Clark04.com took down the under construction issues page

[pruner]

I guess he's given up on that whole issues concept.

http://www.clark04.com/

[Northwind]

1. Almost as if...

...he is running a deliberately half-assed campaign, or perhaps running for VP!

Who da thunk?

[union_maid]

2. But there is some pretty cool news on the site

Will announce job creation plan tomorrow!

http://www.clark04.com/release_01.php

[pruner]

5. are we to assume that's instead of actually stating a position on issues?

n/t

[Cocoa]

3. issues schmissues!

:-)

[bitchkitty]

4. That's interesting -

I wonder why he took it down? You would think that they would have actually added content instead of taking it down entirely.

[pruner]

6. probably cause Drudge had linked to it (in red)

n/t

[boxster]

7. He probably took it down

to cut down on the whining about not having anything there.

It takes time to formulate positions. Keep in mind - they're not just taking a stance on issues; they have to formulate statements that cover all of the bases and don't offend anyone's sensibilities.

And, please, people - "candidate" does not equal "webmaster". The guy's been in the race for a week. Give his staff a little time to get things together.

[pruner]

8. he's had the past year to forumlate his positions

WTF has he been doing since he started thinking about running?

[Sick of Bullshit]

9. Maybe he hasn't had enough time

to talk to the "troops in the motor pool" to find out what "his" positions are
:shrug:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

10. It is a year and a half

until the election. Do you know what you
think about what you're going to be doing
in a year and a half? What difference does
it make what somebody says about something
compared to what you feel about how he says it?
What if somebody that was pleasant and handsome
and had on a nice suit said they liked the seasons
and the way the beans grew in the garden in this
or that compoast? Never underestimate a niaive
man with an approach to campaigning that is so
simple it is too complicated to understand and
causes women and children to gaze in wonder.
Have you watched Being There?

[pruner]

11. LMAO

n/t

[JNelson6563]

12. well it's a day and half

till the first debate.

Really, this is sad. Smacks of unpreparedness.

Julie

[sfecap]

13. Please understand....

Clark does not need issues.

He is the former SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER!!

(That is quite enough to satify most amurkans.)

But there's more...

He has been shot.

He has medals.

Why, he's a Rhodes Scholar!

And he went to West Point!

He gets a free pass to the oval office. Issues and positions are merely nuisances. He's the DLC's great white hope!

He'll make us all feel warm and safe. Just like mommy did.

[newsguyatl]

17. sad ain't it

sad sad sad

[MIMStigator]

14. Turned it into free ad from Drudge n/t

.

[pruner]

15. as someone who works in advertising let me be the first to tell you…

there is such a thing as bad publicity.

[seamarq]

16. You might want to give him time to get his message out...

http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=108&topic_id=46699

[dfong63]

18. the other candidates have their messages out already

[Bertrand]

23. Theyve been in the race longer than 6 days

dfong with another irrational negative clark post.

[Pastiche423]

24. As I said on another thread...

If you had an interview for your life's dream job, wouldn't you prepare for that interview? Wouldn't you research the company 1st and have answers ready for the questions you know you will be asked?

clark has been "coy" for months now. During those "coy" months, wouldn't it make sense for him to have worked on how he felt about the issues facing a presidency BEFORE he announced (ten minutes before he knew Edwards was going to announce) he were running for the highest office in the land?

It would flat out embarrass the hell out of me if I went to an interview unprepared. I take that back. I wouldn't embarress myself by going to an interview unprepared. I would call and reschedule the interview for a time when I was prepared.

Know what I mean?

Who would want a president that was unprepared, say, when our country might be attacked?

I guess clark wasn't a boy scout.

[Bread and Circus]

19. Can anyone give me a time frame...

between the beginning of your candidate's announcements
and when they actually had a fleshed out platform,
packaged for the press and their website? I believe I
read today it was quite a while between when they
started campaigning (back in 2000, essentially) and when
they came up with a solid set of plans/proposals (this
year, essentially). You guys seem to be poor sports and
unyielding in your criticism.

Bah! If Clark release his plans and policies within weeks
of starting his campaign, I think he will have bested your
candidates.

In other words, don't hold Clark to a standard your candidate
probably didn't pass either.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

20. Amen, FD

You go! That is so true.

DTH

[diamondsoul]

22. There's one who has them all beat.

My man Kucinich jumped in in March, and from day one had better than 20 positions posted on his campaign site. He's up to 39 and counting now.

Not a bash, just a source of personal pride in my chosen candidate, and a small point of disappointment in General Clark on my part. I have a great deal of respect and admiration for him, and this does imply bad planning to me, a strange thing to see from a former military Officer.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

21. Good Rapid Response by Clark Team!

Drudge linked the issues page, in red, in insulting terms. Within an hour or two, it was just a redirect to the Clark home page. An hour or two later, the Drudge link was gone.

:-)

DTH