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Sikander
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Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
Jan 2000
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Originally posted by cinch
That's not just fluff. That's a seriously opinionated position to make, right there; one that he could catch a lot of guff for, I'd think. |
A lot of politicians in both parties have come out against the embargo, but very few have done so while they are running for president lest they throw away the Cuban vote in Florida. It's an easy position to take, as most Americans are against the embargo, and unless you are running in Florida or New Jersey there isn't much of a downside. The real test will be whether he maintains that position, or allows the party platform (or some other machination) to negate this position as the election heats up in the fall.
The problem with career military people running for office is that they don't have a political track record. They may show themselves to be excellent administrators (or not), leaders etc., but how much they actually care about a particular issue is very difficult to gauge when they haven't ever had to balance policy A against policy B in a compromise. I'd feel a lot better about him if he were running for congress or a governorship instead of going immediately for the top position, as we would be able to get a much better sense of him once he has established a political record at a lower level of government.
His experiences as NATO commander are all to the good, as he obviously has some experience dealing with dimplomacy and international organizations in general, and NATO (and Europeans) in detail. However I'd like to know more about him before I even consider voting for him. He has been playing things very coyly on the talk shows, evading a lot of questions in his interview with Tim Russert for example. I usually only expect that from sitting officeholders. His criticism of Bush was quite cogent, but that is very easy to do. I'd be impressed if he managed to articulate a coherent policy on the macro level, but he hasn't yet done that. The information provided above is quite indicative of what I have seen from him. While everything sounds good, you can't really connect the dots and figure out what he would actually do. He doesn't stand out from other politicians running for office in this regard, but they have a political track record which I can judge, and he does not.
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cinch
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jul 2002
time: 22:29
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Originally posted by Sikander
A lot of politicians in both parties have come out against the embargo, but very few have done so while they are running for president lest they throw away the Cuban vote in Florida. It's an easy position to take, as most Americans are against the embargo, and unless you are running in Florida or New Jersey there isn't much of a downside. The real test will be whether he maintains that position, or allows the party platform (or some other machination) to negate this position as the election heats up in the fall.
The problem with career military people running for office is that they don't have a political track record. They may show themselves to be excellent administrators (or not), leaders etc., but how much they actually care about a particular issue is very difficult to gauge when they haven't ever had to balance policy A against policy B in a compromise. I'd feel a lot better about him if he were running for congress or a governorship instead of going immediately for the top position, as we would be able to get a much better sense of him once he has established a political record at a lower level of government.
His experiences as NATO commander are all to the good, as he obviously has some experience dealing with dimplomacy and international organizations in general, and NATO (and Europeans) in detail. However I'd like to know more about him before I even consider voting for him. He has been playing things very coyly on the talk shows, evading a lot of questions in his interview with Tim Russert for example. I usually only expect that from sitting officeholders. His criticism of Bush was quite cogent, but that is very easy to do. I'd be impressed if he managed to articulate a coherent policy on the macro level, but he hasn't yet done that. The information provided above is quite indicative of what I have seen from him. While everything sounds good, you can't really connect the dots and figure out what he would actually do. He doesn't stand out from other politicians running for office in this regard, but they have a political track record which I can judge, and he does not. |
I am satisfied with this response. 
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L'Boro, UK
Oct 2001
time: 05:29
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Same as most I don't know much of Clark's standpoints. But he seems a very reasonable man from the columns he used to write for The Times during the Iraq War. Pro-war, but not jingoistically so, sensitive of culutural issues (which doesn't really correlate with the Easter bombing) and generally a decent sort. President? Who knows...
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