It's time to drop the Clark Bomb!
I started off wanting Senator Obama to show the civility I know he's not only capable of, but disposed to. I still want that, but events have changed and we've gotta change with 'em.
Senator McCain has done two things in the last few weeks I cannot abide. First, his campaign attacked Senator Obama for something he wrote in the guestbook at the Holocaust Museum in Israel. Secondly, Senator McCain has evidenced that he has an imperfect (at best) understanding of military matters.
I don't wanna go dirty and I don't wanna get into smears. What I want is to slap McCain around on the issues, on his judgment, and above all on his plans. I want him taken down a peg and put where he belongs - an honorable old warhorse that no longer understands what must be done. You treat him with respect but you make it plain his fighting days are done. There's no dishonor in that, but I think at this point we have to make it plain.
Wes Clark is in the best position and has the appropriate disposition to be an aggressive VP.
And one more thing...
Bringing him on as VP at this point would be a pretty big "Fuck You" to John McCain right now. And frankly I think Senator McCain has earned it.
Selecting Wes Clark after "distancing" himself from Clark makes it staggeringly obvious that if Senator McCain wants a fight, well, he's gonna get one. It would show that Senator Obama's got real balls and he ain't afraid to use 'em.
I still want to run a clean campaign. Clean, however, does not mean soft. Clean does not mean queasy. Clean means honest.
A right hook can be plenty honest.