Everyone has been lambasting General Wesley Clark today over his comments about John McCain, including Barack Obama who rejected his comments. But has anyone watched the comments? Not only does General Clark not disparage John McCain's war record, he calls him his "hero" for how courageous he was in his service.
The only point General Clark is making is that this does not translate to having experience in executive responsibility. That point is not only uncontroversial, it is indisputable. Is everyone who got shot out of a plane or spent time in a POW camp qualified to be President of the United States? Of course, not.
Does that experience and how he handled it speak to John McCain's courage? Absolutely. His service to the country? No doubt. But does it speak to whether he has the national security or foreign policy experience necessary to be president? Absolutely not.
Watch General Clark's comments here and judge for yourself whether he said something outrageous or perfectly rational:
Watch The Young Turks on You Tube
Young Turk's Blog Roll
Featured Bloggers
 | Ada Calhoun |
 | Ben Greenman |
 | Dinesh D'Souza |
 | Jeff Hoard |
 | Mo Rocca |
 | Young Turks |
RSS Feeds
Resources
The Young Turks
Report
The Young Turks, hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz, airs on Air America Radio... read more
General Clark is Absolutely Right!
Add your comments
Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.
When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.
To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br> tags.
Top Tags
Most Popular Stories
Most Commented On News Bloggers
- Obama or Palin: Who is the Real Hypocrite? (660)
- The Real Source of Palin's Appeal (514)
- Look Who's Calling Sarah Palin "Inexperienced" (321)
- McCain-Palin: A Chicken in Every Pot and A Bun in Every Oven (124)
- Special Coverage of the Republican National Convention Starting Monday (110)
- Roland Martin of CNN Goes Off on Sarah Palin (108)
- Bristol Palin's 'Redneck' Fiancé (103)
Recent Comments
Top News Headlines
Ada Calhoun |
Ben Greenman |
Dinesh D'Souza |
Jeff Hoard |
Mo Rocca |
The Young Turks |
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 4)
1. this blog is aptly named the young jerks
robrt lipton at 12:45AM on Jul 1st 2008
2. Cenk
Is this another plug for Wes Clark for Vice President?
Obama is going to dump his top military advisor real soon. I saw Obama on TV blasting Wes Clark comments against McCain.
Wes Clark is a loose cannon now as he was a loose cannon in the war in the Balkans where that idiot almost started WW3 in trying to get the British to get into a military confrontation with Russia. The British won the arguement and no confrontation happened.
Cenk, you are then saying Obama is wrong in blasting Wes Clark? I bet the looney Left Wingnuts and MoveOn are about the one's who agree with you.
robert okane at 12:55AM on Jul 1st 2008
3. Republicans are looking for an enemy in General Clark. Republicans tried to say Clinton was starting WW III in the Balkans, as Robert Okane has obviously read somewhere.
Republicans are just pissed off because Clinton managed to win the war in the Balkans with air power alone and without the loss of a single American soldier.
Unlike Bush vs. Obama, Clinton actually got Milosevich. (pardon the spelling)
Having said that, Clark served Obama very poorly. True, being shot down is not a qualification for being President. But when Clark talked about McCain being a squadron leader and citing some of his other accomplishments, Clark's comments seemed even dumber.
Obama was right to step away from Clark's remarks.
Captain Negative at 2:12AM on Jul 1st 2008
4. AND ATHEISM IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
http://www.evolutionfacts.blogspot.com
ISAAC ASIMOV at 3:07AM on Jul 1st 2008
5. Obama set Clark up to do his dirty work, then denounces him, trying to look good.
Obama is such a sleeze
Bettybb at 3:27AM on Jul 1st 2008
6. Wes Clark is a tone deaf clown and he just flush his own name off Obamy's VIP list. LMAO
Thomas J Gassett at 3:53AM on Jul 1st 2008
7. "Obama is such a sleeze"
-----------------------------------------------
What do you think of Hillary going around, color coordinated, with Obama, making nice?
Do you support her for trying to reunite the party?
Or do you think she is being a lying hypocrite, when she asks you to support the party and Obama?
Captain Negative at 3:56AM on Jul 1st 2008
8. Once again one of Obama's surrogates does his campaign a disservice and he's forced to disavow their comments. How many times is this now?
If he can't keep his ducks in a row during the lead up to the election, it doesn't reflect well on his ability to lead this country.
bob at 7:20AM on Jul 1st 2008
9. General Clark is a Moron.
Roert Dean at 8:19AM on Jul 1st 2008
10. General Clark is a Moron!
Roert Dean at 8:42AM on Jul 1st 2008
11. Typical political BS. Let someone else do your dirty work. This country is in trouble. Obama says he wants to run on change. I see no change from either party.
JIM at 8:46AM on Jul 1st 2008
12. Do you mean the General Clark who provided the manpower and equipment to incinerate the men, women and children at WACO.
Do you mean General Clark who is part and parcel to AXIOM the domestic spy company?
OhReally at 9:10AM on Jul 1st 2008
13. General Clark was a war hero. Served his country for decades. My sense tells me he's a good man. You folks that put him down should be ashamed. Look at his resume' and then look at yours. Who's the moron?
Bill at 9:14AM on Jul 1st 2008
14. Cenk
A couple of new books you might like to read.
Just out, and it is not book attacking either the Democrats of Obama.
Book "Governance in the Wilderness" should be a big seller.
Dick Morris new book "Fleeced" is already a best seller and you should also enjoy that. It is not to deep, so you can flip between YouTube for your news stories and the cartoon channel while reading a good book.
Maybe some knowledge in your fat head will get help you in you work. Pass the books onto Ana.
robert okane at 9:45AM on Jul 1st 2008
15. By the same rational what experience does Obama have? Clark convienietly ignors the fact that McCain was also a commander of a fighter wing that won many awards and has been a senator for many years and has been on commities pertaining to national defence. Now tell me what has Obama done.
Don Stagnaro at 10:03AM on Jul 1st 2008