The various charges being made former counter-terrorism official Richard Clarke are, it goes without saying, entirely partisan in nature.

Here's some more proof:

In 2002 and 2003 an individual identified as Mr. Richard Clarke of Alexandria, Virginia made two political contributions. One to Steven Andreasen, a Democrat running for the House in Minnesota and another to Jamie Metzl, a Democrat running for the House in Missouri.

Now, of course, it's possible that this could be a different Richard Clarke (we suffered that problem in the "Bush AWOL" case re: William Turnipseed), but I don't think so. For one thing, this Clarke is, in the 2002 contribution, listed as a civil servant (which Clarke would have been at that time) and in 2003 as a "consultant" (between 2002 and the 2003 contribution Clarke left government service). Second, both candidates have ties to the "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace", to which Clarke also seems tied.

This is a fellow auditioning to be the Secretary of Homeland Security in a Kerry Administration. Consider every word he now speaks to be a lie.