My letter to Time on their last" Clark's too hard for our boy" effort

[robbedvoter]

About Face -
Date:
Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:41:52 -0400

Time <[e-mail]>


Stop the Presses! Wesley Clark supported Bush after 9.11! Read all about

it!
I'll defy you to find me ANYONE who after 9.11 didn't have kind
words towards Bush (except maybe the great Barbara Lee). As it is,
everyone gave him a second chance to "grow in his role" - and we know
how that went. (I'd be curious if Time was, is against that war, by the
way)
No candidate - not even Kuchinich - voted against that war.
Here's Dean's statement:


I supported the invasion of Afghanistan and the elimination of the
Taliban. I thought that group was a clear and present danger to the
United States, and I supported what the President did.
Howard Dean
May 22, 2003

Al Gore, who was cheated of his victory by Bush had a speech after 9.11
saying: "He is my commander in Chief" . There are other kind words in
there as well.
At least we know for a fact what Wesley Clark would have done if he
were commander in Chief on 9.11. We know because he wrote 3 days after
9.11:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4257771-103677,00.html

(originally published in Washington Post) As you see, he wouldn't have
invaded any country.

This so called news reveal to me one thing: you are singling out
Wesley Clark for something the whole country said and did at the time .
It only tells me he is the candidate you REALLY, REALLY don't want
facing Bush.

--
The non-news attack on Clark here:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,524416,00.html

[DrBB]

1. And the beat goes on. Here's mine

To the editor:
How fascinating to learn that Wesley Clark--along with 90% of the nation--supported President Bush's anti-terror effort, up to the point where Bush veered off after Saddam. Of course, as you put it, that policy had not yet "fully flowered" when he made the statement in question. Now we are seeing what those flowers are: suicide bombs, RPG attacks, soldiers coming home in body bags, a recruitment bonanza for al quaeda, an $87 billion down-payment on an even bigger price tag. I for one am glad that someone of Clark's stature and military credibility is standing up to say how misplaced the broad support for Bush's leadership has turned out to be.

[Kahuna]

2. My email to Time...

And so with Michael Weisskopf's latest piece titled, "About Face,
Another videotape has emerged in the Wesley K. Clark collection of kind
words for the Bush Administration." The "Goring" of Wesley Clark
continues by our "liberal" <sic> media.

How disengenuous of Mr. Weisskopf to attempt to make an issue out of
Wesley Clark's praise of Bush's Afghanistan action. If Mr. Weisskopf
had really wanted to make a point, he would have pulled the quotes of
every Democrat who is now running for president. Without exception,
they all praised the action in Afghanistan. Failing to cite their
comments made at the same time as Clark's comments is very disengenuous
at the very least. He could have shown that all of the candidates have
been "guilty" of the same "crime" they now accuse Clark of. What a
golden opportunity Mr. Weisskopf missed.

[John_H]

3. excellent letter

and unarguably correct