"Piling On. ...while Wesley Clark takes the high road. [View All]

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"Democrat losers-to-be feed the right wing media's "circular firing squad" image of the party while Wesley Clark takes the high road"
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http://www.americanpolitics.com/20040104punditpap.html

"...Sure, Democrats are sniping -- but that is in part because Democrats actually do have diverse views and their rank and file are justifiably angry at the lying, crony-coddling squatters in the West Wing. Anger does resonate.
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Clark seems to get better with each appearance on pundit TV. He managed to turn Tim's Rove-esque talking points 180 degrees around without being too nasty to Tim -- in fact, Tim shifted the subject anytime Clark sounded in control. Clark also made it clear that he is not going to bash the other candidates, particularly Dean -- which serves to make Lieberman, Gephardt and Kerry sound angry and desperate. Good move, Wesley.

And Tim, who had already had one previous encounter with Clark, was on far better behavior than usual. Oddly, he didn't try to ambush Clark with specific quotes from his past -- one of his favorite tactics. We think one reason is that Clark would have kicked Russert's "Assman," as the joke among political junkies and press professionals goes. For those of you who missed it, about a month ago, Clark appeared on the FOX News Channel. One of their daytime anchors, David Asman, tried to twist some statements Clark made -- and Clark relentlessly jumped down Asman's throat, rightly and angrily chastising the Murdoch-Ailes whore for trying to twist his words. The video clip of Clark opening up his ten-megaton volley against Asman made the rounds of the Internet that very day -- e-mailed to many (including APJ) with the subject "Wesley Clark kicks FAUX News in the Assman."

Either that, or Tim genuinely respects Clark. But given his track record with Democratic candidates, our gut is that Tim is scared that Clark would tear out his spleen through his left nostril if Tim tried any of his usual tricks."

Hee hee.
Tear out his spleen through his left nostril...