Wes Clark for President - in the Deepest South.

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I was fortunate enough to see Clark at his first stop on the True Grits tour. He went over bigtime. Bigtime, I tell ya.

Our local senior scribe was there also, and later came out with a full-banner endorsement in the local weekly, "Wes Clark for President".
It appears online below in the main state daily with different headline.


January 11, 2004

Gen. Wesley Clark's Dixie swing gets good send-off in Mississippi

* Dem hopeful's military credentials play well here

By Bill Minor
Special to The Clarion-Ledger

When Gen. Wesley Clark brought his Democratic presidential campaign here the other day on his "true grits" Southern swing, he got a rousing send-off from Mississippi's 4th District U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor.

"When George Bush was chasing girls at Yale, Wes Clark was chasing Vietcong in Vietnam," Taylor told some 200 people who braved rain to cram into a room at War Memorial Building recently to see and hear the only Democratic presidential hopeful from the Deep South.

His cheering listeners, of course, didn't miss the meaning of Taylor's contrasting Clark's battlefront service during the Vietnam War with President Bush's avoidance of ever being sent to Vietnam.

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Many Southern Democrats are believed to share the view expressed by Louisiana's U.S. Rep. Chris John, a likely candidate to succeed retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. John Breaux. The representative said he would feel more comfortable campaigning alongside Clark in November than any other presidential candidate.


http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0401/11/lminor.html

Bring 'em On!

[xray s]

1. Clark is our best hope of holding Senate seats in the south

Wouldn't it be nice to hold onto Georgia and show Zell he bet on the wrong dog in this fight?

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2. Kick.

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3. The February 3rd primaries

should give our first read on just how strong Clark is going to be.