Gen. Clark told Hillary to drop out??????????

[Thrill]

http://www.americablog.com/2008/05/breaking-wesley-clark-reportedly-called.html

[meow mix]

1. he cares about the party. hillary doesnt.

figures.

[Thrill]

2. I think its all about destroying Obama now

not about winning the nomination

[SoFlaJet]

4. I don't think so Brent

I think it starts today, the unification of the party. Right now it's all about legacy for the Clintons-I have hope today that they will help unite this party and help get Obama in the White House.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I am glad you are hopeful

I am not.

Nastiest. Campaign. Ever.

Hillary gets the prize.

I am beyond ready for her to be gone.

[seabeyond]

8. then her and her supporters are going to have to heal flor and mich

they are going to have to reverse and NOT blame obama and put ownership on the state officials where it belongs. when i see this effort, i will believe

[SoFlaJet]

9. look seabeyond

I LIVE in Florida-there IS no healing needed here-we all knew what the deal was on January 29th-we all knew that our votes meant nothing but some of us voted as an exercise in democracy or a civil lesson for our kids. The only thing THIS Floridian missed was being able to see the candidates up close and personal-I envy those that did.

[seabeyond]

10. i am glad to hear it. but from what i have heard from hillary supporters on DU and msm

that is not the reality.

i hope it is your perspective.... it is reasonable, logical, makes sense to me. that is why i do not get what i am hearing, at all.

[madrchsod]

14. i`m sure once the dust is settled you`ll be seeing both of them

[Tinksrival]

18. This part is from Americablog is great:

"We like General Clark here at AMERICAblog, and have a bit of a history with him. So we hope what we're hearing is true. But the general better watch it - this could be his most dangerous mission to date. When you take on the Clintons, the sniper fire is real."

[roguevalley]

31. I love Wes. VP anyone?

[PoliticalAmazon]

51. NO. He's a Hillary supporter. Clarke being Obama's VP would mean....

Obama had lied about the very foundation of his campaign: to change politics in D.C.

Besides, it would be a slap in the face to the Dem politicians who took the risk of alienating the powerful and vindictive Clintons and supported Obama. There are plenty of Obama supporting politicians who would make a great VP choice.

[SoFlaJet]

3. I'm trying not to think that way MM

I WANT to love Hillary and Bill Clinton again. I HOPE to see them go back to being the great democrats that they were for so long to EVERY ONE OF US once again. Remember Hillary helped a lot of congressional democrats with a lot of money that she was flush with after her last senate run. Also, I want to see Wesley Clark on the ticket for VP.

[Life Long Dem]

27. I would want as well.

But Bill wants the Colombia trade deals so he could profit off of cheap labor.

[jasmine621]

19. Did you even listen to what she said last night?

She is not about destroying the party and I have no doubt that she will campaign vigorously for Obama. She is about sticking to her promise to get a resolution for the MI and FL voters and to carry on until the primary is over. What she does know and faces up to is that Obama will NOT be elected President even with all his charm and intelligence and all the hype. America WILL NOT seat a black President and you can count on it. Voters voted against their own interest in 2000 and in 2004. They voted against white men who represented their own interest. Do you honestly think they will not do the same with a black candidate? Even the huge number of blac voters will not be able to turn that around. And contrary to popular opinion here, the GOP will not sit home just because McCain is the candidate.

[Colobo]

26. Jasmine, you are seeing history in the making. Obama WILL be the next president!

He will be- you need to believe it. It's happening.

[last1standing]

28. Are you saying that a black person can't win so we shouldn't vote for them?

jasmine621 wrote:

America WILL NOT seat a black President and you can count on it. Voters voted against their own interest in 2000 and in 2004. They voted against white men who represented their own interest. Do you honestly think they will not do the same with a black candidate? Even the huge number of blac voters will not be able to turn that around.

Yeah, I guess you are.

[EFerrari]

50. You couldn't be more wrong.

2000 and 2004 were STOLEN. Americans didn't NOT vote against their interests.

The GOP base HATES McCain.

Clinton signed off on disallowing MI and FL UNTIL SHE NEEDED TO USE THOSE VOTERS.

And your claim that most Americans are BIGOTS is DISGUSTING.

We will seat Obama. And he will be the best thing that happened to us since Howard Dean proved that Big Money doesn't own us.

[blm]

24. They've likely figured by making it public he has a better chance to get on Obama's short list.

.

[Straight Shooter]

30. He cares about the party. That's why he endorsed her to begin with.

That sword of your remark cuts both ways.

[comrade snarky]

34. He endorsed the person he thought

Would be the best president of the Unites States. As an Obama supporter I have nothing but respect for that.

If this article is to be believed, now that Hillary has no chance of winning without changing the rules he is looking past the nomination to the good of the party and the country. I have even more respect for that.

How about you?

[Straight Shooter]

35. I respect General Clark.

I'm sure he can respect a difference of opinion from a Clinton supporter. :)

[comrade snarky]

36. Cute response

Too bad you don't care as much about the party and the country as he does.

I guess you'll be taking you ball and going home with the rest of the children then?

[Straight Shooter]

49. Comrade, do you know a place "the sun don't shine"?

Think about it.

[comrade snarky]

52. I guess you told me

Nothing like someone who's told they are being childish responding with

Waaaaaaaa!!! Fuck you!!!

Don't like it? Grow the fuck up accept some fucking responsibility. You know as well as I the fucking human suffering a McCain administration would cause. Want to help that along? Want that black mark on your soul?

I am so sick of assholes who cant see past their own childish hurt feeling. It is all about you isn't it.

I cant make you do anything but I will answer each and every one of you with a LOUD fuck you for hurting my country and my world.

[NorthCarolina]

5. Oh man, he's dead to her now

eom

[high density]

7. The latest 'Judas' I guess

I'd love to see him join the Obama campaign.

[roguevalley]

33. he will in the general campaign. he's hugely dedicated to the party

and works harder than just about anyone for our candidates.

[TragedyandHope]

11. I think Hillary already saw the writing on the wall last night

This is just reinforcing what she already knows. She may not drop out this week, but it will be within weeks. There is no doubt that Obama is our nominee, so give her a couple weeks if she needs it. Let her pay a few bills, if her supporters want to give her a parting gift.

[Bread and Circus]

12. It seems so, Huffingtonpost is reporting on it.

Much respect to Wes Clark.

[rodeodance]

23. Gee it must be so if Obama shrill HP is posting it!! reminds me of fake video smear!

"The biggest question: Will any of her supporters (including Wes Clark) say publicly or privately she should quit?

[not_too_L8]

13. K&R

[NJmaverick]

15. I really hope this is an indication he will be the VP

and I hope that Obama announces his selection of Clark very soon. This would be an unbeatable ticket. The Repukes will have to seen the wolves out into the woods, because scare tactics won't work with Clark on the ticket.

[Zachstar]

38. I have been thinking about it and it seems more than likely.

It helps the Clinton supporters move over and it yanks out the Military argument.

[Faryn Balyncd]

16. Gen. Clark, your country is CALLING YOU. . . . Obama/Clark 2008 !!!!

[SoonerPride]

17. I second that

hell yes

[Zachstar]

39. Oh well! Third!

[Emit]

20. Chuck Todd on Charlie Rose last night kept checking his BlackBerry

said that there are reports that a very prominent Dem is asking Clinton to drop out. Hmmm...

[MadBadger]

21. McGovern Urges Hillary to Drop out as well

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. Got a link?

I will post it if you have it.

[MadBadger]

29. Its already up

from msnbc

[Life Long Dem]

22. I think she slipped up last night.

She mentioned Chelsea "did" a good job on her campaign. She used the past tense. Does this mean Chelsea is no longer campaigning for her? I think she is coming to an end.

[jenmito]

32. As someone who used to have your avatar as mine, I wouldn't mind an Obama/Clark ticket!

:D

[TexanDem]

37. No, he didn't. Only a rumor. There's a thread here somewhere with link.

[Tom Rinaldo]

40. Clark led by example

As soon as it became apparent that he could not catch John Kerry in 2004 he dropped out of the race and began fighting for Kerry who he was convinced would be our nominee going up against Bush. It was very hard for a lot of Clark supporters to take at the time, but he knew the right thing to do when the time came.

[TexanDem]

42. Clark is a gentleman. I was supporting Clark then. ...>

but I also supported Kerry even though I wasn't crazy about him; though he kinda grew on me as time went on.
I didn't read the article linked to above, only answering the question, did he ask Hillary to drop out -- and no, he didn't.

personally I'd like to see Obama ask Clark to fill out his ticket. But we'll see.

[Skip Intro]

41. Clark's denial that this happened is at the top of the page you link to

UPDATE: We got a denial from General Clark's office today. They contacted us to tell us he did not reach out to Clinton:
This is not true. He did not contact Hillary or the Clinton campaign expressing a desire for her to drop out.
As I wrote in the post last night, we like General Clark here at AMERICAblog. So, we are more than happy to post this denial for him and his staff.

[dogday]

43. UPDATE: General Clark denies making that call.. Read about it...

UPDATE: We got a denial from General Clark's office today. They contacted us to tell us he did not reach out to Clinton:
This is not true. He did not contact Hillary or the Clinton campaign expressing a desire for her to drop out.
As I wrote in the post last night, we like General Clark here at AMERICAblog. So, we are more than happy to post this denial for him and his staff


http://www.americablog.com/2008/05/breaking-wesley-clark-reportedly-called.html

[dogday]

44. You know DU, this thread is indicative of the bullshit that is

floating around and just is not true... All the above posts look really stupid now, and yet not one comes back to accept the truth and denounce the lie...

this is one of the things that is wrong here now.....

[JuniperLea]

46. *crickets*

Someone looks mighty silly now:)

[Political Heretic]

48. umm... okay. I accept the truth, and denounce the lie... I didn't say anything about it anyway.

:shrug:

[OzarkDem]

53. More Obama dirty tricks?

Who was the source of this "rumor"?

[Catchawave]

55. Thanks for posting that....

I doubt anyone clicked on the link. They would have seen it was a crappy article to begin with.

[Texas Hill Country]

45. no, he came out and publically denied this.

[ShortnFiery]

47. I don't believe it. He's not GOD, just another political "spring butt" retired General.

I'm sorry but "uniforms" don't gush reverence and authority lovin' from me.

He's just another politician. A bad one at that. :thumbsdown:

[Bucky]

54. It's a rumor only. That sort of thing is entirely out of character for Clark

Wes Clark might give that sort of advice in private, maybe. But you can be damn sure he wouldn't ever say that around a third set of ears. The man is nothing if not discreet.