Clark Debates Democrats
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Democratic presidential hopefuls are focusing
their fire on Wesley Clark.
In a campaign debate tonight, they called the retired general a
longtime Republican and belated convert to their party -- and
indecisive to boot.
Clark retorted that he voted for Al Gore over George Bush.
Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman and former Vermont
Governor Howard Dean criticized Clark, who jumped to the head of
the pack in several national polls within days of entering the race
less than a month ago.
Dean says Clark advised a Democratic congressional candidate in
New Hampshire last year to vote for legislation supporting the war
in Iraq -- a war the former general now criticizes sharply.
Lieberman, a supporter of the war, jabbed at Dean and Clark
simultaneously. In a backhanded compliment, he says Dean has been
steadfast in his opposition to the war.
By contrast, he criticized Clark for what he called a history of
inconsistency on Iraq. He says Democrats need a candidate who can
"reach a conclusion and stick to it."
Clark labored to fend off the criticism, insisting he would NOT
have voted for the war and saying he did NOT want to attack fellow
Democrats.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
