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[Sputnik]

YES! Even Republicans admitted that they feared him most as the Democratic nominee. But our party leadership made sure his nomination would never happen. I even wrote a letter to Jeanne Shaheen when she said that Wes wasn't a "real" Democrat, urging her to lose that kind of talk because she would want the support of Clark backers if John Kerry won the nomination (and that was long before anyone thought Kerry would.)

Our party was stupid for not embracing him. He's proved his stripes. He was a gift and so few recognized it. He would be president-elect today if our party had been smarter.

Back during the primaries, Bartcop asked his readers for a comparison of Clark to Bush. I wrote this and Bart published it on his site:

Clark vs. Bush

A presidential candidate that the rest of the world could respect vs. the un-elected fraud who has pissed off the planet.

A four-star general w/34 yrs service to the U.S. vs. a spoiled brat who didn't even finish his national guard duty.

A man who came from modest means and worked for everything he achieved vs. the slacker born with a silver foot in his mouth and never achieved anything w/out the financial support of his daddy's friends.

A decorated Vietnam veteran vs. the rocket scientist who wasn't even smart enough to release the parachute straps before prancing around on the aircraft carrier.

A West Point valedictorian vs. the boy cheerleader.

A soldier hit by four bullets who taught himself to walk without a limp despite losing a quarter of his calf muscle vs. the dipwad
who fell off of a Segway.

The U.S. Army officer who placed finished first out of a thousand officers on a test to determine which officers could best predict future trends vs. the dude that traded Sammy Sosa.

An author of numerous articles and essays as well as two books vs. the anything-but-intellectually-curious one who can't....er....doesn't like to read.

A man who at the age of 50 rappelled down the side of a mountain to try to rescue fellow Americans whose APC had slid off the road and exploded vs. the drunk who crashed into garbage cans before going in his fathers' house and challenging him to a fight.

A candidate that speaks four languages vs. the candidate that can't even coherently speak one.

A man who holds masters degrees in philosophy, economics, and politics vs. the guy who said "I know how hard it is to put food on your family."

The general who led the operation (with the cooperation of 19 other countries) to remove a murderous dictator without one single American casualty vs. the chickenhawk who babbled about a "crusade", cried "bring 'em on", while 456 Americans have died and thousands wounded in order to root a dirty old man out of a hole in the ground.

A movie-star smile vs. the face and laugh of a chimpanzee