[formercalifornian]

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[Shortwave]

Opportunist. Poor one at that!

[LongsforReagan]

I saw him at the Marriot Crystal City lobby last week when I was checking out.

I thought he was short.

[HitmanLV]

He comes off as unpolished and in over his head, compared to others on the national stage at his level.

The impression he always gave me was that he was the kind of guy who rose in rank in the military because he kept quiet and knew the right people. When he got to a certain level, he didn't need to keep quiet anymore. That's when his problems became most apparent (his 'starting WW3 moment,' and most of his presidential campaign are good examples of this).

It's the difference between a man with balls and a man who acts like he has balls. He is in the 'acting' category, in my book, based on his behavior as I have seen it on the national stage.

'Not ready for prime time.' A classic case of a guy who started believing his own publicity - no restraint, poor judgment, and questionable wisdom.

[Mr. Mojo]

War criminal.

[Egon]

He rose to one step beyond his level of incompetency...and then attempted to make a superhuman leap beyond even that.

[Selene]

A fish eyed fool

[MrChips]

Clark? Where's my barf bag?

[coconutt2000]

I think General Wesley Clark has fallen to the lime light bug... This means that he is susceptible to DNC manipulations. I think he has not been told the whole truth about anything, and his retired military status bars him from finding out anything through the usual channels.

Strategically, he should ditch the Kerry campaign and retire. He might be able to save some face.

[MJY1288]

Michael Moore campaigned with him.......NUF SAID!

[Jeff Chandler]

Clark is a completely self-serving man.

[bellevuesbest]

A total embarrassment to our honorable US Army. How this guy became a general is beyond me. I don't mind him being a democrat, but how could such a baffoon become a general?

[isthisnickcool]

I salute Clark because he apparently has never slept with Gov. McGreevey of New Jersey.*

* Best I could do....

[piasa]

JUNE 29, 2000 : (PRESS RELEASE SAYS RETIRED ARMY GENERAL WESLEY CLARK HAS JOINED STEPHANS GROUP, INC AS A CORPORATE CONSULTANT TO HELP DEVELOP EMERGING-TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES) LITTLE ROCK, AR- Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, the internationally admired leader who served three distinguished years as NATO's supreme allied commander, Europe, has joined Little Rock-based Stephens Group Inc. as a corporate consultant to help develop emerging-technology companies. . - ". PRESS RELEASE : Wesley Clark joins Arkansas firm of Stephens Group!," June 29, 2000, Contact: Frank Thomas 501-377-8127 , fthomas@stephens.com *
"The Stephens Group was the money laundering firm for the Arkansas Redevelopement Bonds that were apparently funded by drug money. Hundreds of millions of dollard were laundered through Stephens Group. The president of the company, Jackson Stephens, was sent to prison for his drug trafficing. Stephens Group was also tied to the BCCI scandal and was involved with the Mochtar Riady (the Indonesian billionare who funneled foreigh donations to the Democrat Party), and the Lippo Bank and Worthen Bank scandals.
The Rose law firm represented Stephens, Inc. and assigned two of their crack (no pun intended) attorney's -- Hillary Clinton and Vincent Foster - to handle the Stephen's company defense. Oh, what a tangled web!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Source : a freeper (maybe JDGreen123 ?)

[claudiustg]

For a good laugh put him next to Gen. Franks.

[piasa]

UNDERSTANDING CLARK -- Making Sense Of Clark's Conspiracy Theories (RNC Research) Republican National Committee (Two RNC Research Articles Combined) ^ | Jan 9, 2004 | RNC Research

UNDERSTANDING CLARK Making Sense Of Clark's Conspiracy Theories Is No Easy Feat and TAKE TWO: Clark's Continuing Conspiracy Theories

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CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 18

MR. CLARK: “[I]t came from the White House, it came from people around the White House. … I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got a call at my home saying, ‘You got to say this is connected … to Saddam Hussein.’” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 6/15/03)

QUESTION: Who is “around” the White House?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 17

MR. CLARK: “I never got any of these calls from the White House. I got a call from Canada, from a man who was running a Middle East think tank …” (WDUN’s “The Martha Zoller Show,” 7/1/03)

QUESTION: Is Canada “around the White House”?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 16

MR. CLARK: “A man from a – of a Middle East think tank in Canada, the man who’s the brother of a very close friend of mine in Belgium. He’s very well connected to Israeli intelligence.” (MSNBC’s “Buchanan And Press,” 8/25/03)

QUESTION: Is your very close friend’s brother a source for any of your other theories?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 15

MR. CLARK: “The White House, actually back in February, apparently tried to get me knocked off CNN.” (Newsradio 620 KTAR, 8/25/03 As Reported On Fox News’ “Special Report,” 8/26/03)

QUESTION: Aren’t you confusing the Bush White House with the Clinton White House, which actually did relieve you from duty?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 14

MR. CLARK: “[Being relieved from NATO Command] was, Clark says, a setup, engineered by [Defense Secretary] Cohen’s office and by the Chiefs. As for Clinton, ‘He was hornswoggled.’” (Peter J. Boyer, “General Clark’s Battles,” The New Yorker, 11/17/03)

QUESTION: Are you suggesting Bill Clinton, the Commander in Chief of the United States, was tricked into firing you?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 13

MR. CLARK: “First of all, I wasn’t relieved [from NATO Command].” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 12/8/03))

QUESTION: Because it was a trick?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 12

MR. CLARK: “[H]e says, this is Bradley Graham from The Washington Post, and we have an official authorized Pentagon news leak that you’ll be replaced” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 12/8/03)

QUESTION: What exactly is an “official authorized news leak”?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 11

MR. CLARK: “The Secretary of Defense had to leak his own memo to explain that we have no strategy to deal with terrorism …” (Wesley Clark, Remarks To Center For American Progress, 10/28/03)

QUESTION: Was it common practice when you were NATO Commander to leak memos to explain strategy?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 10

MR. CLARK: “Well, that’s [Rumsfeld leaking his memo] what the rumor is, and it’s been talked about on the Sunday talk shows.” (Wesley Clark, Remarks To Center For American Progress, 10/28/03)

QUESTION: Is your favorite album “Rumors” by Fleetwood Mac?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 9

MR. CLARK: “I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001 … [Iraq] was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan … and there were a total of seven countries [to be invaded] …” (Wesley Clark, “The Clark Critique,” Newsweek, 9/29/03)

QUESTION: Is invading seven countries more macho than just picking one at random?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 8

MR. CLARK: “[T]hey told me there was something, some kind of a memo or something. I never saw it.” (As Quoted In Paul Barton, “Clark Again Tells Of Post-9/11 Hit List,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 11/4/03)

QUESTION: ¯¯ Look at all these rumors surrounding me everyday… ¯¯ (From “Rumors,” By Timex Social Club)

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 7

MR. CLARK: “You only have to listen to the gossip around Washington and to hear what the neoconservatives are saying and you will get the flavor of this.” (As Quoted In Paul Barton, “Clark Again Tells Of Post-9/11 Hit List,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 11/4/03)

QUESTION: Gossip, rumors and secret plans? Oh my! Gossip, rumors and secret plans? Oh my!

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 6

MR. CLARK: "I think Dick Cheney put his thumb on the scale and got Don Rumsfeld in as secretary of defense. And then I think that together they took the opportunity of 9/11 to persuade the president [to go into Iraq]." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 1/5/04)

QUESTION: Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld planned from the get-go to invade Iraq, waiting until some horrible tragedy befell the country to spring the notion on an unsuspecting President and country?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 5

MR. CLARK: "I think [the war in Iraq] was purely political. I think it started with a Republican Party pledge, an effort to embarrass the Clinton administration. It swelled and just grew out of control." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 1/5/04)

QUESTION: Are you really claiming the Republican Party took the country to war to embarrass Bill Clinton?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 4

MR. CLARK: "[T]here were some people who hyped the intelligence." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 1/5/04)

QUESTION: So who are these people? And, having told the House Armed Services Committee, "there's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat," are you one of them? (Wesley Clark, Committee On Armed Services, U.S. House Of Representatives, Testimony, 9/26/02)

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 3

MR. CLARK: "There were some people who said, no, what we need to do is just find ... a country and beat up on them so that other people in the Arab world will know we're big and tough and strong." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 1/5/04)

QUESTION: Are you claiming the President and his advisors, in implementing the longstanding policy of regime change in Iraq, were really just randomly using force against a country as a gesture of machismo?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 2

MR. CLARK: "There were some people who said ... this is a way to sort of ... help Israel." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 1/5/04)

QUESTION: Do you believe the war in Iraq is Israeli-driven?

CLARK CONSPIRACY NO. 2

MR. CLARK: "Ultimately, all of this was passed through a political filter. Karl Rove, he passed judgment on it." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 1/5/04)

QUESTION: Are you really suggesting that Senior Advisor Karl Rove, not the CIA, Defense Department, State Department or National Security Advisor, is responsible for advising the President on national security decisions?

[garyhope]

Weasel and a weenie. Wimp. Twerp. Passive aggressive liar. Taxi driver.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Please let me know what your think about Gen. Wesley Clark

Weasel.

[cyncooper]

So how do the other people at FreeRepublic see Gen. Clark.

He strikes me as an unstable individual with poor judgement and prone to irrationality.

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