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Originally Posted by The_Rorschach
I don't believe so. . .Funny you should bring him up though. I would have guessed you'd be supporting Howard Dean. What compells you into Clark's corner of the ring?
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I don't think Spinster was throwing his support that way, he simply seemed interested in the General's candidacy.
I think it's interesting, his team will try to present him as an Eisenhower type of candidate, ie. semi-detached from the "DC Scene," a military hero, a leader, etc.
He clearly
isn't Eisenhower as George Will aptly pointed out about a week or so ago, but I think he'll make the image work. Supposedly he has already had a meeting with Howard Dean, who would like him as a runningmate. I think Wesley will run for the office, but a Dean/Clark ticket would/could be interesting....
Oh, and Vince. Adam Smith, ya know, the liberal whig ideologue who guys like Jefferson admired, etc.....he believed in progressive taxation. The famous quote from him you'll find is "The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state ....[As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to] 'remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.'" Also, ya know that guy John Locke?? Yeah, he supported progressive taxation as well.
