Power Line's John Hinderaker, most famous for this:
It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can't get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile.
...has this to say about Wesley Clark:
In my opinion, retired general Wes Clark is one of the least impressive people who have entered public life in recent years. He is, among other things, a partisan hack.
That would be this Wesley Clark:
General Wesley Kanne Clark, (born December 23, 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics), and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
[...]
Clark was assigned a position in the 1st Infantry Division and flew to Vietnam on May 21, 1969 during the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He worked as a staff officer, collecting data and helping in operations planning, and was awarded the Bronze Star for his work with the staff. Clark was then given command of A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division in January 1970. In February, only one month into his command, he was shot four times by a Viet Cong soldier with an AK-47. The wounded Clark shouted orders to his men, who counterattacked and defeated the Viet Cong force. Clark had injuries to his right shoulder, right hand, right hip, and right leg, and was sent to Valley Forge Army Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to recuperate. He was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the encounter.[19]
In 1975, Clark was appointed a White House Fellow in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a special assistant to its director, James Thomas Lynn. He was one of only 14 appointed out of 2,307 applicants.[24] Lynn also gave Clark a six-week assignment to assist John Marsh, then a counselor to the President. Clark was approached during his fellowship to help push for a memorial to the Vietnam War. He worked with the movement that ultimately helped lead to the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Clark took two commands with the 1st Armored Division based in Germany from August 1976 to February 1978, first over the 3rd Battalion 35th Armor and then the entire 3rd Brigade.[21] Clark's brigade commander while in the former position said Clark was "singularly outstanding, notably superb." Regarding his term as brigade commander, one of his battalion commanders called Clark the "most brilliant and gifted officer [he'd] ever known."[25] He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his work with the division.
Not to be outdone, in 1976 George W. Bush was awarded a DUI.
Contrast and compare.
A few baubles that Gen. Clark has picked up along the way can be found here.
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I’m sorry to say that Hindraker probably isn’t one of your regular readers. But his ears must be burning, right about now. Hell, his entire head must be on fire.
aimai
Well, among the “baubles” that George W. Bush picked up, is John Hinderaker’s lips attached firmly to his puckered ass.
We’re talking about an adult male who (presuming he has stopped) used to refer to himself as “Hindrocket”.
Judgment has never been his strong suit.
As to your title, yes it would be strange to go through life with a reptilian brain, dead ended on a wingnut website. Hindraker is just one of a sea of zipperheaded asses that spray manure from their nostrils after getting the message stuffed in their empty heads by their handlers.
George Romero’s doing the movie.
Well, I quoted your Wes Clark facts and posted them on the powerline post. We’ll see how long those last.
It’s probably even stranger to be one of his kith and/or kin. We’d have to ask his children, pets, wives and girlfriends (current and former) for their input, I’m sure.
It’s times like these that tempt me to pick up shop and move to Minnesota to work on the Franken campaign.
No sweeter music can I imagine than the exploding heads of Powerliners from Big Trunk to Assrocket, last seen pulling their girlie braids over their eyes while stammering ‘bring it on’ to Franken’s candidacy.
Would that it were so, aimai.
Corn dog…corn dog…corn dog in my Hindrocket.
I can beez douchebag.
I am beez douchebag.
Teh sutpidest man no teh palnet.
It comes around, it DOES come around…
And Clark was somewhat prophetic when he testified back in 2002.
I’m guessing it’s harder to become a 4 star general than it is to be a lawyer in Minneapolis. Hell, I’m more impressed with the fawning yes man, Petraus, than I am with Assmissile.
A drunk and a soldier. In Repulikkkan Amerika the drunk is always right, and the soldier (if a Democrat) is always wrong.
And that’s the way it is.
This brings to mind* the classic question asked by Fraiser Crane to Cliff, “Tell me Cliff, what color is the sky in your world?”
*and most of the rest of wingnut up-is-downism…