General Wesley Clark on the Verdict with Dan Abrams
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Some highlights below the fold. I especially like the "weird, random thoughts" comment.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: But I don't see the fervent crowds. He doesn't have near the magnetism and the charisma that he had in the 1999 period in New Hampshire. He's not The Straight Talk-Joe Watkins: I think he does.
Dan Abrams: But wait-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -Express. He's a guy-
Joe Watkins: I think he does.
Dan Abrams: But this-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -who's toed the Bush Party line.
Joe Watkins: I disagree, General.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Again and again, he's wavered, he's quibbled-
Joe Watkins: General, with all due respect, I disagree.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: He's wobbled.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Well first of all, I don't foresee any circumstances that would require a return to the draft. Secondly, the fact that John McCain couldn't say that indicates he either has weird random thoughts or maybe he's secretly contemplating there is a return to the draft. I'm nervous about the World War III thing. Everybody understands that, that, that there's a threat from terrorism, but this is not World War III. This is a threat-Joe Watkins: He didn't say that it was.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -America can manage. No he didn't.
Joe Watkins: He said only if there was all-out- Only if there was all out-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: He didn't say this year. He tended to agree with Newt Gingrich in 2006. He's part of that whole crowd. There's nothing the Republicans love more than a threat to scare Americans with.
Joe Watkins: I don't think so.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: And John McCain's part of that crowd.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -I think all of us admire John McCain's heroism as a prisoner of war. He was heroic. That doesn't mean that he's necessarily well qualified or the best qualified to be the Commander in Chief. As I've said elsewhere, he's largely untested and untried in matters of national policy making. He's never been in the Executive Branch. He's never gr-Joe Watkins: Neither has Barack Obama.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -given great strategic decisions. Barack Obama's not running on his claim. Barack Obama's running on the claim of judgement. McClain's (sic) running on experience.
Dan Abrams: Lynn Sweet-
Joe Watkins: That would be two years-
Dan Abrams: Hang on. Hang on.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: But the honest truth is, he doesn't have it-
Lynn Sweet: Hey-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: -and this kind of a statement about the draft underscores the fact he doesn't have the experience.
