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Posted at 1:25pm on Jun. 30, 2008 Politician Wes Clark attacks John McCain's service

Is he the Wes Clark whom Obama knew?

By Mark Kilmer

UPDATE: Barack Obama's peeps have tossed Wes Clark under the Scoop. (The candidate himself has thus far said NOTHING.)

"As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark."

and:

Obama Communications Director Robert Gibbs did not reject Clark’s comments.

“Those are the comments of Gen. Clark and they are not the comments of Barack Obama. We certainly honor the service and sacrifice and heroism of John McCain.”

Will Wes Clark now be publicly bounced from Barry's campaign? The rebukes of Clark are very, very mild.

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This bears repeating: Wes Clark, former general in the United States Army, is now a politician whose mental functions seem to have dissipated, turning him into a nasty, bitter man. I quoted him yesterday in RedState's The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review, but it was spelled out in a greater detail over Politico.com.

On CBS' Fact the Nation Sunday:

After saying, "I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war," he added that these experiences in no way qualify McCain to be president in his view:

“He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn't held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn't a wartime squadron,” Clark said.

"I don’t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president." [emphasis my own]

We can ask what then were Clark's qualifications eight-years ago. More immediate: What qualifies Obama right now?

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