The skeleton closet.. not many in clark's closet

[SoCalDem]

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Wesley Clark's Skeleton Closet

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Wesley Clark Wesley Clark has the most impressive resume of any candidate since, well, Bill Clinton -- first in his class at West Point, Rhodes Scholar, Masters in Economics at Oxford, decorated veteran, 4-star general, commander of NATO forces during the war in Kosovo. By all accounts, he is very bright, very energetic, and -- many people say -- also brusque, arrogant, and prone to piss people off. Is he Clinton without the scandals, or another over-achieving bundle of trouble from Arkansas?
In any case, he is also, apparently, brave. Besides the fact that he actively served in the military, was wounded, received several medals and rose to the top of the ranks, we have the anecdotes of Richard Holbrooke, the former Ambassador to the United Nations and before that Clark's boss at the Dayton Peace Accord negotiations.

Holbrooke says that he dared Wesley Clark and Joe Kruzel to dive into the Adriatic Sea from the 3rd story window of their hotel in Split, Croatia, and both did. He also tells of a severe car crash on the dangerous road to Sarajevo, where a car full of American negotiators went off the road, fell several hundred feet down a gorge, and burned, igniting lots of ammunition in the car. Clark rappelled down amidst the flames and bullets and rescued two people (2 others died.)

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[Noordam]

1. Rove machine has not started all of it work yet

But the FBI/CIA are going to be looking.

But I will bet Monica/ BJ while Clinton talked to him shows up in some RW place.

[QC]

4. "...shows up in some RW place"

And it will be reposted here within seconds and treated as gospel, no matter how disreputable the source.

[Dr Fate]

9. ...this my outrage as well...

...we at DU attack DEMS where Karl Rove/Bush/media cannot- examples:

Karl Could NEVER attack Dean on his lack of military service- becuase he is TERRIFIED of having to explain Bush's AWOL away (he has never had to do this, because media REFUSES to report it)

Karl could NEVER attack Clark as a "pro war murderer"- because that would be simply ridiculous...

But never fear Rove/Bush/Media!!! DU will attack DEMS were you cannot!!!

[_NorCal_D_]

13. Yeah it's pretty sad.

Though most of these attack posts are unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.

• Mind Control
  
• Waco
  
• 9/11 involvement
  

You name it.

[dfong63]

2. is that brave, or stupid?

Holbrooke says that he dared Wesley Clark and Joe Kruzel to dive into the Adriatic Sea from the 3rd story window of their hotel in Split, Croatia, and both did.

is that brave, or stupid? this kind of risk-taking behavior does not speak well for Clark's judgment.

[Pepperbelly]

5. don't be a poopy-head ...

You wouldn't do it?

Geez ...

:eyes:

on edit: I would probably have jumped rather than dive but ... details.

2nd edit: cool emoticon...

[Cha]

6. Have you seen this?

"So, Wesley Clark is running for president. Pretty amazing guy. Four star general, first in his class
at West Point, supreme commander of NATO, saw combat in Vietnam, won the bronze star, silver star,
the purple heart for being wounded in battle. See, I'm no political expert, but that sounds pretty good
next to choking on a pretzel, falling off a scooter and dropping the dog."
-- Leno


On Edit~ I should have attributed it to http://www.bartcop.com site!

Mea Culpa~

[Pepperbelly]

7. LOL

Not bad.

I remember when we were kiddos and Wesley swam on the same swim team as two other cousins and between them, they won an ASSLOAD of trophies. It doesn't surprise me that he took a dive. :D

[VolcanoJen]

8. Leno actually said that???

That's some good stuff, zidzi! Thanks for posting it!

[TheReligiousLeft]

10. Hmm.. Might have to start watching Leno (NT)

[_NorCal_D_]

14. That's great.

Saw it on www.bartcop.com

[Dr Fate]

11. brave/fun/everyman behavior...

...I would have done it too- most voters will enjoy this antecdote...

[private_ryan]

12. I would've done the same probably

3rd story is not that high IF the water is deep enough. I hope he didn't just dived

[OKNancy]

16. You'll grab at anything

Clark is an avid swimmer. Was on school swim team and swims every day. I'm sure he is a good diver too. Move on to your next smear.

[roguevalley]

3. I am not surprised he did this. It was his duty and job and our boys and

girls do this daily. I'm proud to know that he's a
man, a good, good man.

[Cocoa]

15. David Hasselhoff for President

http://web.archive.org/web/19991122091601/

http://web.archive.org/web/19991122091601/http://camel.conncoll.edu/ccother/sf.folder/dh96/dh96.html

[oasis]

17. Pretty sure the hotel had a history of folks jumping from the window.

That's how they got the idea in the first place.

[knight_of_the_star]

18. Just read it

That is a VERY small skeleton closet, and it doesn't seem like there is anything to wear in it either. I guess that is yet another plus for Clark: any scandals Rove comes up with will be easily refuted as being fabrications.

[JVS]

19. A lot of Serbians would disagree, but then again they don't get to vote.