The Daily Travesty

You have to watch C-Span. The best times to watch, too, are after events, when the cameras and sound are still on and the candidates work the crowds. The you get moments like this:

"Moments after praising his opponents in the Democratic presidential race as worthy running mates, Wesley Clark said, in no uncertain terms, how he would respond if they or anyone else criticized his patriotism or military record.

'I'll beat the shit out of them,' Clark told a questioner as he walked through the crowd after a town hall meeting Saturday. 'I hope that's not on television,' he added.

It was, live, on C-SPAN."

I missed that gem, but heard him talk with another supporter. The man came up and said he thought Clark's position on pharmaceuticals was "flaky." Clark then argued with the man, saying his position wasn't flaky and that he had worked with Big Pharma. The man tried to point out some actual facts about increasing costs of drugs, marketing budgets, etc. Clark said "You are wrong!" and repeated that his words were not "flaky".

Clark also stopped to pose with some 8th grade girls who were going to give a speech about him, or introduce him, or something along those lines. he said "what are you going to say about me?" They started to answer but he cut them off and told them what to say.

Yes, sir! No, sir! Request permission to speak freely, sir! God Bless America, sir!