Michael Moore praises Wesley Clark

[ignatiusr]

Hopefully this can put to rest the "Clark is a Republican," or "Clark will/should run as a Republican" posts. Michael Moore was just at a press conference in Belfast and he got started on the 9 current candidates. He said he would vote for any Dem, as long as they could beat Bush. Moore went on to say that he thought Howard Dean was alright, as well as Kucinich.

But Moore said that the candidate that most intrigued him was Clark, and that he would really like to see him join the race. He described him as "a 4-Star General, a Rhodes Scholar and a Democrat." He then went on to describe his positions, saying Clark would repeal the Bush tax cut, as well as many other things. He called his stances on the issues "actually quite good." He said he thought it would be interesting to see a debate between Clark and Bush, calling it the debate between "the General and the deserter."
Great stuff.

Here's the exact quote:

"As I suggested to people at the press conference earlier, Dennis
Kucinich is good, Al Sharpton is good, but there's a ... I would
love to see this. There's a four-star general . . . he used to be
the commander of NATO. His name is Wesley Clark. He was a Rhodes
scholar. He's a Democrat. He would repeal the Bush tax cut for the
rich. He submitted a brief in support of affirmative action to the
Supreme Court. He's pro-choice. I could go down the list, and he's
actually quite good on all the issues -- and he's a general. I would
just love to see the debate between the general and the deserter.
(Applause.) So if the Democrats really wanted to win, they should
run somebody who could win -- and that would be an interesting race."

And here's a link to hear him on audio:

http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=7594

It's in the Q & A section, at about 14:35.