Reply #62: Here's a thought, shiv

[mikehiggins]

If you think the "base" is going to stay home because Clark is the candidate you are as far off base as those DNCers who didn't "get" how mad the "base" was/is about Bush. There is no reason to worry about the "base" or Rove or any of that. The Democrats will come out to revenge the theft of the 2000 election no matter what. All of the other stuff that's happened since will only motivate them more.

What has to happen is we have to give the other side a reason to vote for our guy, or sit home themselves. At the very least, Clark gives the disgrunteld among the GOP voters a rationale for believing they are not voting for a Democrat but "moving up" to a President who can fill that office much better than that bumbler in the White House today. A certifiable war hero with a real record of accomplishment who has the respect of our allies and all of the rest.

Why would someone who is unhappy with the direction this country is going in vote for the "Invisible Airman" as opposed to General Wesley Clark? Do you think the average voter is going to care that Clark almost started WWIII by standing up to the Russsians? If that was true they'd more likely give him another medal.

Your opposition to Clark is noted. If you stay home rather than vote for Clark good for you. If you think that the folks who lifted Dean above the herd are going to stay home if he is not the candidate, you are sorely mistaken. Most of Dean's supporters don't give a rat's ass about "reforming the Democratic party." That's only DU rhetoric. The vast majority of the "base" and the Dean supporters are agreed on one point. ABB.

The losers who wander around claiming that only the purest of the pure need apply for the job of representing the Party in 2004 have missed the boat big time.