*how consultants like Chris Lehane totally killed General Clark's run for President in 2003/4, and how they kill Democrats in general ---> Chris Lehane - professional "pussy"
This is absolutely awesome. Basically, Wes Clark, Jr. says almost everything I've been thinking for years now, but haven't had the balls to say out loud. Stuff like:
*how "f***ed up" American politics are
*how consultants like Chris Lehane totally killed General Clark's run for President in 2003/4, and how they kill Democrats in general ---> Chris Lehane - professional "pussy"
*how politicians are all liars ("all the time") and "rotten to the core"
*how politicians don't "give a damn what you think"
*how John McCain is a "sellout," not a "maverick" in any way, and in fact is "George Bush without Jesus Christ" - "not as religious but just as hard-core right"
*how "10%-20% of the people who are involved in politics all the time, year-round are downright pathological"
*how "it's the American peoples' fault cuz they don't want to hear the truth," how people who stand up and say things that are uncomfortable truths have a way of dying (e.g., Martin Luther King, Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi)
*how Joe Lieberman is "such a tool"
*how the American people fall for the same ridiculous "waffler" and "flip flopper" charges every single election
*how "Kerry would have won the election last time if he would have turned to Bush in the last debate in the last minute" and called Bush "a chickenhawk coward who pays people to go out and lie about me and doesn't have the guts to stand up and do it yourself you pussy"
*how Democrats are afraid to impeach the President "even though he broke like 450 laws!"
*how politicians "have no shame" and are "not going to apologize," so just "go after them" ("attack attack attack!")
*how he "can't imagine" his father running again in 2008 (because Hillary Clinton has it "f'in" locked up because of "all the political favors she has to call in," alld hte "people she raised money for," etc.)
*how, if it's not Hillary, there's either Al Gore or Mark Warner with $200 million of his own money<
*how there's thousands of Americans dead because of this Administration" and "our party's done squat to stand up to it and stop it"
*how Republicans are "bad guys"
*how the Democratic Party is "a collection of victims' groups"
*how "the real victim is the average Joe out there"
*how "the reason that politicians don't get mad is that...everyone I can think of who's in politics is super wealthy"
*how "if you're not angry [at what's going on in this country] you need to have you're head examined"
*how "everybody should be...enraged in this country"
*how the whole "America the homeland [thing]...kind of creeps me out"
*how "the whole idea of left and right is warped in this country...there's not such thing as left and right because the bar has been moved so far over to the right"
*how what people thought was reasonable 20 years ago is considered super-left-wing now...it's insane"
*how George Wallace would be considered mainstream nowadays
*["moderate conservative" caller] how "the Democratic Party has got an excellent opportunity to win over a lot of the traditional Republican voters" simply by having a stance on something and standing behind it, not trying to be all things to all people
*how he'll never run for President because you've "gotta raise money"
*how when mortgage rates spike in 6 months, "you're gonna have hell to pay in this country"
*how "we don't make jack shit in this country anymore"
*how "[the right wingers] don't care if you lose your house, your family, they don't give a damn"
*how "you should feel free to fight somebody and not worry that you're gonna lose"
OK, so here's the deal. If Wes Clark, Sr. doesn't get to be President - or even if he does - how about Wes Clark, Jr. in about 8 years or so? Yeah, yeah, I know Wes Jr. doesn't want to run because he would have to raise money (and because he smoked pot), but neither did Jim Webb and look at him now. :) Anyway, after watching this video, who's up for "Draft Wes Junior, 2016?" Ha.
I encourage everyone to watch it (its about 45 minutes). It is awesome!!!
Wesley Clark, Jr. Goes After The Democratic Party EstablishmentWesley Clark, Jr. was an integral part of his dad's presidential campaign in 2004, and in his appearance on The Young Turks today unloaded on the entire Democratic Party establishment.
He names names, calls out specific Democratic consultants that worked on the Wesley Clark campaign and goes after the party leadership.
His criticism of the Democrats is only matched by his blistering attack against the Republican Party. His story on how John McCain acts in private is devastating.
He also goes after Bob Shrum, Joe Lieberman, James Carville and even some bloggers on Daily Kos. No one is spared, including me at the end. If you're faint of heart, don't watch this clip. And I'm also warning you ahead of time, if you are offended by foul language -- do not watch this.
But if you want to see someone who pulls absolutely no punches and speaks with no fear, check out Wes Clark in this video clip:
Ba-dum-ching...
That guy really took the weak-dem-pols to task..rock on!!
The biggest strategic blunder was not running in Iowa...