poor wes clark

Wesley Clark will never be President. Tonight I attended a reception hosted by Gen. Clark. This event was one of several events held at the YearlyKos convention by prominent politicians pursuing the 2008 Democratic nomination. It's part of a time honored tradition to ply potential supporters (and donors) with booze to engender goodwill.

Unfortunately for General Clark, his advance staff failed him. Held on the balcony of "the joint" at the Hard Rock Casino, General Clark was reduced to standing on a stool to address the crowd. Bad enough that the former Supreme Allied Commander was reduced to standing on a stood to speak to a bunch of bloggers, he wasn't wired for sound. After several "can you hear me in the back" calls by the General, he began speaking to the crowd. Though I found his speech meandering and uninspiring, worse was my conversation with someone else following his speech:

Me: What did you think of General Clark.
Woman: I couldn't really hear him.
Me: Yeah, he really could have used a microphone.
Woman: So I just traded dead baby jokes with the person next to me. I suspect it was about as entertaining.

If you can't compete with dead baby jokes, you can't be President. Sorry, General Clark.