Reply #52: That's a Pretty Wild Ride on the Cognitive Gymnastics Machine [View All]

[DrFunkenstein]

Here's what happened:

He spoke his mind honestly through several comments that were entirely in line with his appearances on CNN prior to that.

Having spoke his mind, his campaign staff went ballistic for his inadvertent shredding of his entire rationale for entering the race. Having been "corrected," Clark went on message as the anti-Dean with the military background and no voting record.

Like just about everyone else, he supported something like Biden-Lugar - i.e. a fantasyland vote that never happened.

Hey, I'm for purging the impure as much as the next guy, but I just can't say that Clark would escape the hatchet.

I honestly like the guy. Even late in the game I was hoping that he'd get the VP nod to give him a little more political seasoning for a later bid.

Just the same, I don't buy this whole Manichean/false dilemma jive about whether guys like Edwards and Kerry were either pro-war or anti-war, pro-Bush or anti-Bush, pro-whatever or anti-whatever.

Leave that "with us or with the terrorists" mentality to the Republicans.