Democrats Attack Clark as Handlers Silence Dean
We knew it would happen, but this is even faster than we expected. Now that Wesley Clark has become the Democrats' co-front-runner, he has also become their favorite new punching bag.
Howard Dean's underlings in New Hampshire are stalking Clark and sabotaging his campaign appearances with fliers that attack the "pro-war" retired Army general, the Los Angeles Times, Fox News Channel and other media reported today.
The leaflet, headlined "Wesley Clark: Real Democrat?", quotes Clark's lavish praise for President Bush and the Bush administration. It notes he voted for Republican presidential nominees and did not even register as a Democrat until last October.
Clark's response: "I guess that's what professional politicians do."
And he claimed, "I never was a Republican."
Dean's mouthpiece Jay Carson said the campaign was merely "pointing out facts that the American people should know about."
Apparently the meanie Deanies don't realize that "smearing" someone as a Republican just makes him more attractive to voters.
Radical Shift: Handlers Zip Dean's Lip
"With a wary eye on Gen. Wesley K. Clark's rise in national and New Hampshire polls, Howard Dean's campaign has begun to limit his availability to the press, and the candidate himself is watching his words after several recent statements unleashed a storm of criticism from opponents," the New York Times reported today.
"Dr. Dean, who has spent two years campaigning as the candidate willing to say what he thinks, initially told reporters that he would be 'happy' to discuss his tax policy. Then, as aides glared at him, he immediately said a senior adviser had 'veto power' over what he would say."
Then Dean added, "I'm not allowed to say I'm happy to do anything anymore."
The Gang's All Here
Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina also turned their attacks toward Clark on Wednesday.
Lieberman's campaign littered cars in Keene, N.H., with fliers denouncing Clark's tax plan as giving the "IRS vast new authority to track personal financial information and tell taxpayers how much they owe instead of allowing taxpayers to figure that out as they do now."
Gephardt told steelworkers in Georgetown, S.C., "Wesley Clark gave a speech in Arkansas in 2001 in which he said he was for NAFTA."
We knew it would happen, but this is even faster than we expected. Now that Wesley Clark has become the Democrats' co-front-runner, he has also become their favorite new punching bag.
Howard Dean's underlings in New Hampshire are stalking Clark and sabotaging his campaign appearances with fliers that attack the "pro-war" retired Army general, the Los Angeles Times, Fox News Channel and other media reported today.
The leaflet, headlined "Wesley Clark: Real Democrat?", quotes Clark's lavish praise for President Bush and the Bush administration. It notes he voted for Republican presidential nominees and did not even register as a Democrat until last October.
Clark's response: "I guess that's what professional politicians do."
And he claimed, "I never was a Republican."
Dean's mouthpiece Jay Carson said the campaign was merely "pointing out facts that the American people should know about."
Apparently the meanie Deanies don't realize that "smearing" someone as a Republican just makes him more attractive to voters.
Radical Shift: Handlers Zip Dean's Lip
"With a wary eye on Gen. Wesley K. Clark's rise in national and New Hampshire polls, Howard Dean's campaign has begun to limit his availability to the press, and the candidate himself is watching his words after several recent statements unleashed a storm of criticism from opponents," the New York Times reported today.
"Dr. Dean, who has spent two years campaigning as the candidate willing to say what he thinks, initially told reporters that he would be 'happy' to discuss his tax policy. Then, as aides glared at him, he immediately said a senior adviser had 'veto power' over what he would say."
Then Dean added, "I'm not allowed to say I'm happy to do anything anymore."
The Gang's All Here
Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina also turned their attacks toward Clark on Wednesday.
Lieberman's campaign littered cars in Keene, N.H., with fliers denouncing Clark's tax plan as giving the "IRS vast new authority to track personal financial information and tell taxpayers how much they owe instead of allowing taxpayers to figure that out as they do now."
Gephardt told steelworkers in Georgetown, S.C., "Wesley Clark gave a speech in Arkansas in 2001 in which he said he was for NAFTA."
