Clark vs. Bush -- Leader vs. Front Man

[gulliver]

The difference between Clark and Bush is palpable. Clark emanates leadership. You can tell Clark is comfortable in front of people. His town hall meeting yesterday showed genuine strength, genuine concern, and a clear intellect. Clark is a leader.

Contrast that with Bush, a mere front man. Bush can't handle press conferences or even interviews. He doesn't do town hall meetings. He avoided debates in 2000. Bush barely even pulls off scripted events. (He isn't even a good front man. He's a front "name.")

A leader inspires confidence and awakens courage in others. A front man is lead around by the hand and just reads what he is told to read. Clark is a leader. Bush is a front man.

[chookie]

1. Clark vs Bush: The Real Thing vs The Plastic Action Figure

I think several of the Dem candidates have done a superb job in exposing smirky the chimp for what he is. smirk's only defence against them is the usual "Who do you trust -- me, or your own eyes?" and hope that in spite of hard times on several fronts, the American Sheeple are still too deeply asleep to think it through.

But Wesley Clark has got to be their worst nightmare. Tall, handsome, a distinguished military officer, a Rhodes scholar, an investment banker -- he is a proven achiever in the areas that smirky Pretends Real Hard To Project. He has a relaxed professional manner, a great sense of humor, and the ability to communicate clearly in a very succinct and easy style.

This cartoon says it well:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0339/sutton.php

I support *all* the candidates, but I find myself smiling as I envision Presidential Debate 2004, Bush* and Clark. It''s going to be like the first Nixon/Kennedy debate. People are going to go nuts when they see the contrast between the Real Thing and the Plastic Action Figure.

[madaboutharry]

2. What I find interesting

is that every republican on T.V. or in print goes out of their way to tear Clark and his candidacy down and in this next breath build up Dean. It is clear that the republican game plan is to hope for a Dean nomination and then go all out smearing him as having policies to the left of Karl Marx. Republican pundits talk about Clark as if he just fell of a turnip truck and has no clue. They insist he will be out of the picture within weeks. When I hear these same people say that Dean is the man the democrats need, it makes me very suspicious what type of character assassination and politics of personal destruction they have planned following the nomination. Whoever wins the democratic nomination, be it Dean, Clark, Kerry, or whoever, they are going to need an absolute committment from every democrat to battle what is sure to be the most ugly and hard fought battle in election history. This administration is not going to let go of power easily. Be prepared.