February 16, 2004
THE CLINTON QUALIFIER?:
BUBBA 'PUSHING HARD' FOR KERRY-CLARK TICKET (FREDRIC U. DICKER, February 16, 2004, NY Post)
FORMER President Bill Clinton, stung by how poor a presidential contender Wesley Clark turned out to be, worked aggressively behind the scenes late last week to pressure John Kerry to pick the retired general as his running mate."The former president has been calling people, including elected officials in New York, saying that Clark would make a great vice-presidential candidate," a well-known Democratic activist told The Post.
"He's pushing hard because this is a credibility issue for Clinton since everybody knows Clark was the guy he created, but yet Clark did so poorly when he ran."
Having run a grotesquely incompetent primary campaign was likewise Al Gore's chief accomplishment when Mr. Clinton picked him as veep. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 16, 2004 3:17 PM
Gee. First, we have the Clintons pushing Clark into the race to torpedo Dean, and thus maintain their control over the party.
Then, Clark or Chris Lahane (a Clinton operative) puts out the Kerry affair story.
Then, Bubba pushes Kerry to name Clark his VP.
Just one question: will Francis Ford Coppola be directing the movie version?
Posted by: Mike Morley at February 16, 2004 4:50 PMNo, Susan hyphen-Thomases will. With Harry's help, of course.
Posted by: jim hamlen at February 16, 2004 5:30 PMHe is doing so we don't spend too mch time taking Lurch seriously.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at February 17, 2004 1:20 AM