Obama - Clark

By Ron Beasley

I hate to turn Newshoggers into a blog agregator but there is a lot of really good stuff out there today that I really don't have much to add to but needs some exposure.  The latest is via Digby.  General Wesely Clark was sand bagged by the media for stating the obvious:

"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," Clark said.

I'm not alone in thinking that having an amazing grasp of the obvious should disqualify one from being the Vice President.  As Digby says he might be perfect:

I think now would be the perfect moment to reject the faux-outrage culture of the Village and pick somebody who isn't afraid to call McCain out on foreign policy and military affairs. Steve Schmidt will send everyone in DC a case of smelling salts and a personal fainting couch, but unless Obama figures out a way to signal that he's getting off the hissy fit express, this campaign is going to be torturous. And we know one thing: capitulating to it doesn't work. They just up the ante.

Go check out Obama * Clark and give the Rethuglicans a hissy fit.

Note:

Wes Clark's Bio:

Clark has a 34 year service record, has won a war, commanded troops all over the world, and nearly died of his injuries in Vietnam. He has run for President and been a surrogate for hundreds of Democrats all over the country, including Ned Lamont. He was against the war in Iraq, and knows the military bureaucracy inside and out. This is someone who would make an insanely good Vice President, and someone who has deep connections to the newly formed progressive communities that emerged from 2002-2006