Why did Clarke postpone his Hardball appearance?

dennis4868

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:31 AM
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Why did Clarke postpone his Hardball appearance?

Monday night Richard clark was schedule to appear on HARDBALL and THE DAILY SHOW. He did not sahow up. Does anyone know why? Did he get a death threat or something? I know he was on THE DAILY SHOW last night and will be appearing on Tweety's lame show tonight, but what happened on Monday?

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cmd

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:32 AM
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1. Not sure, but

He is going to be on for the full hour tonight. Perhaps he or Matthews wanted more time?

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dennis4868

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:34 AM
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2. Monday night...

Matthews said that Clarke postponed and then later in the night Clarke was not on Jon Stewart's show as he was scheduled to be....i think his life was threatened by the thugs in the WH.

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marie123

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:43 AM
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4. then why would he go on the Jon Stewart show

I don't think things have gone as well as he had wished. I suspect Clarke will only go on friendly talk shows instead of tweety and fox for example. Fox is begging him to go their shows and he wont.

Also, Condi is going to be speaking publicly, so who knows what will happen with that. In my own personal opinion to me, his credibility is a bit worthless and Condi will either prove or disprove this.

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Changenow

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:47 AM
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5. Only a moran would go on Faux if they had anything negative

to say about Chimp. Who wants to get screamed at by an uninformed, testosterone charged, partisan?

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marie123

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:50 AM
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8. dont tell kerry or dean that

n/t

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Changenow

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:58 AM
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13. Kerry and Dean are not in the same league as Clarke.

Clarke would be a fool to go on Faux. Their minds are made up, they only want him on to yell at him. It is not as if we are talking about journalists here.

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dennis4868

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:47 AM
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6. "his credibility is a bit worthless"

Huh? His credibility is worthless? Say what? Everything he has said has been proven true by others and backed up by documentation. The so-called "liberal" media does not want you to think that but that is the truth. Not sure what you mean when you say his credibility is "worthless?" I think things have gone much better for Clarke than he ever could have imagined. He has got the WH on the run and only 2 weeks ago Bush was pounding his chest that he is the one can fight terrorism and not Kerry.

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marie123

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:51 AM
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9. just my own personal thought

Bush's numbers are going back up, Kerry is becoming a joke and Clarke seems to be almost a dead issue.

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dennis4868

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:55 AM
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11. "Clarke seems to be almost a dead issue"

if he was a dead issue Condi would not be agreeing to testify in public in fron of the 911 commission....believe me Clarke is NOT dead issue. Plus, I dont see how Kerry is a joke. I think he is doing the right thing by staying out of this 911 fight....one of the rules in politics is let your opponent kill himself. Bush's numbers are not great....his approval rating is still low and his ratings with regards to his ability to fight the "war on terrorism has dropped to 57% from 70% 2 months ago....thats a big drop!

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dpbrown

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:58 AM
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12. How in the world did you ever get to 156 posts?

Enjoy your short stay here.

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Changenow

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:03 AM
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17. That may have something do do with the fact that the screen name

has hijacked the name of a regular old timer here. People see that, don't pay attention to the post count, and assume that any particular strange post is an aberration.

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trumad

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:01 AM
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16. Did I just read you right?

You actually said this on Democratic Underground?

"Bush's numbers are going back up, Kerry is becoming a joke and Clarke seems to be almost a dead issue".

You do know that we at DU take great offense to folks coming in and posting goofy shit like this...You do know that don't you? Nahhh...I guess you don't. But you will very shortly!

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Touchdown

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:06 AM
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19. The poll numbers reflect the classic phychological stages.

They're in denial mode now...soon it'll turn to anger, bargaining, despair, and finally acceptance. Give the Repubs some time to come to terms with it.

In a month, watch Chimpy's numbers go into freefall!:-)

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tandot

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:09 AM
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20. "Dead Issue" I don't know, but I've seen Clarke all over the news

unless you are talking about Fox. I am not watching Fox, so I wouldn't know.

And the only person who is becoming a joke is Dubya. He is flip-flopping so much that even Aaron Brown on CNN had subtitles "White House is flip-flopping on issues" (or something similar) when he reported about the 9/11 commission yesterday.

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liberalitch

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Wed Mar-31-04 11:17 AM
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26. stick to those talking points.....

did you get them in your freep mail this morning?

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tandot

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:49 AM
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7. Anyone who is not afraid to speak out against the WH will not be afraid

to talk to Tweety or to go on Fox. He knew what the WH would do to him once he testifies and publishes his book.

I find Clarke very credible, especially since he is not the first one to come out against this administration. There are O'Neill, Wilson, and others supporting Clarke's claims.

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displacedtexan

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:53 AM
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10. He wished? Friendly shows? FOX begging? Credibility a bit worthless?

Please name one thing "Condi will either prove or disprove" when she finally testifies under oath (in regard to Clarke's testimony).

Your post is chock full of anti-Clarke slams.

BTW, if FOX is begging, as you claim, perhaps things are, in fact, going well for Clarke.

What part of Clarke's testimony and/or book is a bit worthless and lacking credibility ("in your opinion to you")?

Have you read Clarke's book? Have you studied his testimony?

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0007

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:58 AM
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14. Who in their right would go on FAUX News to be put down

talked over and spewed with hatred? Indeed, MSNBC isn't much better and CNN is about the same.

Take time and read Clarke's book. Richard Clarke is a very creditable man. And anyone with a brain knows this fact.

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ezee

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:03 AM
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18. Clarke is very credible

Have you read his book? Have you checked his sources? IF not then don't state the same crap that faux and there kind do. I have and find him very believable. why would anyone want to do an interview with a bunch of sreaming liars?
If he wasn't credible the chimp house would not be jumping from branch to branch trying to prove he isn't. They are all slipping on there banana peals trying to make him look bad.

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Paradise

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:19 AM
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21. dear marie123,

clarke IS credible, and condi IS a * lackey. welcome to du.

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Bridget Burke

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:28 AM
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22. All Condi will prove is the worthlessness of her own credibility.

She may get such friendly questions that she doesn't break down totally, but she's a very bad liar.

There's been a lot of spin against Clarke but nobody has successfully proven that anything he's said is untrue.

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:29 AM
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23. You might want to visit Free Republic or Lucianne.com.

Your brand of RW talking points are accepted as gospel in those particular myopic little circle jerks.

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whistle

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Wed Mar-31-04 09:40 AM
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3. Clarke is on tonight...

...Chris Mathews announced it last night while interviewing Gergen. That was a great interview. Can't wait to hear how he handles Clarke. I hope the issue of the Bush stone-walling off the commission and the fact that Bush/Cheney won't be under oath gets addresses.:kick: :yourock:

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LittleApple81

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:00 AM
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15. But Thompson (sp?) (9/11 commission) wants Tweety to GRILL Clarke

and he said he was looking forward to this. What a jerk!!!!

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phoebe

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Wed Mar-31-04 10:45 AM
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24. weren't there some scathing comments directed at Fox during Clarke's

testimony at the 911 Commission hearings which produced a lot of loud applause? Maybe that has something to do with his non-appearance..?

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peacetalksforall

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Wed Mar-31-04 11:10 AM
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25. NO ONE has refuted one thing Clarke has said or written...

Kerry is not a joke.

Fox is begging?

Free speech is alive and kicking. I guess.

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