Pen-Elayne on the Web

What Can You Do With a General

Apparently, about an hour ago, former general Wesley Clark officially announced his candidacy for President of the United States. (Supposedly his site is going to have a blog, but there's nothing blog-like up there yet.) Now, generally (pun intended) when I have a choice of whether to vote for, say, a military guy and a doctor, I'll choose the doctor every time. Guy who kills versus guy who heals - not such a tough choice, really. Nonetheless, Barbara O'Brien at Mahablog (link at sidebar) presents a nice overview of "three presidents who went from a military career into the White House without having held any other elected office" which may be worth a look. (In any case, in terms of candidates whose words and actions most match my worldview, I'm still leaning towards Kucinich at the moment.)

Update: Michael Moore likes Clark, but FAIR seems a bit more skeptical.