Hey Wes, watch out for that bus!<\/p>\n
Wes Clark\u2019s amazingly idiotic comments yesterday on Face the Nation about John McCain\u2019s lack of \u201cexecutive\u201d experience has caused a deserved shit storm all over the internet.<\/p>\n
This morning on \u201cMorning Joe\u201d Andrea Mitchell seemed to think that Clark\u2019s comments were \u201creally dumb\u201d.<\/p>\n
MITCHELL: Because every time you hear Barack Obama talk about John McCain and most recently Hillary Clinton on Friday in Unity, New Hampshire, echoing it, they say “we honor his service.” That is the predicate for of course taking a shot at him in some other very, you know, substantive way at least. But this is going after the very thing that Barack Obama and all of his people have been very careful not to touch. They have not criticized his military service because they think it will backfire, clearly, to do that, and maybe they even feel that way. So for Wes Clark as a surrogate to go after John McCain is really dumb, I think. It goes against everything the Obama campaign has been trying to do, and I think it’s going to have some ramifications. One thing I can tell ya is: it certainly means he’s not going to be on that short list for Vice-President. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Clark is certainly no stranger to gaffes and if you look closely, you can find a contradiction is almost every statement this opportunist ever makes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI live by a simple rule. If you wore the uniform, if you served your nation with honor, and especially if you fought and were wounded in battle, then you have earned the right to be treated with respect.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I am so outraged that the Republican Party has systematically attacked the wartime service and patriotism of veterans who are running for office as Democrats. It is despicable\u2014the sign of a party more concerned about hanging onto power by any means possible than with giving veterans the respect they have earned.\u201d <\/p>\n
General Wesley Clark, October 2006 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There is no doubt that what Clark said was pretty stupid; the question is why did he say it?<\/p>\n
This was nothing more than another episode of Clark\u2019s constant shameless self-promotion. Clark made it to 4-star and McCain didn\u2019t was the point Clark wanted to make. When Schieffer mentioned that Obama doesn\u2019t have any experience either, Clark offered the smile of superiority, practically screaming that he is more qualified than both candidates.<\/p>\n
I predict Clark will find himself under the bus before 3:00 pm today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"