Clark: Michael Moore a 'Man of Conscience'
Eight days after his most prominent supporter falsely accused
President Bush of being a military "deserter," Gen. Wesley Clark again declined
an opportunity to condemn the bogus charge, maintaining, as he has since
Thursday, that he hasn't examined the allegation.
Asked Sunday whether he knew of "any evidence" to support the accusation
leveled by radical filmmaker Michael Moore, who called President Bush "a
deserter" last Saturday as Clark looked on, the former NATO commander told "Meet
the Press," "Well, I've never looked into those . . . those allegations."
Clark's protestations of ignorance come despite the fact that the Boston
Globe, the newspaper that originally reported that Bush had missed a full year
of National Guard service in the 1970s, said Friday:
"News reports, including some in the Globe, have questioned Bush's constancy
as a National Guard airman at the time, but he has not been credibly accused of
desertion, a serious charge. Clark should have distanced himself from the
remark."
Moore still cites the original May 2000 Globe report on his Web site to
defend his Bush "desertion" charge, though the New York
Times discovered later that year that the Globe missed evidence that proved its
original report was false.
Still, despite his key backer's disingenuousness, Gen. Clark told "Meet the
Press," "I will tell you this about Michael Moore. I think he's a man of
conscience. I think he's done a lot of great things for ordinary people, working
people across America. And I'm very happy to have is support."
Ever since the Moore flap erupted after Thursday night's debate, Gen. Clark's
support in the New Hampshire primary has been dropping like a rock, plummeting
nine points in just three days, according to a Gallup survey released Saturday.
Murphy's Third Law: In any field of scientific endeavor, anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
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