That is a threat to the stability of the Middle East. It is a threat with respect to the potential of terrorist activities on a global basis. It is a threat even to regions near but not exactly in the Middle East

Al Gore September 23, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."

[mr2258]

Gen Clark is a disgrace to the Brave Men and Women of the United States military.Obama should kick him under the bus.

[zerato-2009]

Uh oh van marko has learned to cut and paste irrevalent quotes and lies. He has been on the tutorial a little to long..

[von_marko]

Jay Rockefeller October 10, 2002 "There was unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years. We also should remember that we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."

Joe Biden August 4, 2002 "[H]e does have the capacity, as all terrorist-related operations do, of smuggling stuff into the United States and doing something terrible. That is true. But there''s been no connection, hard connection made yet between he and al-Qaida or his willingness or effort to do that thus far. Doesn''t mean he won''t. This is a bad guy."

*** Durbin September 30, 1999
"One of the most compelling threats we in this country face today is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Threat assessments regularly warn us of the possibility that North Korea, Iran, Iraq, or some other nation may acquire or develop nuclear weapons."

Bill Nelson August 25, 2002
"[M]y own personal view is, I think Saddam has chemical and biological weapons, and I expect that he is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. So at some point, we might have to act precipitously."