# Thank you Mr, Clarke **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232 "2004-03-25T00:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/101 "2004-03-31T03:36:15Z")
Apos, Elucidator, I really think you both should have to pay to replace my sarcasto-meter. It is only fair, since your combined posts broke it.[there would be a smilie here if it was not considered pase (SP?)] ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/102 "2004-03-31T05:09:19Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > That’s not “dots” that’s **A DOT**. > al Qaeda was NEW on the scene of international terrorism. The west was still focused on the downfall of the Soviet Union. It takes a dot or two for even liberals to draw a connecting line. Clinton did it within a few years as the dots multiplied, told Bush about the friggn dots, and the conservatives, true to form, went back to fighting the cold war against their new opponents in the Axis of Evil; North Korea, Iran, and Iraq. It took another dot to get them focused on the _actual problem at hand_, and still their attention wandered and they went blasting off after old and irrelevant foes. No matter how many dots there are to connect, there always a 1st one. So you are correct this was a DOT which was eventually connected with the others. So in effect your time frame does go back to at least 1993. > [@Apos](#): > > Are you a pathological fucktard or something? Clarke isn’t a Democrat, and he doesn’t follow orders from some conspiracy of Democrat scheduling. The scheduling of his testimony, his 60 minutes interview, and the book were all set months ago, and in the case of his testimony, set in part by Republicans. I don’t know what party Clarke is registered with or how he votes, but I do know that he has aligned himself with the Democrats. It might have been for his own personal gains, or that he just allowed himself to be used as a tool (don’t really think he’s that dimwitted). I think we can use the old “if it quacks like a duck” rule in this case. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/103 "2004-03-31T08:44:52Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > I don’t know what party Clarke is registered with or how he votes, but I do know that he has aligned himself with the Democrats. No, you asswipe, he’s aligned himself with the **United States of America.** Just because George W. Bush doesn’t like what he’s saying doesn’t make this lifelong Republican pro-Gulf-War hawk a Democrat. Some things transcend party politics; Bush’s fuckup of an antiterrorism policy is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/104 "2004-03-31T13:32:22Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > No, you asswipe, he’s aligned himself with the **United States of America.** Just because George W. Bush doesn’t like what he’s saying doesn’t make this lifelong Republican pro-Gulf-War hawk a Democrat. > > Some things transcend party politics; Bush’s fuckup of an antiterrorism policy is one of them. As I said, it’s none of my business how he votes (although you might want to check his statement of who he voted for in the last presidential election before you try engraving GOP on his forehead). His #1 goal is to line his own pockets and the only problem I have with that is that he has bent the facts in order to accomplish it. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/105 "2004-03-31T13:52:37Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > His #1 goal is to line his own pockets and the only problem I have with that is that he has bent the facts in order to accomplish it. Do you have anything to back up your assertion that his #1 goal is to line his own pockets? Didn’t think so. What you are doing is called “making stuff up”. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/106 "2004-03-31T14:27:46Z")
Oh I’m sorry, I’m sure he wrote the book just to educate all of us…give me a _%^_#%\* break. If receipts from the book sales are not a priority, then maybe he should just donate all of the proceeds to charity (and the Dem’s are not a charity). ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/107 "2004-03-31T14:41:04Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > If receipts from the book sales are not a priority, then maybe he should just donate all of the proceeds to charity. > [@](#): > > [Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:51 a.m. EST > Clarke: I Need 9/11 Book Cash to Fight White House Attacks](http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/28/115408.shtml) > > Best-selling 9/11 author Richard Clarke rebuffed critics on Sunday who urged him to donate all the proceeds from his best-selling book “Against All Enemies,” saying he might need to keep the money to defend himself against Republican attacks “directed at my bank account.” > > While saying he “plans” to make “a substantial donation” to 9/11 victim families if book profits allow, Clarke told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” “The word is out in the White House to destroy me professionally.” > > “One line that somebody overheard is that he’s not going to make another dime in Washington again in his life,” Clarke explained. > > “So I have to take that into account, too - this sort of vicious personal attack is also directed at my bank account.” You’re a couple of days late with the call, **flickster** , and you’re still a fucking idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/108 "2004-03-31T14:57:29Z")
Okay, I’ve got to ask. You’ve got morons like **flickster** following BushCo’s Talking Points\*. Saying things like Clarke is _obviously_ full of shit because he didn’t trash BushCo while working for them. Wasn’t it his job to be a cheerleader (publically) for the administration? What do you think would happen if Fleischer came out and said that BushCo was going after Iraq no matter what? Telling the press that Bush and his handlers wanted them to hear was his fucking job! Personally, I think that when McClellan finally cracks it will be really entertaining. While watching him stammer, contort, and dodge through each denial, evasion, and outright lie is almost painful. I can almost see _the paycheck will be worth it, just a little longer, Scotty-boy_ dancing behind his eyes… -Joe \*Interestingly enough, on last night’s Daily Show, Clarke said that there’s staffers at the White House whose entire purpose is to call people like Limbaugh and Hannity and tell them what topics to cover, and what to say. I didn’t know those whores actually had a direct line to the White House. Sort of fucks up the whole charade of Rush as a “noble outsider looking in and telling you what’s really happening” , doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/109 "2004-03-31T15:10:58Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Personally, I think that when McClellan finally cracks it will be really entertaining. While watching him stammer, contort, and dodge through each denial, evasion, and outright lie is almost painful. I can almost see _the paycheck will be worth it, just a little longer, Scotty-boy_ dancing behind his eyes… There’s been a strange absence of press conferences by Mr. McClellan this week. Perhaps he’s taking a little personal time to work out a book deal? ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/110 "2004-03-31T15:48:04Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > \*Interestingly enough, on last night’s Daily Show, Clarke said that there’s staffers at the White House whose entire purpose is to call people like Limbaugh and Hannity and tell them what topics to cover, and what to say. I didn’t know those whores actually had a direct line to the White House. Sort of fucks up the whole charade of Rush as a “noble outsider looking in and telling you what’s really happening” , doesn’t it? Now there’s a credible news source - The Daily Show (irony off) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/111 "2004-03-31T17:48:53Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > Now there’s a credible news source - The Daily Show (irony off) Hey, dipshit. The words came straight from Clarke. As for The Daily Show being a credible source, it beats the hell out of most of the “news” networks out there. Keep that in mind the next time your hero, Rush Limbaugh (the anti-drug man who went deaf due to drug abuse) is saying **exactly what he was told to say**. Anyone else remember when journalists (and “journalists”) weren’t total whores? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/112 "2004-03-31T17:55:47Z")
Has anyone noticed that not even Tricky Dick or Rockin Ron inspired so many rats to jump ship? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/113 "2004-03-31T18:27:39Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Personally, I think that when McClellan finally cracks it will be really entertaining. While watching him stammer, contort, and dodge through each denial, evasion, and outright lie is almost painful. I can almost see _the paycheck will be worth it, just a little longer, Scotty-boy_ dancing behind his eyes… I’m waiting for the tell-all book from Colin Powell, myself. The guy’s been marginalized for so long, I’m sure he’s got a lot of pent-up pressure… > [@Merijeek](#): > > \*Interestingly enough, on last night’s Daily Show, Clarke said that there’s staffers at the White House whose entire purpose is to call people like Limbaugh and Hannity and tell them what topics to cover, and what to say. I didn’t know those whores actually had a direct line to the White House. Sort of fucks up the whole charade of Rush as a “noble outsider looking in and telling you what’s really happening” , doesn’t it? You mean there are people who actually _believe_ that charade? ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/114 "2004-03-31T18:45:13Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Hey, dipshit. > > The words came straight from Clarke. > > As for The Daily Show being a credible source, it beats the hell out of most of the “news” networks out there. > > Keep that in mind the next time your hero, Rush Limbaugh (the anti-drug man who went deaf due to drug abuse) is saying **exactly what he was told to say**. > > Anyone else remember when journalists (and “journalists”) weren’t total whores? > > -Joe I’m glad that Clarke found a show that matches his credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/115 "2004-03-31T19:47:44Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > I’m glad that Clarke found a show that matches his credibility. Wow. Tell me you can’t actually vote, yet. By your monkeylogic, if I were to state that the earth is flat, Madonna is a virgin, and O.J. was innocent, it would be true if I were to do it from, say, the floor of the US Supreme Court. Jesus Fucking Christ, is this the best you can do? Is that all the apologists have left? John Edwards officially announced his bid for the Democratic nomination on The Daily Show. Apparently he didn’t actually run. According to your sad little monkeylogic. Of course, it is entirely possible that you’re an exceptionally clever monkey, and this little tangent was designed to distract everyone from the fact that your hero Rush gets his maching orders straight from the administration he claims to objectively view. -Joe, feeling like I’m kicking the shit out of a toddler… ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/116 "2004-03-31T20:37:16Z")
Jesus Christ, flickster - you’re just embarassing yourself here. > [@](#): > > No matter how many dots there are to connect, there always a 1st one. So you are correct this was a DOT which was eventually connected with the others. So in effect your time frame does go back to at least 1993. So you’re criticizing Clinton for not being able to see into the future? You’re gonna go with that, huh? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Zagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/117 "2004-03-31T20:41:37Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > I’m glad that Clarke found a show that matches his credibility. Karen Hughes will appear on _The Daily Show_ tonight. Henry Kissinger. Madeline Albright, Bob Dole, John Edwards, Tom Brokaw, John McCain… all have been guests, so I suppose none have any credibility with you. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/118 "2004-03-31T20:42:28Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Anyone else remember when journalists (and “journalists”) weren’t total whores? Not really. Cronkite retired when I was in high school; I was pretty much exclusively thinking about getting laid at the time. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/119 "2004-03-31T20:50:47Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > So you’re criticizing Clinton for not being able to see into the future? You’re gonna go with that, huh? :rolleyes: Why not, you guys are doing the same thing to Bush over 911 ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232/120 "2004-03-31T20:58:59Z")
**Merijeek** , please keep watching The Comedy Channel and maybe, just maybe, you’ll start to develop a sense of humor. I enjoy Jon Stewart & Lewis Black as a good source for a few laughs, but not as a sole source for news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mr-clarke/236232.md?page=7)