Clark Goes on Attack (Kerry/Edwards "hypocrisy" as critics of own yes vote

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Democrats Look Ahead, Clark Goes on Attack

Wed Feb 4, 9:15 PM ET
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By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reshaped Democratic presidential field took aim on Wednesday at the next coast-to-coast round of five nominating contests, with Wesley Clark launching his toughest attacks yet on front-runner John Kerry and rival John Edwards.

<snip>...Clark, the retired general who scored a narrow win over Edwards in Oklahoma, launched a direct attack on Kerry and Edwards, accusing them of hypocrisy for supporting tax cuts, an education overhaul, the Patriot Act and a congressional resolution authorizing the war in Iraq but then criticizing the results."I'm not part of the Washington problem. I'm part of the solution," the former NATO (news - web sites) commander said during a stop in Jackson, Tennessee. "There are some people in this race that are part of the problem. The people I am talking about are John Kerry and John Edwards."

A spokesman for Edwards said it was "sad" to see Clark making such attacks against Edwards, a North Carolina senator who voted against Bush's tax cuts, advocated international involvement in Iraq and wanted to fix the education bill.

"General Clark is not a Washington politician, but it's questionable whether he's a Democrat either," said Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter, resurrecting Clark's past votes for Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. <snip>

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1. Snipe, snipe, snipe

"Washington Insider!"
"Republican!"
"Washington Insider!"
"Republican!"

Come on, y'all... kiss and make up :loveya:

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2. Life is easy for us ABB folks! :-)

:-)

[AnnitaR]

3. "Attack"?

I still fail to see how critizing a Senator's voting record is an "attack"!!!

So we have to play fluffy bunny politics and candidates can't talk about their differences now? You can't dissapprove of the way a Senator has voted without being accused of "attacking" your opponet?

Honest to god, I am getting so fed up with the hypocricy in this race! Wes has taken the high road in this campaign. When every candidate in this race kept calling him a "Republican" he took the high road. If I were him I would have fired back hard, but he didn't. Wes is a man of class.

Pointing out that Edwards and Kerry voted for is not an attack. Seems like to me they are pretty touchy about the subject, as well they should be!

Wes is being much nicer about it than I would be.

Edwards is "sad" about the "attacks"???? Well, I was pretty damn SAD that he chose to smear Clark with Hugh Shelton's remarks too! I love how he is now claiming to be Mr. Positive! Sickening!

Oh and yea, Kerry's chick is really taking the high road with her slimy "oh he's a republican" response!

It's beyond amazing to me that the ONE thing these people are ever able to say about Clark is "oooh he's a republican". They always choose to leave out the fact that he also voted for Clinton & Gore.

You can tell what a damn fine man Wes is when that is the ONLY negative thing they can ever find to say about him!

Screw Edwards and Kerry. Best of luck to you. Hope you don't need me in November!

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4. oh so now bringing up a senators record is an attack hahahaha is the kerry

staff so uncreative they have to use deans line the same one he used against kerry too hahahahahahahahahahahhaha

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5. Snip, snip, snip

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"I don't understand how guys like John Kerry and John Edwards, my two opponents here in Tennessee, can criticize the No Child Left Behind Act that President Bush originated when they themselves voted for it," Clark told supporters at a tractor factory in west Tennessee.

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"I don't know how John Kerry and John Edwards can claim to defend civil liberties and criticize the Patriot Act. They voted for it," Clark said. "John Kerry and John Edwards are criticizing the war in Iraq even though they gave him the blank check and voted for it."

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"Not only has Wesley Clark broken his promises of running a positive campaign, but if he's going to turn negative he'd better get his facts straight," Kerry spokesman David Wade said. "John Kerry led the fight against the Bush tax cuts back when Wesley Clark was praising George Bush and his right-wing crowd at GOP fund-raisers."



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