Reply #33: Well Bill Clinton said that Wes Clark and HRC were the only stars in

[karynnj]

the Democratic party in late 2003. As Clark was running that should be taken as Clinton endorsing Clark. In fact, it is worse - Kerry praised HRC and Edwards - saying all three would be good Presidents and lead the country in the right direction. Clinton's comment slammed everyone running other than Clark. Kerry has also included HRC with Obama when ever he has made comparisons showing they are right and McCain wrong - which is better than some praising McCain and HRC and not Obama.

For that matter - I don't recall any criticism of Gore not endorsing Kerry - Kerry endorsed him before NH in 2000 over Bradley, who he had a closer record to. Gore also hurt Kerry by leaking negative reasons for not picking him as VP after giving him a Kerry 2008 shirt a couple years before.

Why?

Gore did nothing wrong in endorsing Dean - it was his right and Kerry still gave him a speech at the convention - and this was before Gore's movie that made him a huge asset to the campaign. There was no "he's dead to me", but an effort to unite the party - even giving Carter the first speech since 1980.