Hot -Tempered Clark in Conference Tantrum Meltdown

CNSNews.com ^ | 9/25/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Presidential front-runner Gen. Wesley Clark blew a gasket while attending a conference in California several years ago, throwing a temper tantrum so ugly that it "had to be seen to be believed," according to one eyewitness.

The account of Clark's meltdown comes from WABC Radio's Monica Crowley, who attended the event and personally witnessed the future presidential candidate in full hissy-fit mode.

"At the end of the conference, everybody was sort of leaving the hotel and checking out at the same time," Crowley told her audience Wednesday night.

"Clark proceeded to throw a fit that had to be seen to be believed - something about how his luggage was being handled," she explained.

Crowley said Clark was so "abusive, condescending and mean" to the hotel staff that the conference organizer later felt compelled to apologize on his behalf.

The WABC host allowed that while Clark could have been "having a bad day," there "seems to be a pattern of behavior here that raises questions about his temperament and ability to be a civilian commander in chief."

In a report that surfaced yesterday, Clark's former boss, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Hugh Shelton, said Clark had to be relieved of duty as Supreme Allied commander of NATO over "character and integrity issues." Shelton announced that Clark wouldn't get his vote for president.

Another hair-raising anecdote comes from British Lt. Gen. Michael Jackson, who said that Clark ordered him to attack Russian forces that had unexpectedly occupied the Pristina airport during the Kosovo conflict.

Jackson refused, telling the future presidential front-runner, "I'm not going to start the third world war for you."

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[Peace will be here soon]

Clark was so "abusive, condescending and mean"

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Yup, sounds like a liberal.

[Sparta]

This piece of s**t must be kept out of the White House at all costs.

[lonevoice]

Crowley said Clark was so "abusive, condescending and mean" to the hotel staff that the conference organizer later felt compelled to apologize on his behalf.

[Brett66]

This will be fun to watch, if he wins the dem nomination. I still think Dean's going to get it though.

[Paul Atreides]

It also sounds like a Clinton.

[aristeides]

Waco Weasely sounds more and more like Jack D. Ripper.

[Sacajaweau]

Aw, you beat me.

[COBOL2Java]

General Clark, you ain't no Eisenhower...

[wizardoz]

This piece of s**t must be kept out of the White House at all costs.

Don't worry. He's a prima donna with a pretty face. He'll flame out before November.

[My2Cents]

Fortunately, Mandrake didn't push the button.

[js1138]

Abusive to hotel staff. Sounds like full Clinton mode.

[The Duke]

Quite interesting - if one looked at is credentials and experience alone he would look quite reasonable. Unfortunately, he sounds more sociopathic than Bill Clinton!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Don't drop that bag, you idiot! My precious bodily fluids are in there!

[My2Cents]

ROFL!!!! Good catch.

[.cnI redruM]

My nomination for Understatement of The Year -

>>>>there "seems to be a pattern of behavior here that raises questions about his temperament and ability to be a civilian commander in chief."

[VRW Conspirator]

I have to believe that Clark is bought and paid for. The Clintons must have FBI files on him or something. I cannot understand how a career military man can even rub shoulders with the ex-president-rapist.

[Republicus2001]

But wait, Billy Jeff said he was the fastest rising star of the Party....he can't be wrong

[dighton]

Hot -Tempered Clark in Conference Tantrum Meltdown