Clark talks about the importance of the Arts, Labor and Education March 9, 2007
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by Reg NYC
Fri Mar 09, 2007
Crossposted from The Clark Community Network
Reg: Hi, I’m Reg. I’m here with General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and 2004 Presidential candidate. First, I’d like to thank you for your work with VoteVets and stopiranwar.com.
General Clark Thank you.
Reg: Everyone please go and sign the petition
General Clark Please.
Reg: at stopiranwar.com, all one word. But I also know that you’re more well-rounded than that. So, I wanted to ask some questions you are not ordinarily asked about.
General Clark Okay.
Reg: Okay. First thing was I was very pleasantly surprised to hear you say at one point that you supported refunding the National Endowment for the Arts.
General Clark That’s true. (laughs)
Reg: Culture is our largest civilian export, but a lot of politicians-
General Clark Exactly.
Reg: -in both parties attack the arts, but…
General Clark Yeah. Well, you need all, you need the arts. I mean, if- people have to have a means of interpreting their (chuckle) life experiences. You can’t just be mechanical in life. It’s about feeling and emotion and the meaning of life, and that’s what art does for us in all of its mediums.
Reg: Do you support restoring the grants to individuals instead of just organizations like it is now?
General Clark Absolutely.
