Reply #43: CLARK/KUCINICH 04, BABY!!!

[Kucinich04]

Personally, I don't think DK is Presidential Material just yet anyway. I DO think he'd make an EXCELLENT VP choice for someone, however. And there is nobody else on even considering running for whom DK would make a BETTER running mate in my eyes than with General Clark. Clark as Pres. Candidate will immediately shut up the "Dems are Weak on Defense" line from the Limpballs of the world. he will just look STUPID spouting that line if we nominate Clark (not that that has ever stopped him before). And I think with DK on Clarks ticket, the Dem base on the left will be happy and less likely to focus on the fact that we've picked a GENERAL when in fact our core issue with bush is his penchant for militarism. The American people will (rightly) see in Gen. Clark a strong leader who would of course utilize our military if in fact such use was necessary to protect our National Security, and in DK a peaceful 'counter-weight' figure who would do everything he could to make sure that all diplomatic avenues were truly exhausted before he endorsed Clark's requesting the sacrifice of our soldiers In the current fear-based climate that bushco has created for us all, the fact that President Clark the General 'outranks' DK the pacifist will signal to the People that the Dems priority is on defense if necessary, but that we do favor a real voice of reason having some say in the decision.

In short, I am absolutely ALL FOR a Clark/Kucinich ticket. DK with just about anybody else would be a recipe for disaster, as it will be too easy for the media to peg the ticket as 'radical left' and 'weak on defense'. I don't think there's anybody who tempers the 'leftness' of DK like Clark does, and nobody would get the far left to support a General for President like DK WOULD.