Comments on: Where Clark Went Wrong

By: Tully

Tully — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:28:19 +0000

They are trying to neutralize military experience as a consideration in the campaign because Obama doesn’t have any. DUH.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:16:44 +0000

Just follow the Web link. This quote caught my eye:

"And John McCain’s my long-time friend, if that is one area that I would ask him to calm down on, it`s that, don’t be standing up and uttering your political views and implying that all the people in the military support them because they don’t, any more than when the Democrats have political issues during the Vietnam War. Let’s get the politics out of the military, take care of our military people, or have our political arguments in other areas."

I can’t recall McCain ever suggesting that all people in the Military support his views.

The bigger question: Why do the Dems keep digging the hole deeper? This was an unsolicited comment on Webb’s part.

By: Chuck Norton

Chuck Norton — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:35:12 +0000

Thanks for that link Tully - Webb says that McCain should not use his military service in the election. Did Webb, shortly before he started running for Senate, critique Kerry when he themed his 2004 convention on his 3 months of service in Vietnam? Well I did the reseach and Webb used his service in his campaign as well. I updated my blog on this. Thanks again.

By: Tully

Tully — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:36:43 +0000

Add another Obama surrogate trying their best to discredit McCain’s service record as being worth considering when choosing whom to vote for–Jim Webb.

By: Michael Merritt

Michael Merritt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:18:41 +0000

What Beers said is completely off the mark. Disgusting, even.

So sad. It seems that neither Barack Obama NOR John McCain can reign in the people advising them. Obama with people commenting on McCain’s service, and McCain with people commenting on Obama’s patriotism.

Distancing themselves from these people is becoming a full time job for them.

So, I guess this means only one thing: neither of them are becoming President.

By: Chuck Norton

Chuck Norton — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:57:24 +0000

Hey guys - have you seen that another Obama campaign advisor is attacking McCain on his service AGAIN today - the day After Obama’s very publicized speech?

I wrote about it here: http://iusbvision.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/obama-campaign-attacks-mccains-military-record-in-trial-balloon/

By: Michael Merritt

Michael Merritt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:04:33 +0000

Interested, my post was more about the thinking (or non-thinking) behind what Clark said. He has to live with what he said, I don’t deny that. To me, he was clearly p’d off by Schieffer’s (intended or not) provocation, and said something that’s he now been embarrassed by. He said it, he has to lived with it, and it’s probably cost him whatever political ambitions he had.

By: Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief

Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:44:22 +0000

What we saw yesterday was a trial balloon to see if it is possible to hit McCain where he is strongest.

That’s possible, actually.

On the other hand, it could also be a moment of Clark’s famous spontaneity.

By: Chuck Norton

Chuck Norton — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:52:21 +0000

Hi all, I love you all but I don’t think that you are seeing the big picture.
Allow me to explain. NO campaign sends one of its guns to the Sunday morning talk shows without practiced scripts for questions. What we saw yesterday was a trial balloon to see if it is possible to hit McCain where he is strongest. Odds are internal polls show that when it comes to "patriotism" Obama has a problem. After the no flag pin gaffe, the comments about "guns and religion", wanting to withdrawal (lose) in Iraq before this near victory we have no is secured, sitting in that pew in Rev. Wrights church while he damns America, than getting caught giving thousands in donations to Pfleger’s church who is renown for his hate America rhetoric. So Obama’s campaign tried to float trial balloon to see if they could try to even the score by hitting McCain where he is strongest. When it didn’t work Obama triangulated against Clarke (who is a part of his own campaign) and has an excuse to make that speech with his pronouncements - the media went nuts covering the speech making Obama look good, playing that clip over and over, thus raising his poll numbers when it comes to patriotism. This maneuver is right out of the Dick Morris playbook.

By: Interested

Interested — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:49:11 +0000

Pity. He was on my favorites list before yesterday.

Although I have to agree with this. Clark is obviously so incredibly inept that he’d have the Quayle effect of job security for Obama.