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Let’s leave aside for a moment General Weasley Clark’s increasingly embarrassing attempts to defend his “Face the Nation” claim that “his hero” John McCain is actually unqualified for the presidency.
When asked by a half-dozen interviewers to specify one area in which his candidate, Barack Obama, is actually MORE qualified than McCain, the Weasley One always returns to the same word – “judgment.” Obama’s qualified, in other words, because he displayed better judgment than McCain on the issue of the Iraq War.
But there’s an obvious follow-up to this argument that General Clark hasn’t yet faced..
He suggests that “judgment” is more important than military experience, or political background or anything else, and that Barack deserves support because he opposed the war that McCain favored.
Okay, Weasel Man, then the unavoidable question is ---
Why did you support HILLARY CLINTON for the Democratic nomination?
If judgment is the key issue, and the main measure of judgment involves the decision on going to war in Iraq, then how could you support Hillary over Barack?
By the standard you use today – supporting the war showed horrible judgment, and opposing it showed wisdom and courage --- wasn’t Hillary every bit as “wrong” as McCain in her support of the President’s decision to go to war?
But you supported her. Why? Her superior military experience? Her unalloyed heroism in dodging that Bosnian sniper fire?
And one more question, Weasley, while we’re at it---
You say you back Barack over McCain because of his superior qualifications as evidenced by his judgment on the war.
But on what basis did you back Hillary over McCain—given that they showed the same judgment on the war?
The real answer is obvious: the Weasel Man wants to get a place on the ticket as a candidate for Vice President and Hillary looked like his best bet. He shifted his allegiance to Obama in time to make that candidate’s short list.
He might even have preserved his chances had he simply and immediately acknowledged that he “misspoke” on Face the Nation in belittling McCain’s military service (23 years in uniform, including eight years after he returned from ‘Nam).
Yup, the Weasley One might have saved his shot for the Vice Presidency by a timely, open-hearted apology and correction. But that kind of sincere, direct acknowledgement of an obvious mistake (see “Jindal, Bobby”) requires a bit of class, smarts and grace, qualities which General Clark in no way possesses.
Even by the low standards of slippery and silly Democrats, the ol’ Weasler is an outright embarrassment.
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