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While the politicians call him General, the generals call him a politician. He once boasted of knowing the cholesterol level of all the officers vying with him for a promotion. The view of Wesley Clark as a hyperambitious, political general is widespread within the military, and though some officers decry those qualities, such traits might be just the thing for a presidential candidate. Right now, Clark's resume is his platform, and he wins high marks from former colleagues for his intelligence and innovation, though not for his warmth or generosity to fellow officers. They praise him for improving...
GENERAL AMBITION He ran a war and can maneuver the media. But can General Wesley Clark convince voters he has the White House stuff...
...General Wesley Clark, the latest Democrat to enter the race for President, hopes to follow in the footsteps of another general turned politician, DWIGHT EISENHOWER, whose first campaign swing drew the attention of a TIME cover story...
...collateral amusements of General Wesley Clark's nascent presidential candidacy was the unseemly rush of certain liberals to embrace a member of the U.S. Army after decades of knee-jerk loathing for all things military. In an open letter encouraging Clark to run, Michael Moore, the fastidiously unkempt left-wing documentarian, wrote, "Michael Moore likes a general? I never thought I'd write those words. But desperate times call for desperate measures." Wonder what Moore thinks now, after Clark spent the first days of his campaign stepping all over his epaulets on the most basic question of the coming election...
...Bush can only be beaten by someone who makes Americans feel more secure. Foreign policy experience is a must, as is a certain paternal demeanor. The candidate must project stability - a steady hand at the wheel. As I see it, only John Kerry and Wesley Clark can take down the standing President. Walter Fekete Jersey City...