General Clark said today that in 2000, he had voted for Al Gore, the Democratic presidential candidate, and he has been attacking President Bush's economic and foreign policies all week.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/oct0301.html#1001031244pm

CLARK: Ford. And I knew Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld -- I didn't know them personally or well; I was 30 years old and they were very important people. I was just a sort of special assistant to the director of OMB. But I knew him, and Paul O'Neill and other people, and respected them. Then I worked around with the Clinton administration when I was the J5 on the Joint Staff. I knew people there, high level officials, and respected them. And when I got out, I went into business and obviously I voted.

I voted for Al Gore in the election of 2000. I had voted for Bill Clinton previously. For me, the issue was: make sure before you pick a party -- you don't have to pick a party in Arkansas to vote, you just vote, and I voted in the Democratic primary, but that didn't mean becoming a member of the Democratic party. Before you pick a party, make sure you know why you're picking a party. Make sure you understand what the partisan political process is in America. What does it commit you to? What does it mean? How does it affect the rest of your life? What is it all about? And so I thought I'd take a look at both parties.

I was fortunate. I was well-enough known that both parties invited me to consider them. The Republican party invited me to participate in a fundraiser and run for Congress. The Democratic party invited me to be their nominee for governor of the state of Arkansas. I was tremendously honored by that. And it was clear as I looked at the parties, looked at the culture, watched the dialogue, it wasn't just that I had voted for Al Gore, I really believed in what the Democratic party stood for. And so when it came time to choose a political party, I chose the Democratic party.

What is it about Bush that you like more than Clark?

Your worst claim against him is that he was a republican!

General Clark is a 1966 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he graduated first in his class. He holds a Master's Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

What does Bush have that can beat that?

Interestingly, Louisianans don't even have party primaries, an incident of the 1975 Louisiana Constitution promulgated by "Fast Eddie" Edwards, who resented having to run in a Dimocratic primary, a runoff primary, then face a fresh GOP opponent in a general election in 1971.

So you couldn't even trace who Britney voted for in Tangaphoa Parish if you tried.

...then Bush could run against a 'wild-eyed,' anti-military liberal Dean and win. No, thank you.

Support Clark for the nomination. He's a Democrat; pro-choice, for progressive taxation, for re-building cooperative international relations and foreign policy, for finding an exit strategy out of Iraq, for war as only a last resort, for responsible environmental policy, for keeping social security away from stock market gambling,etc.

AMEN, portnoy. a Dean activist tried to accost me at the Franken lecture on monday, and when i said i was going with Clark or no one, he gave me that sour milk look. he asked why not Dean, and i told him "cause he will LOSE. hes the next Mcgovern. if he gets nominated, the democratic party has learned NOTHING!". the guy kinda slinked away after that. a Clark official who was standing nearby thanked me later. my good deed for the day i suppose.