Reply #42: from a reporter that pretended to be a porn star?

[Change has come]

Quality stuff :rofl:

Here is another view...from the same page you linked to.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040202/lawton

*snip*

This first-time candidate is a quick study. And unlike most seasoned politicians, who huddle with pollsters and consultants before daring a decision or opinion, Clark follows his own compass. When he goes "off message," it's to integrate unwieldy but central concerns into the conversation. And when he's done, he's taken thorny issues like race or patriotism that often drive a wedge into communities and given us a way to think and speak about them as a people united.

That's why I believe he's the only declared Democrat who can campaign in the South and compete with the Republicans. As a Southerner himself, he understands the region as no other candidate does. When Clark travels from Virginia to Mississippi to the Florida panhandle, he frames his positions with the values that inform his vision for governance: hard work and individual responsibility, family, faith and patriotism. And the voters hear authenticity.

We hear it in the Midwest too, because he's a straight-talking, independent sort of guy who doesn't indulge in bombast. He is clearly of the middle class and understands our worries and our dreams. Clark is just the kind of leader we want at the helm. He has been endorsed by individuals and organizations ranging from Representative Charles Rangel, to "Father of Earth Day" Gaylord Nelson, to the Native American Times.