Need PROOF on these Clark things

[ShaneGR]

In the past few days I've seen posts on how Clark was a registered Republican. Clark voted for Reagan. Clark raised money for a Republican.

Not saying these aren't true but where's the beef? I'm not seeing any linking to stories.

[roughsatori]

1. Here is a link to yesterdays linked story at DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=122150

I had it in my bookmarks. If you Google: Wesley Clark voted for Reagan and Nixon you will get more, I just did.

I don't have the link but he spoke at a Republican fundraiser in 1996 after he claims t have transformed to a Democrat. I don't have a link but maybe someone else will have that one.

[goodhue]

2. stories

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/19/politics/campaigns/19CLAR.html

Moving to fill in the blanks of his candidacy a day after he announced for president, General Clark also said that he had been a Republican who had turned Democratic after listening to the early campaign appeals of a fellow Arkansan, Bill Clinton.

Indeed, after caustically comparing the actions of the Bush administration to what he described as the abuses of Richard M. Nixon, he said that he voted for Mr. Nixon in 1972. He also said he had voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.


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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/19/clark_says_he_probably_would_have_voted_for_war/

On other issues, Clark said he considered himself a Republican after the Vietnam War, but he didn't remember whether he voted in 1972. "I hope I voted then," he said, "and I would have voted for Nixon." He voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980, and for Bill Clinton in the 1992 and 1996 elections, he said, "because I listened to what Bill Clinton said in that campaign, and he moved me."


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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/9/17/232245.shtml

Brand new Democratic nomination contender, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, as recently as two years ago was addressing Republican dinners in his home state of Arkansas amid speculation about a possible future Clark run for office – as a Republican.

[roughsatori]

3. He spoke at a Republican Fundraiser in 2001 as well: link here

"Speaking on May 11, 2001, as the keynote speaker to the Pulaski County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner, Clark said that American involvement abroad helps prevent war and spreads the ideals of the United States, according to an AP dispatch the following day.

Two weeks later, a report in U.S. News and World Report said Arkansas Republican politicos were "pondering the future of Wesley Clark:" "Insiders say Clark, who is a consultant for Stephens Group in Little Rock, is preparing a political run as a Republican. Less clear: what office he'd campaign for. At a recent Republican fund-raiser, he heralded Ronald Reagan's Cold War actions and George Bush's foreign policy. He also talked glowingly of current President Bush's national security team. Absent from the praise list -- his former boss, ex-Commander in Chief Bill Clinton."

snip//more http:/just fixed link:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/09/1646236_comment.php

[goodhue]

4. May 12, 2001 AP Story

http://www.politicsus.com/campaign%20documents/091703APClark051201.htm

Ex-NATO commander Clark talks of wars at GOP dinner

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 12, 2001

Retired NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark told a Republican gathering Friday night in Little Rock that American involvement abroad helps prevent war and spreads the ideals of the United States.

[goodhue]

6. U.S. News and World Report

http://www.politicsus.com/

Two weeks later, a report in U.S. News and World Report said Arkansas Republican politicos were "pondering the future of Wesley Clark:" "Insiders say Clark, who is a consultant for Stephens Group in Little Rock, is preparing a political run as a Republican. Less clear: what office he'd campaign for. At a recent Republican fund-raiser, he heralded Ronald Reagan's Cold War actions and George Bush's foreign policy. He also talked glowingly of current President Bush's national security team. Absent from the praise list -- his former boss, ex-Commander in Chief Bill Clinton."

[tjdee]

8. Well, that plays nicely with Howard Dean's address to the Cato Institute:

""You folks at Cato," he told us, "should really like my views because I'm economically conservative and socially laissez-faire." Then he continued: "Believe me, I'm no big-government liberal. I believe in balanced budgets, markets, and deregulation. Look at my record in Vermont." He was scathing in his indictment of the "hyper-enthusiasm for taxes" among Democrats in Washington.""

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/073ylkiz.asp

Hey, maybe they ARE running together!
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John Edwards never says things like this, LOL.

[KoKo]

5. I gave links on replies to threads this a.m. NYT's and WP......

others did also.

[bloom]

7. kick for pitt

[usregimechange]

9. Clark and Reagan

Washington Post cited that today.

[JVS]

10. good thread

This will help me decide if I can vote for him or not