Reply #44: Every time I've seen Clark...

[TreasonousBastard]

he has had that air of self-assurance.

You realize, of course, that no one gets those four stars without a certain amount of what was called "virtu" during the Renaissance. It's only a short distance from that to arrogance, but I haven't seen arrogance on Clark's part. At least not yet.

Even Washington and Eisenhower had enemies who tried to trash them at every opportunity, and both did have their faults, but rose above the sound and fury. If Clark is secretly ambitious and moving behind the scenes to push this "draft" movement, so be it. Eisenhower made no secret of how he wanted the White House and spent months taking bids from both parties. He could have done better, but he didn't do all that badly for eight years.

We could do a lot worse than Clark. At the moment, we are doing a lot worse.