Reply #47: No completely true [View All]

[Larkspur]

People who dislike Clark often cite nothing other than the fact he was in the military as the reason for their dislike/distrust

My opposition to Clark for the Dem Prez nomination is based upon
1) his sudden conversion to the Democratic Party while still praising Bush recently,
2) his lack of experience campaigning for civilian political office, and
3) his lack of experience winning and managing the affairs of a civilian political office.

Clark supporters brag about how Clark will demolish Bush in a debate, but there is no guarentee that Bush will ever debate the Dem nominee, whoever that is. Assuming that Bush will not debate, then the Dem candidate definitely needs to be an effective and innovative campaigner. The only one who has demonstrated both effectivenes and innovation is Howard Dean. He is running a brilliant campaign. Unlike Clark, Dean was an asterick in most polls at the beginning of this year and pulled himself up to the frontrunner spot by building a loyal political base from scratch and combining traditional campaign tactics with new technology and new business leadership model -- decentralized network of empowered teams. Unlike Clark, Dean had to earn his frontrunner status. It was not handed to him and I think that is a big reason why I have more respect for Dean than Clark.

Clark wants to be the next President Eisenhower, but Eisenhower was not a great President. He helped overthrow Iran's democracy in 1953 and overthrew democratically elected socialist presidents in South America. He also got the US involved in Vietnam.

If Clark wants to be like Ike, I don't want him for the Dem Prez nominee nor for President.