Reply #26: Clark supporter's take on the tapes. [View All]

[Jackhammer Jesus]

I agree in particular with the point you make about the tapes being fodder from Rove (as well as anti-Dean democrats). After all the controversy over Clark's speech complimenting Bush, Dean is now essentially in the same boat after his 'moderate at heart' and 'two terms' comments. Come election time, nearly identical ads could be run by the RNC bashing our nominee, be it Clark or Dean, for praising the president. But I'm not concerned about it for Clark, nor would I be in Dean's case - supporters of both have already pointed out that such attacks could be turned around with something along the lines of "We gave Bush a chance, but look at everything he's done wrong..."

As for the tapes as a whole, I don't think there is any one comment Dean made in the tapes that was significantly bad - but when taken as a whole, IMO, they don't paint a very good picture of him.

It's really not an important issue, I'd say - but hey, somebody had to spend hours upon hours watching those tapes, and I'm sure they'd be kicking themselves in the ass if they didn't get SOME dirt out of it... :P