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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[tictoc]

In strict compliance with FR's rules and regulations, which state that whenever a conservative major news babe is mentioned, a picture shall be posted, I give you Monica Crowley:

[NeoCaveman]

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

I've been saying that for days :-)

[NeoCaveman]

In strict compliance with FR's rules and regulations, which state that whenever a conservative major news babe is mentioned, a picture shall be posted, I give you Monica Crowley:

Thanks.

[quark]

Yowwzuh, yowwzuh, yowwzuh! To steal a line: "If she were a constellation, she'd be a Babia Majora."

[Agnes Heep]

Classless people envy those above them and spit on those below them.

[Verginius Rufus]

This should earn him an endorsement from "Patches" Kennedy (D-RI).

[mombonn]

Add this to the video Drudge reported on Hannity this afternoon of Fireclarker praising Rumsfeld, Condi, et al in May 2001 in front of a bunch of Republicans, and extolling President Reagan, and I'd say the man will implode even faster than Saddam left Baghdad!

[aristeides]

Waco.

[txrangerette]

Shoot, I at first thought he did
this today, maybe at a media event
(conference?) after the debate.

How cool would that be?

[henbane]

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."

The Perfumed Prince has a hissy-fit

[FreePaul]

...Clark could have been "having a bad day,"

He's had more than a few of those lately, right?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I hope he cleared it with Mary first.

[Domestic Church]

"I have to believe that Clark is bought and paid for."

With Soros $$$$$$$$!

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

Whew!

I can almost smell the perfume!

[Benrand]

This explains why that fatass Michael Moore loves this guy so much. They're cut from the same dishrag.

[WOSG]

A temper eh .... Reminds me of the tape of Clinton cussing out Jesse Jackson on braodcast video without realizing it.

Of Course 60 minutes would never show it.

[mark502inf]

Waco.

There's a lot wrong with Clark & part of that is his temperament as described above.

However, Clark didn't have anything significant to do with Waco. He was the 1st Cavalry Division commander at Fort Hood during the Branch Davidian stand-off at Waco and his assistant commander--then Brigadier General Pete Schoomaker (the newly anointed Army Chief of Staff) was tasked by the Army to provide some advice to DOJ on their Waco plan. The reason Schoomaker was tapped was because of his previous assignment as the Delta Force commander--it had nothing to do with Clark.

[bvw]

If you ever get a chance to hang out quiet like watching the hotel front desk you will usually note that 1 in 10 or 20 or so of interchanges is going to involve some strained emotions -- upset or anger. I wouldn't read much into this, because it's simply not uncommon to find folks getting upset in the often rush-rush environemnt of leaving a hotel.

[judywillow]

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 hotel staff in question must have been adults; if they'd been kids, nine times out of ten, Clark would have just killed them.

Shari Doyle before being rescued from abuse by the Clinton, Reno, Clark team:

Shari Doyle after being rescued from abuse by the Clinton, Reno, Clark team:

Kathrine Andrade before being rescued from abuse by the Clinton, Reno, Clark team:

Kathrine Andrade after being rescued from abuse by the Clinton, Reno, Clark team:

The photos from Yugoslavia aren't any better...