Reply #125: Thanks for the post, Carol...

[UncleNoel]

Not to hog the blog:

What he said (80, 96 Tom)

What she said (99).

Just a few words though. Stars, like Rock stars, come and go. The flash onto the scene and then are superceded soon enough. But this four star General has been around consistentlya and persistenly for about 40 years now. He was doing good before he retired, and now he just keeps going on. He won't hear of talk about '08 now since he is entirely focused on taking back Congress in '06. This short-term objective is essential to any long-term strategy. We have to take this Hill before we can draw up a battle plan for taking back the White House. Does the military analogy bother anyone. Well, I am an army brat, USAF Korean war era vet, and a civil servant working for Air University for about 4 years. Yet I opposed Vietnam and resigned my civil service commission over the the ABM initiative (a pre-star wars effort). My Dad was a career officer and NCO and a life-long Democrat. The plus 60 Fighting Dems running for Congress remind me of my DAd. Hell, General Clark reminds me of my Dad. I don't agree with all Gen. Clark says, but I believe in his leadership and integrity. I agree enough to prefer him to anyone else in the field for president. I never worshipped a rock star. I never got googoo over a politician. But I support Gen. Clark and Eric Massa and all the Fighting Dems because they are, as Bernie Quigley says, the vanguard of the New Dems that Kos and Mydd were talking about in Crashing the Gate. The have experience, integrity, American values and are sincere progressives.

Noel Schutz
http://www.fighting-dems.com