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Here's My Take Results: Your Ideal Administration Cabinet

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home

Who is in your dream Administration, and what role would they play? I JUST finished tabulating the results you sent in as part of our new "What's Your Take" community feature.

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Wesley Clark: I Was Victim Of 'Right Wing Freak Machine'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Late Thursday night, General Wesley Clark cast himself as a victim of the "right wing freak machine" after his comments on John McCain's military serv...

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Give Clark a Star

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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After spending time with Clark, it became clear to me that he isn't a politician -- he's a straight shooter. We need people like him who speak the truth, without beating around the bush, if you get my drift.

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Philadelphia Inquirer Editor: Obama Disgracing Those Who Suffered or Died Wearing Uniform

Steve Young | Posted 07.06.2008 | Media

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Wes Clark's comments were not a denigration of the uniform, but a reflection of our Constitution, a document that our troops have fought and died to protect for over 200 years.

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The Wesley Clark "Scandal:" Democrats Get Sucked Into the Same Old Republican Trap

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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In the past couple of weeks Obama has reversed course on a number of issues in a centrist ploy to out-McCain McCain. Be careful, Barack, that and a few more episodes in the wuss-suitand you'll be waking up empty-handed November 5th.

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Wesley Clark: World's Worst PR Guy

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Retired General Wesley Clark has gotten into hot water for his remarks expressing doubts about John McCain's fitness to lead the nation, despite McCai...

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After Clark Flap: Can Obama Beat McCain's Double-Talk Express?

Art Levine | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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The conventional wisdom these days is that Wesley Clark's raising questions about McCain's fitness to be commander in chief causes political problems for Barack Obama. But don't be fooled.

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McCain Flips At Legit Question

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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You would assume that given all the whining over General Clark's legitimate point, that John McCain had some obvious answer to the question.

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Memo to Obama: Don't Dump the Bump; But Do Dump Wesley Clark

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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What a relief? Turns out, reports CNN, that Barack Obama did not refuse to bump a boy's fist while touring the Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesvi...

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Reading The Pictures: McCain's War Cred Goes Belly Up

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

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Until Sunday, this well-known October 1967 image of McCain being pulled from a lake near Hanoi was used to convey heroism and elicit admiration and empathy.

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Are They Experienced?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Clark's recent comments about the relevance of McCain's service has generated enough controversy that the broader point about what kind of foreign policy experience we should look for in a president has been lost.

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Riding In A Fighter Plane And Getting Shot Down And What It Qualifies You For

David Rees | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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How DARE left-wing pacifist Wesley Clark suggest that riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down doesn't automatically qualify someone to be president? It automatically qualifies you to be anything.

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Rudy: I'm Still The Best, But McCain Is Number 2

New York Daily News | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Rudy Giuliani set out Tuesday to defend John McCain's readiness to be President, but ended up saying the presumptive GOP nominee is second-best - to h...

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Clark Was Right on McCain, But Now We're Talking About the Wrong Issue

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Go back and read Wes Clark's statement. He simply said that McCain's fate -- the act of having your plane shot down -- is not relevant to the skills of being an executive. Isn't that true?

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Gen. Clark and That POW Thing McCain Hates Talking About

Paul Waldman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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There's a myth out there that McCain is reluctant to exploit his Vietnam POW story for political advantage, so modest and full of integrity is he. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Media Scorecard: How Well Did The Media Do In Identifying McCain's 'Swift Boat' Support?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

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As the media fanned flames in the direction of General Wesley Clark for the egregious offense of noting that being a prisoner of war did not necessari...

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Webb Clarifies His McCain "Calm Down" Remark

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Senator Jim Webb's staff issued a clarification late Tuesday over comments made by the Virginia Democrat in which he urged John McCain to "calm down" ...

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Obama Campaign Press Call 7.1 AUDIO: Indiana House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell and Former UAW Vice President Terry Thurman on Trade Policy

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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WHO: Indiana House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell and Former UAW Vice President Terry Thurman WHAT: Press conference call to discuss trade policy...

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McCain Campaign Press Call 7.1 AUDIO: Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Orson Swindle on Wesley Clark's Comments

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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WHO: Sen. Lindsey Clark (R-SC) and Lt. Col Orson Swindle WHAT: Press conference call to further respond to Wesley Clark's comments and Obama's resp...

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Wesley Clark Stands By McCain Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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** UPDATE BELOW ** Despite heavy criticism, Gen. Wesley Clark is standing by his statement this weekend that Sen. John MCain's military experience do...

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Defending Wes Clark

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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As a retired military officer and a soldier, I can tell you that there's nothing in what Wes Clark said about McCain with which I disagree. He has not only stated the facts, he knows something about them.

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Keep to the High Ground

Richard Klass | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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Wes Clark's remarks remind us what we should have learned from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth: questioning someone's military record lowers the tone of the campaign and distracts from the real issues.

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McCain Campaign Press Call 6.30 AUDIO: McCain Truth Squad Responds to Gen. Wesley Clark's Comments on McCain's Service

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home

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WHO: Senator John Warner, Col. Bud McFarlane, Col. Bud Day, Lt. Commander Carl Smith, Lt. Col Orson Swindle, Adm. Leighton Smith, Brian Rogers WHAT:...

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Clark: McCain A Hero, But Lacks Command Experience

AP | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain's milita...

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Right On, General Clark. Do Not Back Down.

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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While we should all honor McCain's service, that doesn't mean we should necessarily honor it by putting him in the White House to take up George W. Bush's third term.

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