Dodd hung out at Studio 54,  booyah I like him more.

Dodd is a great pick and if his only sin was clubbing in the late 70's then bring him in.

Damn, Dodd was disco dancing?
Man I love our party!

I will stick by my statement but secede the theatrics which are necessary to make a point in internetland.

She framed her statement to say "Here are three candidates and this is why they suck, so your only logical option is Hillary."

I brought up a few other options, the two candidates with the most experience.
She shot down Biden which is fair, I think he was way too soft on Bush.
But then she attacked Dodd for going to Studio54 in the 70's.  
Well I looked it up on the Google and found nothing, I challeneged her to it and got no response so I must assume she came up with a very silly lie.

My main problem with this diary is the absolutism of it.
Her diary doesn't acknowledge the fact that there is at least ONE other candidate that deserves equal recognition.

HRC should be the first choice if Obama is going to choose a woman as VP?

If he intends to choose a male, where would she rank then?

11% of Democrats voted for Bush in 2004. that was after the war started, as I'm sure you're aware.
Remember all the fear mongering?

On May 26 Attorney General John Ashcroft held a dramatic press conference announcing that Al Qaeda was "almost ready to attack the United States" and had the "specific intention to hit the United States hard." But Ashcroft did not provide any new or specific information, the Homeland Security Department did not raise the terrorism threat alert level, and a senior Administration official told the New York Times that there was "no real new intelligence" to substantiate the warning.

In July, two days after Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge held a press conference of his own to say that "Al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States." Again, he did not elaborate on what was new about his statement and was forced to admit, "We lack precise knowledge about time, place and method of attack."

That same month, The New Republic reported that top Pakistani security officials were being pressured by the Bush Administration to announce the capture of high-value terrorist targets during the Democratic National Convention. The White House responded with a standard denial, and the rest of the media ultimately brushed it off as an uncorroborated conspiracy theory.

But on July 29, just hours before Kerry's keynote address, Pakistan announced the capture of Al Qaeda suspect Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. Curiously, he had been apprehended five days earlier. Even more suspect: The announcement was made at midnight Pakistani time, when most Pakistanis were asleep, but at the perfect time to coincide with America's prime-time television news schedule.

A few days later--during the period when attention to nominee Kerry would traditionally lead to a bounce in popularity--Ridge announced that he was raising the threat level in New York City, Northern New Jersey and the District of Columbia to "Code Orange." He claimed the threat level was being raised because of "new and unusually specific information about where Al Qaeda would like to attack." Undermining his claim that "we don't do politics in the Department of Homeland Security," he wove a campaign-style endorsement of the President into his warning: "We must understand that the kind of information available to us today is the result of the President's leadership in the war against terror," Ridge declared just a few breaths after invoking frightening images of "explosives," "weapons of mass destruction" and "biological pathogens."

But Ridge neglected to mention that most of the information was at least three years old, much of it surveillance data that had been collected before 9/11. Ridge also conceded that New York City--which was already at "Code Orange" before his announcement--would not raise its level of alert.

The Nation magazine, Sept 2004 article

And 11% of Democrats still voted for George Bush.

's use in diplomacy.

He's a genius, and an excellent strategist.

Woulda made a great president.

Plus, he sees global warming as a national security issue.

He does owe, and give, a lot of loyalty to the Clintons, going so far as to give the boot to any who wouldn't endorse Hillary.

So, yeah, syncophant i can see. and he won't say a word against petraeus, because Clark helped get the guy where he is now.

Wow, the left's version of David Petraeus would appear to be a perfect choice, no?

I am a big fan of Wes and his son Wes Jr.

I don't think Wes has the "politician" in him for the long drawn out fight.

IMHO of what I know about Wes I don't think he has the campaign in him, he is not a politician by trade.  And I mean that with the greatest admiration.
He is a GREAT military leader and would be a 100% asset to any political organization.
He is going to be guaranteed a spot somewhere in the cabinet.

Now check out this great video of Wes Clark Jr explaining how he embraced liberalism:

they bring nothing to the ticket. They bring no die hard supporters or supporters at all, and they are less likely to put certain states into play. Hillary was clearly putting West Virginia back into play, as it only went Republican thrice in 50 years before Al Gore, she puts Ohio more likely to be Dem, she's going strong in Kentucky, another Clinton state that Gore/Kerry didn't win or get close to winning. Being a daughter of a governor like Sebelius means nothing to voters. Kerry being born in Colorado earned him 0 percent of the electoral vote in Colorado.  

the face that would be; you really don't get how condescending that would be?
FACT: Hillary can bring not only voters, but workers, to the ticket.  Whether some of you agree with the facts or not, it is true....votewise this was close....so close.  That means the half of the people participating in the primary feel would FOR SURE come out to vote.

But by picking another woman, one with half the name recognition, not even close to the worldwide respect Hillary Clinton gets (you do know that despite the hate from Americans, a lot of it spurred by 15 years of neocon narrative, Hillary Clinton is beloved around the world), you would be essentially saying to these women: we understand you want a woman, but honey, let us pick the woman  for you.  PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.  
It would be talking down to women and I guarantee women would resent it.

"I'm not sure why you expect others to be conciliatory towards Clinton supporters."

Because it's helpful, and the right thing to do.

there's a whole lot of truth to this statement.

I have read too much of your spin and nastiness.  I know what I read and I know what it is.  If you don't get it, that's your problem.  Don't lay it on me.

your heart's content.
I know what I read.  And I am not going to spend my time looking through countless hate diaries from there.  
I don't care where kos posts.

I found that statement offensive then, argued it on that site, was trashed on that site.  
So troll rate me.  
I find that statement as sexist as I found the "any black man but Jess" racist.  If you have a problem with it, troll rate.  Not like it is new to be troll rated by the Obama folks and/or Hillary Haters.

and posted. I had a few diaries recommended.  And then it started.  The arrogance that went against the meme of the book.  That site became a one issue site.  Hillary's "war" vote made her the evil satan.  It did not matter anything she did for civil rights, children's rights, human rights....it did not matter that her history has proven her to be a true progressive.  It does not matter that her vote was NOT for war but for given the president powers IF the inspectors were banned and the president himself LIED to those who believed that one negotiates from a position of power.

In Crashing the Gate, the argument is for democrats to not be mired in the tunnelvision of one issue. And yet, that is what the anti Hillary clan became.
Hate rhetoric, calling her a war monger, and refusing to see any gray areas......typical of how democrats lost over the years.  

So no lectures. I was stunned at what that site did and allowed. I still am.

and he's been on fox news enough to know how to talk.

Wesley Clark would be a great pick.  A good man to have around in a crisis, smart as hell, military and foreign policy experience out the ying yang, Southern white male, Hillary supporter.