I think you're right about this being a tactical move - it seems
that a lot of his moves over the last month or so have been efforts
to goad the Republicans into attacking him on ground where he can
beat them, and this seems to fit into that pattern.
The flag-burning amendment is a very bad position, in my opinion,
but I don't doubt that it is sincere. I don't doubt that the SOA
has had some bad students, and helped them refine their awfulness,
but this all seems to predate Clark, and, again, I don't doubt his
sincerity on this. I haven't seen him get sharp with any non-media
people, but I haven't seen a lot of things. he should not do
that.
What really concerns me is his advocacy of the band Journey. I'm
not sure if this is a tactical move to draw the Bushies into a
discussion about late 70's/early 80's AOR bands, or a sincere
opinion, or both, or what, but I really don't think America is
ready to open those wounds. Not yet.
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