Reply #76: HEY! I'm a Deanie myself, but shoot - there's Wesley Clark info [View All]

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all over the place! Summarized here, even. And links galore. Whoever doesn't know SEVERAL SOMETHINGS about Wesley Clark is probably not paying attention, or just logged on after being away for awhile, not watching the news, boarding up for Hurricane Isabel, or preoccupied by work/home/kids/unemployment/school/whatever.

Frankly, as a girlfriend of mine said yesterday - isn't this a NICE predicament to be in?

Stop and think about it for a minute!

All of a sudden, MAN do we have bench strength! Isn't it rather nice that now we have at least TWO if not MORE stellar candidates - guys (with the most serious and heart-felt apologies to Ms. Moseley-Braun. The late Alan Cranston, after considering running for president and shortly thereafter withdrawing from the race, said "I know how to count votes." Moseley-Braun just doesn't have the numbers (as we used to say in radio when heads rolled after a bad book). She'll have new influence and new weight to throw around within the party, and she, like the 9-11 widows, isn't gonna go away. But it's the men-folk. For now.

We've got guys who've earned new chops, and in some cases, put themselves on the map for the first time - and of those, there's a young 'un or two, just taking off the training wheels. This is a good thing. Everybody should shut up with their candidate lobbying (notice I'm not using this as a pro-Dean moment), and watch how things play out. If you can't decide between Dean and Clark, or Kerry and Clark, or Kucinich and Clark, or Kerry and Edwards, or Dean and Kucinich, or whoever, let's see how they shake themselves down. I'd be willing to bet that, with Clark in, somebody's gonna bail shortly. Depends on the numbers. This needs to sink in, watch how the press covers it - for ITSELF, AND for the whole "bush boil." Watch and see. I'm guessing the cards will reshuffle themselves.

This is one of those evenings with the "Sorting Hat" from Harry Potter. Alignments will be better solidified in the near future. Not right now. Sit back and sop it up with a biscuit. The rethugs are nervous. They don't like this, not one bit. And this isn't all they don't like, not one bit, either. It's beginning to be fun to be a Democrat again, what with the playing field starting to level out a little.

What I know about Wesley Clark, from reading here and about, I like. As with Dean, and frankly Kucinich too, and maybe Kerry and/or Bob Graham (who also unfortunately doesn't have the numbers) there's enough I can live with. And if Clark turns out to be the standard-bearer, I'll work my tail off for him.

Just read up, if you're gonna spout off, know a little of what you're talking about so you can back it up. CONSTANT VIGILANCE, as Mad-Eye Moody would say.