Hey Bernie, I've got your VP right here.

[safeinOhio]

Wesley Clark. Weak on defense, hell no with a General holding down the VP.

[whatchamacallit]

1. Defense Weekly? Wha?

[Maedhros]

2. Hell no!

https://theintercept.com/2015/07/20/chattanooga-wesley-clark-calls-internment-camps-disloyal-americans/

Retired general and former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark on Friday called for World War II-style internment camps to be revived for “disloyal Americans.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts in the wake of the mass shooting in Chatanooga, Tennessee, Clark said that during World War II, “if someone supported Nazi Germany at the expense of the United States, we didn’t say that was freedom of speech, we put him in a camp, they were prisoners of war.”

He called for a revival of internment camps to help combat Muslim extremism, saying, “If these people are radicalized and they don’t support the United States and they are disloyal to the United States as a matter of principle, fine. It’s their right and it’s our right and obligation to segregate them from the normal community for the duration of the conflict.”

[safeinOhio]

7. I didn't see that, also

The comments were shockingly out of character for Clark, who after serving as supreme allied commander of NATO made a name for himself in progressive political circles. In 2004, his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was highly critical of the Bush administration’s excessive response to the 9/11 terror attacks. Since then, he has been a critic of policies that violate the Geneva Convention, saying in 2006 that policies such as torture violate “the very values that [we] espouse.”

[elleng]

11. Exactly. THANKS, safe!

[elleng]

8. It's bullshit, he did NOT call for 'internment camps.'

[safeinOhio]

10. That would be under domestic policy.

The President would be in charge of that..

[leftofcool]

4. I believe Wesley is a Hillary supporter.

[Fearless]

6. Source?

[wyldwolf]

16. Common Democratic knowledge...

...but since that's in short supply on DU these days...

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Wes+Clark+endorses+Hillary+Clinton

[Fearless]

21. Was that really all that hard?

Incidentally I would never want him as VP. He is a war hawk.

From your link...

“When Hillary Clinton took over as Secretary of State, America’s image around the globe was badly damaged. Since then, we’ve ended the war in Iraq. We’re winding down in Afghanistan. We decimated Al-Qaeda’s leadership, and helped democracy grow in the Middle East," Clark writes.

[elleng]

9. He has supported her in the past,

they've been 'friends,' may have begun during Clintons' time in Arkansas.

Even so, he would not use that to avoid public service, imo, but the issue wouldn't arise until AFTER primaries.

[safeinOhio]

14. Obama made her SS

so I don't see that as a problem.

[elleng]

18. It's not a problem at all, safe.

I must say I've waited for YEARS for HRC's friendship with Wes to bear fruit, and haven't seen it, among other issues her vote FOR Iraq war, which Wes opposed.

[FSogol]

15. Wes Clark recently supported some comments O'Malley made on the connection

between trouble in the mideast and climate change

Former Generals Back Up O’Malley’s Climate And Conflict Connection

article here:

http://iowastartingline.com/2015/07/24/former-generals-back-up-omalleys-climate-and-conflict-connection/

[elleng]

20. Thanks for this, FS!

My 2 #1s together, no surprise!

[safeinOhio]

5. Just a thought,

any one with an idea to cover that angle?

[safeinOhio]

12. Republicans wouldn't use that as

they would be in favor of it. For the general elections.

[olddots]

13. is thete a DU code book available ?

something to help me understand some OPs ?

[demwing]

24. Let me translate:

Hey Bernie, I've got your VP right here: Wesley Clark!
Weak on defense? Hell no (with a General holding down the VP)!

*That's my take - translations may vary...

[ram2008]

17. I think Webb would be a good VP tbh

I know many people would hate that choice, but I think he would cover Bernie's weaknesses and round out a ticket.

Webb's got a solid foreign policy record, is populist on economic issues and a bit moderate on the social issues.

I can see people feeling uncomfortable with a "socialist" who is calling for 'revolution,' and I think having someone like Webb who is one of those old school by the book type of dudes, strong but not reckless on defense, and a veteran would help counteract that.

[yeoman6987]

22. True but do we want a ticket with a 75 and 70 year old for the general?

I am not against older people but I am not sure that ticket would be popular.

[ram2008]

26. I thought Webb was younger

He looks good for his age, thought he was in his early 60's.

[yeoman6987]

28. I looked after the debate and had to double look cuz of shock

69 now, but 70 early 2016. Unbelievable.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. Ugh!

[bigwillq]

23. No, thanks (nt)

[m-lekktor]

25. HELL no to Wes "School of the Americas" Clark! nt

[madokie]

27. F* wes clark