Wes Clark delivers "Real" State of the Union Address today - C-Span3

[Adelante]

General Clark is keynoting New America Foundation's "Real State of U.S. Foreign Policy 2006" conference in Washington DC today and will speak on "The Real State of the Union: A No Nonsense Discussion of America's Foreign Policy and a Call to Action." The conference will take place in Senate Dirksen G-50 from 9 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. General Clark 's speech is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. The conference can be watched on C-Span 3 live or over the internet on C-Span's site.

Among those also speaking are former National Review Editor-in-Chief and Hudson Institute Senior Fellow John O'Sullivan, TWN blogger and New America Foundation foreign policy programs director Steve Clemons, CNN Terrorism Analyst and bin Laden tracker Peter Bergen, New America Foundation Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation Michael Lind, Scowcroft Group Partner and former senior State Department oficial Kevin Nealer, Nixon Center President and National Interest publisher Dimitri Simes, Albright Group Partner and former Counsel to the Secretary of State as well Special Presidential Envoy on North Korea matters Wendy Sherman, former Special Advisor to President Clinton and political journalist Sidney Blumenthal, World Policy Journal founding editor and New America Foundation Global Middle Class Program Sherle Schwenninger and Economic Strategy Institute President and former Reagan administration senior official Clyde Prestowitz.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/RealStateofForeignPolicy2006web.htm

http://www.c-span.org/

[LizW]

1. C-Span3???? Arrrgh.

I think they call it C-Span 3 because that's how many people have access to it.

:grr:

Hopefully someone will post a thread in real time filling us in on what he says.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. At least it means CSPAN will be taping it.

We have to push them now to rebroadcast this on a channel that people actually can watch.

[Adelante]

3. Yeah, I know

It's all about Alito today, anyway, so I guess this is what they could get. I don't get any C-Span at all :(

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. You know you can watch all CSPAN channels online?

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp

Live stream, bottom of the page.

[Adelante]

5. Thank you, Viva

I do know and that's what I do, but my eyes are not so good and I always wish I could watch on a big screen. I get only CNN as a news station where I live. It's a drag. I miss PBS and C-span the most.

[CarolNYC]

7. I'm watching online too...

Sort of, I'm really supposed to be working....I'm sort of listening anyway...Steve Clemons is up now....

Funny, because what is says is on now on CSpan 3 according to the watch live link on the C-Span site is "mine safety"....Mine safety?? Or am I reading that worng?

[Tom Rinaldo]

8. I just called them and complained

Person I reached said it was "mislabled" and they would take care of it. I think Mine Safety is supposed to be on later.

[CarolNYC]

10. Oh good work Tom...

I hope they change it soon because it still says Mine Safety...grrrr!

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. If they don't correct it soon, I think you should call also

I am not 100% confident that this mistake is not intentional. I didn't tell them that I was tuning in to watch the Real State of the Union Conference, just that it said Mine Safety was being shown but that wasn't what was on. If I called again I would say when I clicked on CSPAN3 it said what I was looking for wasn't there. Here is CSPAN's phone number: [phone]

[mikelgb]

23. those things are never right!

i saw the same thing on there for three days in a row once.

[Jai4WKC08]

38. It's on the schedule now

'Course, there's no mention of Clark in the item description. Heh, no surprise there. He's only giving the keynote address. Makes lots more sense to list the other speakers, but not him. Oh yeah.... :sarcasm:

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. I will miss this in real time, so I hope it gets well blogged.

I have to drive a relative to the airport. I would pay for a cab, but it's a 90 min. drive, lol.

[Tinksrival]

6. Thanks!

I really needed a Wes fix. The man gives me hope. His love for this country shines like a light on the darkest night, and boy are they getting dark. :(

[madokie]

9. Thanks for the link now I have all three in my favorites

[Totally Committed]

11. I'll be watching online if I can get it to stream for me...

Thanks, WesDem for this timely reminder that there is more than a filibuster planned for today! This, along with the filibuster, is part of a HUGE one-two punch right in the administration's face!

We will be awesome! I can't wait!

TC

[Adelante]

12. You stay out of that Alito forum!!

I saw you in there shaking like a leaf! I hope you're taking care of yourself :hug:

[Maru Kitteh]

17. Is this what I should be seeing right now?

OK, guy just said Wes Clark coming up but it still says MINE SAFETY. x(

[Adelante]

18. So what's happening?

Anybody? Give us some live action!

[SaintLouisBlues]

19. Clark being introduced now

[Maru Kitteh]

20. He's finally coming up now.

Please do run again Wes, we need you more than ever now.

[sundancekid]

21. if video streams are uneven, try listening to it on the cspan RADIO link

[Maru Kitteh]

22. In our conduct and rhetoric since 9-11

we have made more enemies than friends in the world.


:woohoo:

[Adelante]

24. Play by play

On CCN

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/4172

[Maru Kitteh]

25. "Protecting our constitution should be our FIRST priority - it should be

country before party ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS.

Calling for independent investigation/prosecution on wiretapping and Jackie boy.

[Texas_Kat]

26. This promises to be a barn burner of a speech

the State of the Union that we SHOULD be getting from the President of the United States.

What does that say?

It says to me that we'd get a clearer look at the state of the Union if Wes Clark was POTUS!

[Tom Rinaldo]

29. Kat, will it all on foreign affairs or is it larger in focus?

When I think of State of the Union, I think of all of it, both domestic and foreign, and I wold love to hear what Clark has to say on the big picture.

[Jai4WKC08]

15. Well, we know...

That Clark considers the economy, education, healthcare, the environment all to be "national defense" issues. And rightly so. I'll be very surprised if he doesn't work them in.

I wonder if he'll talk to the NSA no-warrant wire-tapping. Bet he does.

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Well I look forward to reading about it

I have to leave the house right now unfortunately. Talk about bad timeing!

[Texas_Kat]

43. Thie speech covered everything!

FISA, the constitution, education, healthcare, economy, .... national security, international relations -India, Pakisatan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, China, Russia..............

As ol' Sam Rayburn used to say, "A Democrat without prefix, without suffix, and without apology"

The speech transcript is posted at SecuringAmerica.com http://www.securingamerica.com

Riveting.....

[Adelante]

27. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS!

Protecting our Constitution comes first. It should be country before party ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS! (applause)

Congress needs to show resolve that the laws bind the exec. branch.

[Adelante]

28. "health care for the public good, not just the profits of the companies"

Yes.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. Calls for move to single payer healthcare so all Americans have care

Mentions how the healthcare system is being motivated in part by who has the best commercials on TV.

[Pryderi]

31. Will "can-o-fun" make it available?

[CarolNYC]

35. Oh, that would be good....I wonder

Also, they seem to be running a little behind, yes?

Unless they give poor Sidney only a few minutes Wes'll never be up by 12:15.

[Adelante]

32. Who will? Good question and good answer

Is it possible that Unions could become the 'development agencies' for workers? (further training, education for workers, etc) And if they don't - who will?

[laruemtt]

33. how wonderful to hear true intelligence

rather than the pap that stumbles out of idiot in thief / murderer's mouth. i would love to see gore and clark run together and make child's play of toying with *'s brain, such as it is.......

[jen4clark]

34. D'oh!! Thanks WesDem

I didn't see your post and posted about this again... Oh well, mine's dropping away fast and in the meantime this popped higher up the list, so it's all good!

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[Adelante]

42. Thank you to CCN, Jen

For all the stuff I lifted and pasted :hi:

My stream just didn't make it.

[Jai4WKC08]

44. Done, and a suggestion

I think we ought to write Fox and/or Brit Hume and suggest Clark be included in the discussion after the Prez' SOTU address tomorrow night. It's not too late for them to arrange that.

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[email protected]

[Adelante]

36. Moral leadership

Moral leadership is far more valuable than whatever pittances of information might be gained by compromising our beliefs. (Amen)

[NCarolinawoman]

37. Regular old C-Span, which I CAN get, is showing a 1/27 conservative forum.

They've been showing it all morning. Looks like it was attended by about ten people. They interrupted it a bit to show W's "impromptu" cabinet meeting.

What part of C-span does Rove control?

Just an up-date: Super Neo-con Frank Gaffney is speaking.

[Gloria]

39. Sid Blumenthal is up now slamming Buschco--Wes up NEXT!!!

I think the Real Player stream picture is clearer than the one on Windows Media....at least when I checked...I'm on Real Player now....,

[autorank]

40. Tell them the truth and they'll think you're giving 'em Hell! Go WES!

What perfect timing. Wes Clark could step in to the White House today and begin running things well right out of the gate.

We need him front and center more often (and he is the only Democrat who has figured out how to get extensive coverage out of Faux;), quite an accomplishment).

Recommended.

[Adelante]

41. Darfur

Create an intervention force in Darfur. NATO to lead it. With the right approach and kind of force we could save thousands and thousands of lives. When you can make a difference you should.

[Adelante]

45. Speech here

http://securingamerica.com/node/560

Will we choose to emphasize boastful rhetoric or constructive engagement abroad? Will we lash out in anger with military force, or will we pursue every reasonable avenue to avoid the terrible destruction of war? Will we “fight fire with fire,” relying on the means and techniques of our adversaries, or live and lead by the higher standard of the values we have professed? At home, will we persist in shortsighted partisanship, or will we follow a stronger vision to the deep reforms needed to secure our future? Will it be selfishness or shared sacrifice that is our rallying cry?

These are the choices before us.

My Prez :yourock:

[trillian]

46. Gives me goosebumps!

:patriot:

[CarolNYC]

47. Well, I had to go into a meeting....

when this was going on...The transcript is great though....and I understand video will be available later tonight. WooHoo! :)

[Adelante]

48. It is supposed to rerun on C-span3 at 6PM

Get home on time :)

[Jai4WKC08]

49. Will that be the whole conference?

In which case, Clark's speech should start at around 10:20pm eastern (I guesstimating, based on when the schedule shows them as starting this morning). Or are they re-airing only his portion? Do we know?

[Adelante]

50. The whole conference

I would think.

[CarolNYC]

54. heh....

I'm stuck here until 6 and then about an hour to get home....

This from a post on CCN though....

"Called C-Span and was told that they generally show an event like this 3 times and that the evening and early morning programmes will be up at 6:00 pm ET.
Asked if it there will be a video or DVD and was told possibly, but depends on the licensing arrangements."

[NCarolinawoman]

58. Does a C-span3 event ever eventually show up on C-span2 or C-span?

If not, I am doomed not to see this.

[Jai4WKC08]

60. Not usually, but...

I just wrote them to ask. I want them to show it after Bush's SOTU. Or right before. Either way. They won't, of course. Tim Kaine will get the rebuttal. Oh boy.

The addresses are up thread just a ways, if you want to write too.

[ArkySue]

66. YES!

It's going to re-run on CSPAN-1 tonight.

[Totally Committed]

51. Positively, absolutely, mind-blowingly

O U T S T A N D I N G ! ! !

There is no one like Wes Clark!

TC

[judy from nj]

52. What a great speech!

He really laid it all out - domestic issues and foreign policy issues. It was fantastic. I hope I can watch it again.

[Glimmer of Hope]

57. It really sounded like he was running for president!

He is not just about foreign policy.

[Adelante]

53. Congress needs to show resolve

First, we’ve got to set things right at home. Protecting our Constitution comes first. Country before Party. Congress must fulfill its duties to the American people, not rollover for favors from the Executive branch. We need a full, in-depth, bipartisan investigation of the Administration’s bypassing of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Congress needs to show resolve that the laws it passes do bind the executive branch, whether in wiretapping, humane treatment of prisoners, or the freedom of information act. Moreover, it is time for a special prosecutor, independent of the Department of Justice, to be empowered to investigate the Abramoff scandal, and pursue the leads all the way through Congress and up to the highest office in the land, if necessary.

[Pithy Cherub]

55. I want Clark as my president!

Juxtapose that world class oratory against the travesty that will be shown tomorrow.

Wes Clark has all of the gifts and talents necessary to be an extraordinary president for America. :applause:

[cyberpj]

56. THIS is the BEST DEM CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT. It's not the right

time for Hillary or a re-run of Kerry or Gore.

I wish Dems would understan just how potent a Clark is. Well-spoken, on -target, military experience, and all the right rebuttals.

I say CLARK FOR PRESIDENT.

[Totally Committed]

59. A big fat DITTO!

Wes for Pres!

TC

[FrenchieCat]

61. Shit....I don't get C-Span 3.....of course!

I really want to "see" his conviction when he speaks those powerful words.

Clark is a gift to Democrats who are tired of cutting their own throats!

[imlost]

62. A true leader!

[Totally Committed]

63. Kick for something uplifting!

Thank you, Wes!

TC

[high density]

64. Wow, by chance I turned on C-SPAN radio at lunch time and heard Clark!

What a great surprise!

[dogman]

65. Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby!

The real SOTU by what should have ben the real POTUS. At least one bright spot for this day, for me.

[FrenchieCat]

67. Playing on C-Span at 8:30 p.m. E.T., I heard......

I'll be watching! :popcorn:

[Tom Rinaldo]

68. I saw 8:50 as the time. So hang in there if it's not on at 8:30 n/t

[FrenchieCat]

69. Mo-K!

:hi:

[Totally Committed]

70. Kick...

This was the REAL SOTU.

TC

[Clark2008]

71. I watched it with my hubby online last night.

I nearly cried in parts: why is this man not our president?

And, the next time some media fucker says Democrats have no solutions, I'm emailing them parts of this speech. Idiots want to NOT cover this man and then try to LIE to me and TELL me that the Dems have no solutions. Lying jerks.

Compare this speech to blivet's teleprompted speech tonight (which Wes made fun of at the very start and then proceeded to give an incredible 40-minute speech without ONCE looking at a note), and see how much we're missing substance over biligerent rhetoric.

Such a shame we continue to let the corporate media pick our candidates (no offense to Kerry, whom I liked, but knew he couldn't win in a hoped-for landslide or anywhere near it, which we need).