I’ve got to say that one of the most offensive politicians in America, in my own humble opinion, has got to be the martinet from Arkansas, Wesley Clark. I couldn’t stand him when he was gung ho for invading Serbia and I found that I could dislike him even more when he took money to go on CNN to explain — on the basis of his having been Supreme NATO Commander — U.S. military strategy and tactics in the Iraq war. (My father was in the military and I cannot imagine him taking cash to go on TV to explain to the enemy exactly what to expect). Then it turned out that his policy positions were that whatever the Bush administration did, he was against it, except that he would do it all better. The only silver lining was that he seemed relatively sane on the no-brainer issue of whether gay people are entitled to be treated like everyone else. Now comes this exchange with Chris Matthews when asked about gay marriage:
“I do think this. I think a large portion of America have spoken their views on this. I went to an African-American church during the time I was running for office. And a preacher said – she spoke in terms that really made it, brought it home to me. She said, ‘God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.'”
Boy, what a great argument. I know that that argument would sure “bring it home to me.”