Clark Campaign Beats The Spit Out Of Tom 'Chicken-Hawk' Delay

[DoveTurnedHawk]

This morning on Meet the Press, when asked about Clark's criticism of the Bush administration's failure to capture those responsible for 9/11 and his stance that the threat in Iraq was not imminent, Tom Delay said, "unfortunately Wesley Clark must live in a different world."

Clark Campaign Strategist Reid Cherlin responded to Tom 'Chicken-hawk' Delay's latest cowardly comments, "The closest to real combat that Tom 'Chicken-Hawk' Delay has ever come was when he got himself a student deferment from Vietnam and instead suited up in his exterminator outfit and defended the people of Texas against invading cockroaches, marauding red ants and hostile moths. Wes Clark has seen real combat, given his blood for our country, and commanded troops in battle, which is why he believes we need to win the war on terrorism instead of declaring victory when we all know that the terrorists directly responsible for 9/11 are still out there at large. General Clark lives in a world where he believes that America will be stronger, safer and more secure if we are focused on winning the war against the terrorists, getting Osama bin Laden and working with our Allies."

Just to remind people of the Chicken-hawk's views on military service, here is what he has said about his lack of military experience, in an excerpt from the Houston Press:

"He and Quayle, DeLay explained to the assembled media in New Orleans, were victims of an unusual phenomenon back in the days of the undeclared Southeast Asian war. 'So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.' Satisfied with the pronouncement, which dumbfounded more than a few of his listeners who had lived the sixties, DeLay marched off to the convention." <Houston Press, 1/7/99>

http://clark04.com/press/release/135/

DTH

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Go go go!

Expose the chickenhawks for what they are! I've found when neocons are confronted with liberal military types, they fall strangely silent.

I wish Gen. Clark well, and hope he keeps up his campaign to expose the Bush Admin. for the chickenhawks they are. Can hardly wait until he explains why being AWOL, even from the National Guard, is treasonous in time of war.

[The Zanti Regent]

2. This is the President We Need

Someone who is NOT afraid to stand up to the Nazi Party.

Time and again Clark has shown he has the backbone to stand up. When the Nazis take a swing at him, Clark takes his bat and beats them into hamburger. He puts the black and brown shirt bible thumpers in their place.

Now lets see Chicken Shit De Lay open his stupid mouth again...

[FrenchieCat]

3. Bam....

Tom Delay just hit the canvas on that one.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine....and 10!

It's a knock down! And I don't mean technical!

CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS,
CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS,
CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS,
CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS, CHICKENHAWKS,

[VolcanoJen]

4. Huzzah huzzah!!!

Democrats everywhere gotta love a good old-fashioned "speed kills" attack on Tom "Chicken Hawk" Delay. Beautiful!

[SmokeyBlues]

5. Affirmative Action strikes again!

Fu*king shithead is implying that all those unqualified 'minority' youths who subsequently died in disproportionate numbers to whites during Vietnam only signed up for the cash; whereas, he being a true patriot wanted to sign up to defend his country, but all the available spaces were filled. I really do despise those bastards and hope that they get what's coming to them sooner than later.

[jumptheshadow]

47. Yes, and did you notice something?

Wes Clark, John Kerry and Al Gore didn't have any problem signing up and going to Nam.

Delay's statement was almost grotesque in its ludicrousness.

[roguevalley]

50. Tom DeLay is a psycho and they make their own 'reality'. I can't wait

for God to kick his ass, hopefully on C-spann. How about a
strategically placed thunderbolt, God?! Pretty please?

[cavebat2000]

6. Go Clark!

What can I say. I have absolutely supported Dean, but Clark is looking better and better every day!

[DoveTurnedHawk]

7. It Is So GLORIOUS To See One of OUR Candidates Use the Word "Chicken Hawk"

Clark is the guy who can use it, and use it to fantastic effect! He will not let them get away with their Republican smear jobs, that is one of the many things he brings to the table!

:bounce:

DTH

[davsand]

8. The gloves come off.

Is this the beginning of "I'll beat the shit out of them"? :)

Somebody get me some popcorn--I don't want to miss one second of this.

Laura

[TacticalPeek]

9. I love the smell of Chickenhawk Flambé in the morning.

:kick:

[sonias]

10. Give'em hell general!

Those chicken-hawks DeLay types aren't fit to shine your shoes.

Sonia

[KeepItReal]

12. He just tells the truth and they think it's hell

:-)

Go Gen. Clark!

I can't stand chickenhawks.

[Rex]

11. Yes, that's right, four stars you RW chicken hawks

Gee...I wonder why the Right doesn't have anyone with four bright stars to run against Wes? Oh yeah, they do but would never run him because the RW doesn't want a black President.

[KeepItReal]

16. I think Mrs. Powell was the reason we didn't have a Black President

At least, she is portrayed as the person who persuaded Colin Powell not to run when his chances were the best.

He played himself when he joined Bush & Cos. cabinet and will never get (or deserve) the chance to get the Presidential nod...

[Rex]

20. Maybe she was part of it, but most RWingers are still at the evolutionary

phase of hesitating to even SHAKE a black person's hand (seen it more than once with my own two eyes). They would have NEVER let Powell run.

[KeepItReal]

24. Powell would have made the RW put up or shut up

He would have pulled votes from *both* parties and could have won a general election, IMHO. He was a decorated war hero with few negatives (at that time). I really used to admire him, until he signed on with Bush & Co.

He would have been a major threat to the good ol' boys back then. That threat has been effectively neutralized.

[Rex]

26. I feel the exact same way

I almost wince when I think of how much admiration I had for Powell back when I thought he might have run for POTUS.

He sold himself short IMO by taking a cabinet position in the Bush Administration. I'm sure one day he will look back on that moment and say, "I could have been a contender!"

[KeepItReal]

34. Agreed, my friend!

:-)

[Carolina]

39. actually, Powell showed his true colors,

no pun intended,when he left Clinton in the fall of 1993 (just around the time the Somalia expedition Bill inherited from Poppy went sour), laid low and then signed on with W while the election was still hingeing on hanging chads. Remember the photo-op of him with Bush and Trickier Dick sauntering around the ranch like smug pricks because they knew they were going to steal it. :puke:

Powell was and is a jerk; he just had people snookered. His lies at the UN on behalf of Smirk have sealed the deal. He truly is one of them: a lying, cheating, murdering GOP bastard.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

63. If a life-time of service in the military...

can make even a Black man want to be a part of the Bush admin, it makes you wonder what it has done to other Generals, doesn't it?

[Mz Pip]

13. Sweet

Clark has a real take no prisoners approach to dumbass Repugs who question his credentials. I love it.

I also think it's cool that the Clark team can come out with such a scathing response before the spit even dries on Tom DeLay's smarmy mouth.
:bounce:

MzPip
:dem:

[NNN0LHI]

19. You don't suspect they may have been lying in the weeds just waiting...

...for this dumb shit to open his mouth? I do.

Don

[Mz Pip]

23. That works too.

Shows they are able to anticipate. I suspect they may have quite an "arsenal" of quick repsonses to dumb shit comments like DeLay's.
THey aren't afraid to use them. either. :evilgrin:

MzPip
:dem:

[KittyWampus]

46. You're Right Don... Delay Is To Lefties What Clinton Is To RightWingers

in a way.... except Delay shrinks so much in stature when placed next to Bill he basically disappears.

[Carolina]

40. a method from the 1992 Clinton campaign

known as rapid response. He's not going to sit back and take their shit like Al Gore did in 2000.

Every lie from the GOP smear/mendacity machine will be met with a smackdown.

Go General!

[NNN0LHI]

53. You are right? This is not the time for any candidate to get mealymouthed

Its all or nothing time. The tough will get going, and the meek will get left in the dust. That is a true Democracy at work.

Don

[thinkahead]

14. Nice one General

:)

This is what our party and candidates should be doing every day.

[roguevalley]

51. Like Dean's response to the Wall Street Journal about his foreign

policy. Called them liars and did it fast. They all need to do this. Our guys ROCK!

[Zhade]

15. Nice job!

Clark's not my candidate, but I must admit I appreciate him sticking it to The Exterminator like that!

[NNN0LHI]

17. Tell us Tom how the minorities took all the places so you couldn't go

I can't wait to hear this shit.

Don

[bemildred]

18. Bravo.

Please repeat as needed.
:-)

[tokenlib]

21. LOL with a few reservations...

Ok, I have laughed so hard that I have almost hit the floor myself. My hope though is that Clark taking the "high road" is not jeopardized too much by such statements. DeLay certainly deserves it though. And by using DeLay's own words against him makes an powerful statement.
Deciding on how far you can go without going too far in statements must be agonizing.... I wonder if "Anal Cyst Limbotomy" will come to the defense of the exterminator man.

Damn this is too much fun--yet getting sidetracked with a parasite like DeLay could be dangerous. But I think worth the risk--because it is high time the republican congressional leadership gets linked to Bush. I'd like to see Bush and the GOP dictatorship (congressional leadership)attacked as one and the same entity.

[truthisfreedom]

22. interesting. i never thought i'd see the day where a talking point for us

was "chickenhawk." i like it. 8^)

[Nlighten1]

25. Fix bayonets Sir!!!!!!!!!!!

fucking Huah!

[Old and In the Way]

27. Beautiful......coming back at you Tom.

What's your response Tom? Are you going to let this stand? Oh, you have no credible response?

Way to go Wes.

[demvoter]

30. Wow! I am impressed!

GENERAL Wesley Clark showed a lot of CLASS!!:yourock:

General, we SALUTE you!

:kick: T.D. and company @ss

[Moderator]

28. FYI: Official Campaign Press Releases are allowed in LBN.

During the campaign season, the LBN moderators have allowed the posting of Official Campaign Press Releases, as long as they otherwise meet the criteria for posting in the LBN Forum (no older than 12 hours at the time of posting; not a duplicate thread, etc.).

DU Moderator

[IndianaGreen]

31. Thank you moderator for clarifying that

:yourock:

[rumguy]

29. I love it!

Go wes...

[peekaloo]

32. Woo Hoo......Rat Face just got a new arse-hole for Christmas.

another orifice from which to spew his never ending shite.

[calimary]

33. Love it, Love it, Love it, Love it, Love it! Can we get a repeat on that?

From EVERYBODY who doesn't like the Chickenhawk Cha-Cha! Glad to hear people openly rejecting it. That kind of response needs to be smashed back into DeLay's face, and that of everyone who speaks for him.

[Myra]

35. It's just great that General Clark has such toughness

But can be tough without seeming petulant or flippant.
Very important.

[jumptheshadow]

48. Uh huh

He knows when to use an ax and when to use a scalpel. I agree with the person who said to make some popcorn because this is going to be entertaining.

[MrPrax]

36. Clark said he wouldn't put up with that crap

I guess Delay wanted to challenge him...
Good on Clark...ripped him several new ones

What those Rove animals did to McCain should put anyone who vies for public office on notice...
Maybe this will end the political debate that lowers itself to either 'anti-American' or 'pro-Saddam'...

Clark moves up a few notches in my book...

[alittlelark]

57. My guess is that Clark will RIP them MANY 'new ones'

I gave $! to Dean - which I do not regret - Great VP......But my bucks now go to 'Clark Who Is Unbeatable!!' Sorry, I get excited about those who I give $ to. It makes me feel better when the bill comes in!!!

[neverforget]

37. This comment made my day! Thank you General Clark!

HOOAHHH!

[Catherine Vincent]

38. Woo Hoo!! Alright Wes Clark!

Way to give it to that rat bastard Tom Delay! Unfortunately, Wes' remarks weren't televised as Tom Delay's were. Oh how I wish it was recorded and played back to Delay to watch the expression on his face. LOL!

[CBHagman]

41. The "hostile moths" line was especially welcome.

I'm grinning from ear to ear, and on such a day. Got to love Clark's spirit and truth-telling, especially when the target is someone like DeLay.

[davsand]

42. Send a Message to DeLay: Donate to Our "Win Without DeLay" Fundraiser

We'll Even Send DeLay a Thank-You Note to Let Him Know it Came from You

"We could ask you to flood DeLay's office with emails, calls and letters. Instead, we're asking you to show our collective strength and effect change today. Only you can provide the fuel our campaign needs for the New Year, in New Hampshire and beyond.

Here's what you can do today to respond to Congressman DeLay. Help put an end to the misinformed, fearful Republican style of rhetoric, and put Wes Clark in the White House in 2004."

"...http://clark04.com/winwithoutdelay/

OMG!! It isn't enough that Clark smacked snot outta Delay,now they are gonna rub his NOSE it and use it as a fundraiser! This is absolutely brilliant campaign strategy!

I am LMAO!

Laura

[Chomskyite]

45. Democratic fundraising letters

. . . are typically plastered with quote after quote from either Tom Delay or Grover Norquist.

They're the best fundraisers we've got.

[bain_sidhe]

43. Note, Clark didn't say it...

his campaign strategist did. This, IMHO is appropriate... Clark shouldn't be responding to every Tom Dick and Harry that attacks him... by not responding himself, he sends the message that Delay is beneath his notice.

Clark's response, if asked, should be "Tom Delay? Oh, yeah, that former exterminator guy. Well. Whatever."

[Chomskyite]

44. We should be encouraged anytime Delay gets on TV

The more Delay gets on TV, the more damage he does to his own party. The man can't say a public sentence without making sane people angry and want to vote his party out at the first opportunity.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

49. this is So GREAT

Anybody know where Clark Campaign Strategist Reid Cherlin responded?
Was it on "Meek the Pressed"?
This response is so excellent it needs to be out and seen by all !

[Cocoa]

52. sending another signal to Bush

This is the third signal to Bush, by my count, that Clark will go where others are afraid to go.

First, he raised Bush's alcoholism, twice in two days.

Then, he was the first candidate, maybe the only one, to say that Bush should be held accountable for Sept. 11.

Now, Bush should know from this latest statement that Clark will use chickenhawk. Why would he use it on DeLay and not on Bush?

Next... will Clark break the silence on Bush looking like a monkey?

[Bozvotros]

54. This kind of talk carries more weight from Clark and his campaign

than any other candidate IMO. Dean's outrage was contagious, Clark's is deeply infectious. Lets hope it spreads. I can smell the fear coming over Rove and company as Clark rolls up his sleeves and attacks. I have been a big Dean supporter because he was making those kind of statements early and often, but Clark, a four star general making them now, trumps a Vermont governor. Dean and Clark are showing the way to win. Kerry seems to be getting the message but he has been a bit too tentative when he has had the spotlight.

All I want is to send the squatter * squealing out of the White House, to await his fate as historians eviscerate his brief squalid little reign. Once we decide whether Clark, Dean or Kerry will carry the banner, we need to close ranks tightly.

[NNN0LHI]

55. You may have forgot that Clark also mentioned the Chimps marriage problems

In a very nice way though of course. I believe he was complementing the Chimp on getting his marriage back on track after his booze and drugging days ended when he was 40ish.

Don

[alittlelark]

58. ...You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too!!!

We sung it as children,,,,, but doesn't the smell LINGEEER!! Time to pull out some Eau de Clark!!! The scent is GUARANTEED to overpower any chickenhawk or patriotismfumism. Guaranteed or your money back!!!

*Unless diebold steals your votes and we enter into a revolution.


MOTTO: Be Prepared

[kodi]

56. the shorter tom delay: "negroes stole my slot in the nam."

as to those "well paying military positions" minorities volunteered for, those $250/month buck privates in 1967 would laugh at his remarks.

[Voltaire99]

59. Sad to see Dems falling for this home-grown baiting

Sure, Delay sucks. That's not the point.

If we follow the Clark campaign's logic, those with military service have better standing to take part in the debate over our imperial nation.

Wrong. In fact, the reverse is healthier for democracy: the military has no place in our politics.

As for this galling phrase...

Wes Clark has seen real combat, given his blood for our country, and commanded troops in battle

...the sane response is disgust, not boyish fascination or nationalistic pride. Now is not the time -- when we are conducting an immoral and illegal occupation of Iraq -- to fan the flames of militarism.

[robbedvoter]

60. But maybe it's time to fan the flames of accountability, expose hypocrisy

You seem to have missd the entire chickenhawk point. The argument here is not that hurray - our guy has a nice uniform, but rather "How dare you, chickenhawk Delay even think of attacking Clark who actually fought"
Funny you cannot rally around this point. Well, not, actually.

[NNN0LHI]

62. Your post may work on those who don't know any better Voltaire99?

I dout it will catch on here at DU. Good try though. Give you that.

Don

[tabasco]

65. So veterans are not eligible to participate ?

No thanks to your vision, Voltaire. I respect those with military service and recognize they have every right to participate in politics. No more, no less.

[0007]

61. Hilarious

The only difference between Tom DeLay and junior is that Tom DeLay had a job as an exterminator and junior has never ever had a job.

[dusty64]

64. This is awesome.

Everything I've always wanted to say to that POS.

[doubleyoi]

66. sweet!

it's an absolute OUTRAGE that that moronic quote by Delay regarding military service hasn't been brought up more. I mean, people should just be hammering him with that awful quote, like a game of Whack-a-Mole, every time he speaks. No really Tom, tell us again why you didn't serve? If I had been in the room when he said that I know I would have started laughing.

[grannylib]

67. Well done Mr. Cherlin! DeLay's comments were pathetic...how stupid

Republicans are to believe this kind of shit, and to vote for it!!

[Ivote]

68. OOOO I LOVE IT

This is getting better and better
"Beatthe shit out of them" Chickenhawks"
Way to go General!!

[mac56]

69. As the bumper sticker says:

"Gomer Pyle got closer to combat than George W. Bush did."