Reply #42: Tweety does hate Clark

[Jai4WKC08]

But mostly because Tweety hates Clinton, and he associates Clark with Clinton. And not without reason. Clinton and Clark like and respect each other, and Clinton did support Clark's getting into the race, said some pretty nice things, and helped put him in touch with some fund-raising sources and unemployed campaign staffers (not all of whom worked out so well, but then, the good ones were mostly taken). Clinton didn't endorse Clark, but it would have been inappropriate for him to.

Tweety is gutless, tho. He never gives Clark a hard time face to face. Treats him downright respectfully. I'd expect him to get in a few shots when the announcement is made, but after that? Well, see below (about corporate media).

The media does hate (or rather fears) Clark. But their attacks didn't hurt him much, or not enough, which is why they went into ignore-mode. That's what hurt. But it won't work for Clark as VP--the VP nominee cannot be ignored. That in fact is one of the best arguments for Clark as VP. He has much to say to bring down Bush, much that no one else can say, not with credibility. But unless he's Kerry's running mate, who's really gonna listen?

The right-wing media will of course still attack Clark, but they'd attack anyone. The left-wing media who support Kerry will fall in line, as they would with anyone. The left-wing media who oppose Kerry will attack him, for the most part (Nader has even taken to quoting Clark lately, so maybe not all).

The corporate media? There's the wild card. They hated (and probably still hate) Clark because he couldn't be owned. But if he's working for Kerry? Make no mistake, Clark will do everything to support Kerry, so it's not so much a factor. It can be argued that the corporate media will try to sink Kerry too--Repubs are good for business. But if they focus on Clark instead of Kerry, that's not such a bad thing, is it?