let's just mull this "your services are not needed" thing over: (and, it might help you to know I was on staff for Clark04... the North Alabama Field Coordinator, and I led the "infiltration from the South" into Tennessee for one of the final 3 primary races the General actively sought. I've known the Clarks since 1994, since I married into the First Cavalry while he was a BG and was Commanding General of the Division. And I was a highly placed staffer at the Florida headquarters of ClintonGore 96.)
I spent a lot of hours Saturday believing I was wrong because of what Wes Jr. has shared, my taking into consideration Steve Clemons' credibility, etc..... But in many ways, me thinks we have an urban legend.
That can only be true if there is some sleight of hand occurring, and Wes. Jr. is manufacturing smokescreens. I do now believe that the bulk of the diary text that follows came up on account of wishful thinking. I am wrong, Wes really is not going to be given a role in Denver, therefore he will be pursuing one of his other interests that will have him somewhere else on Wednesday (Milano).
Unless Wes Jr is laying out a smokescreen, Steve Clemons is disseminating correct information. http://www.dailykos.com/... and http://www.dailykos.com/... I heard about the dinner the Clarks will be attending in Milan Wednesday night straight from Wes yesterday He's attending a dinner in Milan, according to an announcement with Rachel Maddow on Air America last night..
I'm fighting back tears.... why the hell am I such a Yellow Dog when my party is so stupid? The "rock star" may turn out to be a meteor.....
then, again, it could be a sleight of hand...
anyway, what you just read is my way of retracting the diary which follows:
me thinks we've got an urban legend on our hands and http://www.politicalbetting.com ;)
over at Huffington, the "Clark banned from Convention" oh-woe-is-me story is spreading like there's no tomorrow. If the thing IS true, I think that Howard Dean owes us an explanation. NOW, if not sooner. let's back up and look at 2006 and upcoming this Nov, and wonder what his goddamned fifty state strategy would look like, if it weren't for the General?
We really need to calm down. ...I happen to be an individual with lofty ideas and one of them is that HRC really is in the process of putting the interests of the country above her own personal ego. There's been a lot of talk about what Hillary has or has not been negotiating for. What if she has been urging Obama to choose Clark? Clearly he is a real hero and a brilliant man. We do need him. His help with her efforts meant all the world to her. And Bill was a major champion of Wes while the size of his star bar was multiplying.
In particular, despite last month's rebuke, I think the fact that John Kerry liked Wes a lot and was grateful for how he stepped up to the plate. Kerry didn't give him the running mate prize (truly, Wes had only been declared as a Democrat for a year..... and had never held elective office), but, duh, let's now remember who Kerry DID choose. Kerry and the rest of the party liked Wes so much that they saw to it that he was the second-highest rising star at the 2004 DNC convention.
This is an instance of Huffington not recognizing exactly how unpalatable crow is.
I still believe that there needs to be an immediate read on the situation from Chairman Dean.
so, back to my original position: methinks we've got an Urban Legend on our hands....
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