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| quote: | Originally posted by rizen
ive been in debate about this. if theres another terrorist attack, bush may use it to attack the democrats, saying that they are soft and will do nothing. unfortunately some people will buy into it and vote bush. ill be with occrider and hope that if dean is the democrat candidate that clark is his vp, not only for his economic background but military experiance as well. although dean has two generals backing him, but not sure if they have any economic background to get occrider's vote or are vp qualified. |
Clark's not interested in being VP.
| quote: | Presidential hopeful Clark: it's commander-in-chief or nothing
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Presidential candidate Wesley Clark (news - web sites) said in an interview that he would not accept a vice-presidential slot, even from front-runner and fellow Democrat Howard Dean (news - web sites).
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"I'm not, really not interested in even talking about it," Clark told ABC News.
Clark said Dean had offered him the number-two spot in a meeting early in September. Clark announced his candidacy on September 17.
"As a matter of fact, (Dean) did offer me the vice presidency. And what I told him was, that's not the issue," Clark said.
"The issue is whether I'm going to be the commander-in-chief and run to be the commander-in-chief or not," the retired general and former NATO (news - web sites) commander in Europe said.
"I believe I'm the best qualified person to protect the United States and take us successfully forward into the 21st century."
Dean leads a pack of nine Democrats jostling for their party's nod to tackle Republican President George W. Bush (news - web sites) in November 2004. |
I've heard Dean speak:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/media/DeanTXjune9Big.mov
He's a great speaker and fires up the base of his party, but I hope Clark wins the nomination because Dean is more likely to get his ass kicked in the South and probably the Midwest as well. My great uncle who is a Navy Veteran (many vets in my family), usually votes Republican, but says he will vote for Clark if he wins the nomination. I think Clark would get many people in the middle, and that's where you win elections; not on the fringes.
Now, if Dean were to reach out to Southerners and choose a Southern running mate and potential cabinet, that could be at least a partially effective strategy.
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