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Bowling For Wesley Clark
By Matt Margolis | February 11, 2004
Wesley Clark is calling it quits.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark will drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Fox News has confirmed.
Clark will make a formal announcement on Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST. from his hometown of Little Rock, Ark., sources told Fox News.
The novice politician, who had hoped to cash in on his Southern roots, saw another round of disappointing third-place primary returns on Tuesday in Virginia and Tennessee. Campaign aides, who had not been paid for more than a week, said after the primary results that they were packing their bags and going home.
Sources told Fox News that Clark lacked the funds to advertise aggressively in next week’s Wisconsin primary, and that campaigning there would all but wipe him out.
Clark will pledge to work closely with the Democratic Party to support the nominee and other candidates across the country, an adviser told The Associated Press.
I can hear echoes of Michael Moore:
“I have decided to cast my vote in the primary for Wesley Clark. That’s right, a peacenik is voting for a general. What a country!
I believe that Wesley Clark will end this war. He will make the rich pay their fair share of taxes. He will stand up for the rights of women, African Americans, and the working people of this country.
And he will cream George W. Bush.
Looks like Michael Moore is the king of bad predictions.
It’s funnny isn’t it? Howard Dean and Wesley Clark were at the top of the pack in the beginning. Even with Clark’s late entry to the race, he showed an ability to raise money quickly. Now Clark is out, but Dean is staying in - pretending like he still can pull it off.
Who would have thought? It’s not going to be Dean or Clark considering the other to be their running mate. Their early popularity just didn’t turn into electoral success.
The plot thickens…
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Cross posted on Blogs For Bush.
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February 11th, 2004 at 1:39 am
I was actually kinda dissapointed that Clark dropped out. while I didn’t agree with him 100% he had the likability factor… Plus, he wore bad sweaters. I’ve always had an affintiy for people who wear bad sweaters and then auction them off on ebay for charity.
February 11th, 2004 at 4:40 am
Michael Moore’s Crystal Ball
Matt Margolis notes that retired Gen. Wesley Clark is dropping out of the race for president and remembers that Michael Moore predicted Clark would “cream” President Bush in November: Looks like Michael Moore is the king of bad predictions. All…
February 11th, 2004 at 5:51 pm
nikkiana said, “Plus, he wore bad sweaters. I’ve always had an affintiy for people who wear bad sweaters and then auction them off on ebay for charity.”
Humm…Did Eric and Lyle Menendez sell their sweaters to Wesley Clark??? Just a thought.