Can't stop us now

Last night I watch the much ballyhooed Wes Clark, Jr. Interview. [Warning: video] And it is everything it was cracked up to me.

I remember back in February of 2004 when Clark's own hired guns whispered that Clark was withdrawing to kill the candidacy after he only won one state on Super Tuesday. By the way, he did a lot better than Edwards or Dean at that point, but some how Clark wasn't allowed to continue. Even then Wes Jr. was vivid, saying lots of bad things about the ex-Clinton ex-Gore ex-Graham staffers. And rightfully so, those clowns did nothing for Clark but make him look worse.

Clark made two big mistakes, one that lead to the other: getting in so late and as a result skipping Iowa. Iowa proved to be wide open and receptive to the kind of candidate Clark was.

Even though Wes Jr. can't imagine his dad running again, one has to wonder why else he was in Iowa last weekend. Is he running for VP instead, given that his son thinking that it will be a Hillary vs. Gore or Warner race? Is he running for Secretary of State? No he is running for president.

And it looks like if he follows his heart and his son's advice, it will be a great show. No more DC consultants, just the unvarnished truth. If junior had his way, Democrats would be winners because they would swing back hard. Someone has to call BS and someone has to speak truth to the system.

Americans are desperate for two things from their leaders (beyond actual leadership): honesty and togetherness. Clark believes in both and can achieve both. Watching his son's 45 minute slaying of Democrats and Republicans made me think of all the Rage Against the Machine songs I loved in high school.

I didn't care for the Marxist messaging as much as the power of the music. Some people will call Wes Jr. (and maybe his dad) angry or crazy or unstable. But there is good reason to be angry and those coward politicians are too big a bullies to actually address Wes Jr.'s points.

Perhaps Wes Jr. was a bit crass and vulgar, but he has tapped into his and many others ritegous indignation, their rage against the [political] machine.