Politics

The dumbest thing Wesley Clark has ever said, in a new Iowa ad for Clinton:

I see that Hillary's opponents have started to attack her. That's politics. What this country needs is leadership.

Of course it's "politics". It's called a presidential campaign. Clark's ad itself is "politics". Few things annoy me more in politics than politicians who decry "politics". I can see attacking "politics as usual" or any related formulation thereof. But politics itself is what it is -- a necessary process by which we choose our leaders. To whine about "politics" being used against a politician is asinine and moronic.

If Clark and Clinton would prefer that "politics" not be used against her, then she should resign from, you know, politics.