Wes Clark's Son Trashes John Edwards on Daily Kos

Today, I put up a post about a Time article that is coming out tomorrow on the Daily Kos. Someone who calls himself Wes Clark Jr, trashed Edwards, and called him a snake oil salesman.

"I understand the appeal of the (your candidate here)/Clark ticket. It's meant to shore up the resumes of candidates with no foreign policy or military experience.

As for why an Edwards/Clark ticket won't happen? I think the man is a snake oil salesman who would ruin the country.

"Apes don't read philosophy." "Yes they do, Otto, they just don't understand it!"

by WesClarkJr on Sun Aug 20, 2006 at 02:12:01 PM PDT


When I asked him if he was Wes Clark's son, he claimed he was.


"Are you WC's Son?
Benny05 on Sun Aug 20, 2006 at 03:29:45 PM PDT

yes
"Apes don't read philosophy." "Yes they do, Otto, they just don't understand it!"by WesClarkJr on Sun Aug 20, 2006 at 04:03:26 PM PDT"

LINK

I found this interesting as most Clarkies as ardent supporters and often the first to trash JRE. Wonder if his dad has been overly critical of JRE in private and that's why the bashing keeps going? I hope not.

I've never been critical of Clark.

Update: August 22, the continuation of the trashing of JRE on the DK:

Wes Clark, JR:

A couple things led me to believe this. First, I believe he is fundamentally dishonest. During the campaign when he questioned my father's integrity with the Hugh Shelton smear. His next smear was that my dad was somehow beholden to lobbyists and that lobbyists were destroying our political system (he neglected to tell his audience that his campaign manager was a HUGE lobbyist or that he raised enormous sums of money through the trial lawyer lobby. But what sealed the deal for me had nothing to do with politics.

A friend of mine hosts a movie show. Celebrities come in and talk about their favorite movies for the promos and interview sections. During the 2004 campaign season, Edwards was a guest. He asked him what his favorite classic movies were and Edwards drew a blank. He couldn't name one. He asked his aide what he thought. The aide recommended DR STRANGELOVE and then Edwards asked the aide what it was about. They restarted the interview and Edwards basically repeated what the aide just told him. Yeah, so the guy lies about movies he's seen, big deal. But what disturbed my friend was how Edwards put on such a convincing performance about not only seeing but loving the moving (which he'd hadn't). He put on such a great performance that Slate did a story about his movie choice and how it somehow told us so much about the depth and wisdom of the candidate that he picked Dr. Strangelove. Maybe you don't have a problem with a President who is a convincing and enthusiatic liar about the little things in life. But my experience here on Earth tells me that if people lie about the little things, they'll lie about the big things.

As far as what kind of President he'd be? America right now is approaching the most dire geopolitical moment in its history (WOT, Iraq, Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, peak oil and gloabal warming). I fail to see how a personal injury attorney with no executive experience and half a term in the Senate is going to guide us through it.

Oh My: there's one in many families who wish to step up to the political plate. General Clark, I seem to recall you introduced JRE in Wilmington during 2004 after JRE was nodded as VP, and I'm not holding you to this, but unfortunately, your son's comments may become fair game for others. I wish you would have a statement on your blog that other than your wife's blogging, your family's ideas are their own, in order to help clarify. But if you are allowing him to speak for you, well, it may help you, but may backfire on you too. I'm counting on you to be a good party man as you are for Ned, and to take the high road...and encourage your family to do the same, and not be so emotional as to call JRE with pejoratives.

Tags: John Edwards, JRE, Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark Jr, Daily Kos, bashing, trashing