Wesley Clark's Three Embarrassing Secrets

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Wesley Clark's Three Embarrassing Secrets

Now that he's under a microscope, the chinks in Wesley Clark's armor are looking more like gaping wounds. Three embarrassing things happened to him this past week, but only one received much publicity.

Wednesday, two weeks after he joined the race for the Democrats' presidential nomination, his campaign admitted he still had not registered as a Dem.

That was widely reported, but did you know this? Clark had earlier lied that he was a registered Democrat, and he even deceived his top adviser, George Bruno, according to USA Today.

Bruno told the paper he had talked to Clark "a couple of weeks ago, and it was my understanding that it was changed."

And it was not until Wednesday that Clark withdrew his registration as a paid lobbyist for an Arkansas information-services company.

"I cannot believe that this party is even considering nominating someone who's not only not a Democrat, but is a registered Washington lobbyist," fumed Jano Cabrera of Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign.

Clark was mighty quick to demand that ESPN fire Rush Limbaugh. Perhaps Democrat boss Terry McAuliffe should "fire" Clark.

Then there was the humiliating news that without his former title of "general," his name recognition plunged and support fell in opinion polls.

He must be praying that if he wins the Democrat's nomination he'll get to call himself "General" on the ballot.