Clark on Boykin

[StephNW4Clark]

"Asked about the controversial comments by Lt. Gen. William Boykin, who made comments suggesting the Muslim god was an idol, Clark said he needed to be moved into a new job.

The general showed his most spark when asked if Donald Rumsfeld should resign. “I think the responsibility … is right at the top,” he replied. “I think the responsibility is the responsibility of the commander in chief. It's the guy who wore the flight suit and landed on the aircraft carrier. That's the guy.”

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Articles/TVReports/P64144.asp

"But the former NATO commander passes a test that Bush still hasn’t passed by naming at least two government agencies that he's willing to eliminate. (For wonks in the group, they were the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Office of Thrift Supervision.)"

[pandatimothy]

1. This is the guy who praised Bush in the past

and Reagan too. LOVELY.

[StephNW4Clark]

4. Enjoy

"After Clark called it a day to rest his throat, a reporter doubled back on Clark’s path down Main Street to ask the shopkeepers the candidate had visited if they were troubled that he had spoken highly of Bush in years past.

To a person, they said no. "After Sept. 11, everyone was ready to stand behind the president," said Alla Vatalaro, owner of the Narcissus II hair-design shop. "He was probably thinking the same way other Americans were thinking."

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/story_National.php?storyid=45166

[Kool Kitty]

11. Exactly.

You couldn't swing a cat (figuratively, of course) without hitting a dem that was behind the pResident. To me, it's a non-issue.

[RandomUser]

15. That's one very resourceful journalist

Interesting perspective -- thanks.

[eileen_d]

10. Keep reminding us

and we'll keep not giving a rat's ass.

[Demobrat]

2. Is that a no?

Does he think Rumsfeld should resign or not?

[HootieMcBoob]

3. i think it means that

Bush should take the initiative by firing him.

[VolcanoJen]

5. He'd veto Ban on Late-Term Abortions, and attack corporate welfare.

He also calls for a long-overdue attack on corporate tax shelters, and a commission to eliminate “corporate welfare.” On that front, however, he was stingier with specifics. In an interview to be broadcast on “Capital Report” on Wednesday, Clark declined, for instance, to call farm supports corporate welfare.

Clark also is becoming more confident, more decisive and more energetic on the campaign trail. Asked whether he would sign the Senate’s ban on late-term abortions, he said without hesitation: “I’d veto it.”

[DoveTurnedHawk]

7. Yay! I Don't Think Farm Supports Are Welfare, Either.

I'm fully supportive of farm subsidies to family farmers. I am opposed, however, to corporate welfare to big agribusiness.

DTH

[DealsGapRider]

6. Boykin needs to be fired.

Any alternative is unacceptable. We are fighting fanatics. We certainly don't need them at the top of the chain of command.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. If he isn't

then you might as well take the UMCJ and throw it out the window. Between Boykin and our AWOL CIC, why should anyone else in the military be obliged to follow the rules?

[OKNancy]

9. I liked this one

"FDR ran on the New Deal. Harry Truman promised a Fair Deal. George W. Bush ran on the Free Lunch," Clark said. "The Free Lunch, it turns out, was a bunch of baloney."

[Rowdyboy]

12. That is a WONDERFUL line!

This could get messy! :toast:

[RetroLounge]

13. Very nice line, General Clark

eom

[carpetbagger]

16. Free lunch republicans.

I like it.

[Toucano]

14. I have a new job for him!

"...Clark said he needed to be moved into a new job."

I'd like to see Boykin right in the thick of it all. A nice, hot combat situation. That way, some "idol" can beat the shit out of his god. It's the only way he'll learn.

[The Magistrate]

17. Excellent Comments

Rumsfeld ought to be dismissed for incompetence, and Boykin broken to the ranks for idiocy.