earthmann

I finally understand exactly what happened to Clark.

When I heard Clark speak before he had entered the presidential race he seemed so sharp and articulate, rhapsodizing on our liberal democracy and our founding father’s love for rationale thought in spite of their religious underpinnings and overtones, and so on.

Yet, from the moment he first opened his mouth in that first debate he sounded like one more fool spewing d.c.p.r.b.s. The process of entering politics just seemed to somehow alter his genetic makeup.

Well, now I am watching the Charlie Rose show, who tonight is hosting Clark. Clark was tip-toeing around a certain question, until finally Rose asked Clark why a military man was being so coy.

Clark went on to explain that he has learned to “dance the dance”; he had some ‘good teachers” who taught him how to speak as a politician. “There was no quicker way to get into trouble than to say what you mean”, he said.

As he went on it dawned on me: It hadn’t been my imagination. He was not the same man I had heard challenging the establishment back when his “campaign” was nothing more than an internet draft movement. By the time he made it to a lecturn, he had already become just another tepid soul peddling his wares to the media and public.