<<Look more carefully at what Obama said: he did not mention Clark by name, nor did he say that riding in a flighter plane and getting shot down does qualify one for the presidency.>>
XO, a lot of Obama's candidacy is necessarily based on innuendo. He CAN'T say expressly what he's gonna do. For example, I believe I know what "CHANGE" means and even if Obama didn't spell it out, I'll be very happy if certain changes occur and very unhappy if they don't. Most of us know the changes to expect from an Obama administration and a Democratic Congress and will feel cheated if our expectations aren't met. (including non-citizens and non-participants like me, who have a lot of hopes and dreams invested whether we can vote or not)
But innuendo is a two-edged sword. By speaking as he did, immediately following Clark's remarks, there is no doubt in listeners' minds what his real target was - - Clark - - or what his message was - - McSame's war record is sacrosanct, don't go there. This is total bullshit. War records are sacrosanct only for Republicreeps. How sacrosanct was Kerry's? If you're going after McCain, you gotta go after him the same way the creeps went after Kerry, no holds barred. That means, He was NOT tortured, he betrayed his country, he made radio broadcasts for the Vietnamese (some of which are undoubtedly available somewhere on tape,) he got special treatment from his captors etc. You can even draw a fantastic analogy in the character issue, from betraying his country and his fellow POWs in Viet Nam to betraying his constituents and his oath of office as a charter member of the Keating Five.
Now I don't expect to have Obama do this personally, of course, he has plenty of surrogates to do it for him, including Army men like Clark. But when a surrogate is good enough to do his dirty work for him, to the delight of many of his followers, it is axiomatic that both the surrogate and the delighted followers are going to be pissed off by rebukes for good service done. Unless you're lucky enough to have a thick-skinned surrogate like Clark, who returned to the attack even after Obama "rebuked" him. Maybe these two have an understanding. Too bad the rest of the fans can't be privy to it, it might diffuse some of the anger and disappointment.
