might be already posted, apologies if this is a double post (some articles from Oct)
found it originally referenced on freerepublic board, heh heh (forgive me father for I have sinned) I was just curious, looking for freeper reaction to the MTP. (very little BTW they were all watching Daschle on Faux and whining about Democrat voter fraud with dead people voting in Louisiana, Repub loss? Inconceivable!)
from Boston Globe
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and there are photo galleries, heh heh
Very in depth background pieces on some of the tremendous crop of dem candidates, mostly personal histories,not policy focused, but how they got to where they are today, but interesting reading. So far featuring Dean, Clark(1of2), Kerry, Edwards & Gephardt
ideally I would like to post an excerpt from each article to be equitable to each candidate and their supporters, but I have spent far too much of my Sunday on or in proximity of this Board or the election in general. here are two bits...
Wes Clark
Clark made a crucial decision midway through his West Point education. He quit the swim team to join the debate team, which offered him not only an intellectual avenue he craved but also a way to get off campus on many weekends. His debate coach, William Taylor, vividly recalls receiving a complaint one day from Captain Norman Schwarzkopf, then a West Point instructor who would go on to command the first Gulf War.
"I don't like what you are doing with cadet Wes Clark," Schwarzkopf said, according to Taylor. "He is not competing with varsity athletics. He is not socializing with the rest of his classmates. He is off doing debate tournaments. You are undermining the professionalism of this young man."
"I don't know who you are," Taylor told Schwarzkopf, and after defending the virtues of debate, hung up the phone. Schwarzkopf could not be reached for comment, but Taylor said the incident illustrates the tensions that would follow Clark throughout his career.
Kerry
Day after day, according to the tapes and memos, Nixon aides worried that Kerry was a unique, charismatic leader who could undermine support for the war. Other veteran protesters were easier targets, with their long hair, their use of a Viet Cong flag, and in some cases, their calls for overthrowing the US government. Kerry, by contrast, was a neat, well-spoken, highly decorated veteran who seemed to be a clone of former President John F. Kennedy, right down to the military service on a patrol boat.
oh what the heck, this is my first thread to start, I'll get in trouble if I forget...
Howard Dean
Now, Dean had a momentous decision and he wanted to discuss it with someone who would not spare his feelings. Roman was the man.
"Why put yourself through this, Howard?" Roman pressed. "Running for president is such a difficult thing."
He could help the country, Dean fired back.
Roman pressed on, vetting Dean much as he had in college at Wright Hall when the two argued the momentous issues of the day and, as Roman put it, "We had to win by the strength of our arguments, the logic, the moral persuasiveness."
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