Gen. Clark to appear on Buchanan & Press today

[wndycty]

MONDAY, AUGUST 25
6:00 P.M. ET - Wesley ClarkGen. Barry McCaffrey, U.S. Army (ret.), who serves as a military analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and has provided keen insight throughout the war with Iraq, will guest host tonight on `Buchanan & Press’,” filling in for Pat Buchanan. Bill Press & Gen. McCaffrey will interview Wesley Clark tonight. Will he decide to run for the White House in 2004? Find out on Buchanan & Press.

http://msnbc.com/news/BUCHANANPRESS_front.asp

Question, wasn't McCaffrey Drug Czar under Clinton, if so does he lean to the left?

[grasswire]

1. no

He does not lean to the left. And do a google search for the words McCaffrey and "highway of death" to be informed about him.

[11cents]

2. McCaffrey was strongly anti-Iraq-war

Acerbically so. Couldn't stand him as "drug czar" though.

[Terwilliger]

5. anti Bush's Iraq war

there is a world of difference

[Donna Zen]

3. Thanks for the heads up.

I do hope someone will do a play-by-play here. No MSNBC in my house.

[newyawker99]

4. kick

:kick:

[wndycty]

6. Kick

:kick:

Its on in 3 minutes!

[wndycty]

7. Did you hear McCaffrey's coments. . .

. . .about Buchanan, something along the lines of he did not share his views.

[Cush]

8. Kay Hutchison is on

eek

[Cush]

9. Eagleburger:

"My view on our European allies isn't the greatest...."

[Mari333]

10. ya well so far theres nothing but reichians on

and total bullshit....the National Guard??? No way will they send my son...over my dead body!!!

assholes...

[Cush]

11. up next

kick

[tjdee]

12. Did I miss it??

:(


Will he be up after the commercial, or was it just one segment?

[Cush]

13. after the commercial

[tjdee]

14. Whew!

Thanks.

[Cush]

15. kick

[Cush]

16. iraq/afghanistan

We've stiffed NK for over year so we could go to Iraq, Afghanistan is crumbling. THe lessons are lost, Syria isn't acting any nicer, Iran isn't rolling over, NK has decided that they're going to be evil.

We didn't do enough in Afghanistan, we lost an opportunity.

Iraq: He might have had something, but why now? What about Al Qaeda? they're the bigger threat

[Cush]

17. "Pin the tail on Saddam"

[FlashHarry]

18. Clark nails the WH on trying to link 9/11 and Saddam.

Press tried to get him to waffle, but Clark was resolute. (But calm, which is good.)

[CatWoman]

19. Sir, yes Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's what I wanted Bill Press to say after the good general put him in his place.

Trying to accuse Wesley of "waffling".

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. Wes Clark Has The Right Stuff

[FlashHarry]

21. Is McAffrey still serving?

He came back from the break and said 'I'm General Barry McAffrey' and we're back with retired general Wesley Clark.' What's the deal?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. When You Retire

you don't lose the honorific.

I'd call Howard Dean , Dr. Dean if I met him.

[FlashHarry]

24. Why did he call Clark 'retired general' and himself just 'general?'

Just curious.

[Cush]

22. Bill

Bill: "as a member of what party would you run?"

Clark: "Come on, look at what I've said, look at my stance on the issues, take a guess."

Clark: "It seems like the Armed Forces belong to the Republican party, why?"

Clark: "If I enter, it won't be because I view any of the other 9 as weak"

[eleny]

25. "Take a guess"? ...

I heard him say his party was "obvious"!!! Yay!!!!!!!!

[Nashyra]

27. His response about being a Dem

Apparently as a military officer you are supposed to be non-partisan and I think the reason for not declaring his party affliation is that he would not reveal what his political affliation is if he decided not to run. That makes sense on why he has not said he was a Dem, but he pretty much told Bill Press to figure it out by listening to his views on the issues. Good enough for me.

Go Clark

[guajira]

26. I'm in love!!!!

Clark/Dean or Dean/Clark!!!

[DemExpat]

28. Very exciting, isn't it?

Finally someone to get excited about!
:kick:

DemEx

[chaska]

29. Wow, that was amazing! ... if I must say so myself.

[chaska]

31. He let slip a "damn". Can he do that?

Jon Stewart's on. Gotta go.

[kentuck]

30. He was pretty impressive, IMO...

He is setting the table to be a "uniter" - unlike the present occupant. His message will be that he would be a President for all the people. Could be very attractive message by the time this campaign is over.

[Mz Pip]

32. But, but, but

being in the Military makes the Dems uncomfortable. People act like the Military is the sole property of the Republican Party.

Given some of the flames I've seen on the boards, it's no wonder that Clark would say the Repubs would welcome him and the Dems might not. That certainly seems to be the case around here. Never mind that he is progressive, smart, articulate and knowledgeable. He's in the military so there must be something evil about him.

Clark is not some evil guy. He's a liberal who had a career in the military. Military and liberal are not multually exclusive.

I'm one progressive who will support him if he runs.

MzPip
:dem:

[Donna Zen]

33. Thank you!

...while it is not quite as good as seeing the General, your account is really appreciated. Well my child-of-the-sixties first reaction was...."A General!!!" Ah_but what a general. He once said that the Clinton WH had a that same knee-jerk reaction to his uniform, the ultimate power suit.

And yet, after Pepperbelly's news yesterday, I'm feeling as if he will not run. Can't say as I blame him or his wife. Here we are with a brilliant, caring man, and this morning brought me an eye full of a no-nothing, bash Clark thread. Praise Milosovich but ignore anything good about an American because they made a career in the US Army. And we are suppose to be the loyal opposition. There's not enough brain bleach in the world.

[realFedUp]

34. Considering we still don't know squat about him

he has a nice smile.