Reply #13: Question about Clark Comment [View All]

[kang]

I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the part where you talked about Clinton and Clark helping each other out. Could you elaborate? I understand that they are on good terms and were so when Clinton was in office, but did something inappropriate happen? I do know Clark was one of the few senior brass advocating intervention in Rwanda and Bosnia. This issue is important to me since a President will have to be a real leader in order to stop the next genocide. It's not like popular support/awareness will come first (no time and too many excuses for inaction).

And yes, I've heard that Kerrey and Kerry were friendly (as are most of the Vietnam vets in the Senate). The difference btw the two men though is that Kerry has wanted to be president since he was in college (or perhaps earlier) while I don't think Bob Kerrey has ever had a master plan like that. He was governor, then he walked after one term, then he was Senator, then he retired to start a new family and take the New School post. I kind of like a guy who doesn't think of his political career as the most important thing in his life; it suggests that they'll make the right choice even if it costs them.