Does anyone know if Wesley Clark was ever a pilot?

In article , "R.Hubbell"
writes:


If you can dismiss the career of a General so easily why would I
believe that your accomplishments are untarnished?

Or are you saying that if you can do it then Wesley Clark's
military career is no big deal?

Stick with what you know. Relying on innuendo is not a good habit.



OK, here's what I know.

My dental office is about 5 blocks from the NATO headquarters in Norfolk. I
have patients who worked under Clark as civilian contractors for NATO. None of
them would do it again and they describe him as a 'people eater.'

He has a history of shifting the blame for his own misjudgments onto junior
officers, sometimes ruining their careers in order to preserve his image.

That alone disqualifies him in my eyes for any position of leadership.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

On 22 Jan 2004 15:41:00 GMT ackatyu (Wdtabor) wrote:

In article , "R.Hubbell"
writes:


If you can dismiss the career of a General so easily why would I
believe that your accomplishments are untarnished?

Or are you saying that if you can do it then Wesley Clark's
military career is no big deal?

Stick with what you know. Relying on innuendo is not a good habit.



OK, here's what I know.

My dental office is about 5 blocks from the NATO headquarters in Norfolk. I
have patients who worked under Clark as civilian contractors for NATO. None of
them would do it again and they describe him as a 'people eater.'


Are you familiar with what it takes to be a leader of people? It's not a
popularity contest.


He has a history of shifting the blame for his own misjudgments onto junior
officers, sometimes ruining their careers in order to preserve his image.

Oh sure, that's how you become a General, very funny!
You're such a stitch!


That alone disqualifies him in my eyes for any position of leadership.

Well I've read some of your other posts and what you see with your eyes
seems tainted anyway.


R. Hubbell


Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

In article , "R.Hubbell"
writes:


He has a history of shifting the blame for his own misjudgments onto junior
officers, sometimes ruining their careers in order to preserve his image.

Oh sure, that's how you become a General, very funny!

No, it's how you get fired as a General when you get caught.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

John Kerry was a pilot. Tells some flying stories in his bio.

R.Hubbell wrote:
Does anyone know if Wesley Clark was ever a pilot?
What do people here think of the General?

In case you missed it he's running for President.



R. Hubbell

Kerry apparantly once was. Tells some flying stories in his bio... Not
sure when or if he dropped out.

R.Hubbell wrote:

Does anyone know if Wesley Clark was ever a pilot?
What do people here think of the General?

In case you missed it he's running for President.



R. Hubbell

Since I live about 30 miles from Boston I shudder to think what would
happen every time John came home to visit. My home airport (FIT) is
outside of the Class B, but Kerry's townhouse on Beacon Hill is several
miles west of BOS and if they center the TFR on his house I bet it would
shut down my airport.

Dave Reinhart


Bill J wrote:

Kerry apparantly once was. Tells some flying stories in his bio... Not
sure when or if he dropped out.

R.Hubbell wrote:

Does anyone know if Wesley Clark was ever a pilot?
What do people here think of the General?

In case you missed it he's running for President.



R. Hubbell

I did find this clip about his flying on the web:


"I'm sorry to say -- that won't be able to beat Bush," said Elvis
Muhaabwa, 52. "Bush is a one-topic man. He's going to hammer it in our
ears. Even if it's not true, we will believe it."

"I understand you have to boil it down," Kerry said, his voice
ratcheting up. "But I'm here, talking to smart Democrats."

Afterward, Muhaabwa said, "After he leaves, he'll be thinking about what
I said."

That's where Muhaabwa was wrong. Because when Kerry left, he drove to
the airport and climbed into the pilot's seat of a twin-engine Cessna.
The cautious politician gave way to the other Kerry. This was Primal
John, the pilot who flies barrel rolls, who relaxes by windsurfing in a
squall, who ran with the bulls at Pamplona and, when trampled, got up,
chased the bull, and grabbed for its horns.

Now Kerry revved the plane's engines, clamped on his headset, cracked a
joke about the Red Sox and rumbled down the strip.

"This is Five Papa Juliet at 120 degrees, climbing to 7,500 feet," he
told the control tower as the ground dropped away.

As the tiny plane bumped and shook, he looked more and more relaxed.
Flying to his next campaign stop, he chatted about maneuvers to avoid
flak in combat.

The political flak he'd just taken was far from his mind. Throttle,
propeller, speed, fuel: Kerry was happily in the moment. He turned the
plane to dodge a threatening cloud. There were no ambiguities. It was
simple.

Bill J wrote:
Kerry apparantly once was. Tells some flying stories in his bio... Not
sure when or if he dropped out.

R.Hubbell wrote:

Does anyone know if Wesley Clark was ever a pilot?
What do people here think of the General?

In case you missed it he's running for President.



R. Hubbell

As a NC resident, I think the same way about John Edwards.
You can tell a pilot from the rest of the population - he's campaigning
for the candidate farthest away from his home state!

Henry Bibb

"David Reinhart" wrote in message
...
Since I live about 30 miles from Boston I shudder to think what would
happen every time John came home to visit. My home airport (FIT) is
outside of the Class B, but Kerry's townhouse on Beacon Hill is several
miles west of BOS and if they center the TFR on his house I bet it would
shut down my airport.

Dave Reinhart


Bill J wrote:

Kerry apparantly once was. Tells some flying stories in his bio... Not
sure when or if he dropped out.

R.Hubbell wrote:

Does anyone know if Wesley Clark was ever a pilot?
What do people here think of the General?

In case you missed it he's running for President.



R. Hubbell

"Henry Bibb" wrote in message As a NC resident, I think the same way about
John Edwards.
You can tell a pilot from the rest of the population - he's campaigning
for the candidate farthest away from his home state!

I never thought of it that way.
Does anyone in this group know of a Presidential Candidate that is either
from Alaska or Hawaii?

David (KORL)

In article ,
wrote:

Since I live about 30 miles from Boston I shudder to think what would
happen every time John came home to visit. My home airport (FIT) is
outside of the Class B, but Kerry's townhouse on Beacon Hill is several
miles west of BOS and if they center the TFR on his house I bet it would
shut down my airport.

oh crap, I'm based at KBED.

but, how have senators fared in Presidential elections? Or
liberals from Taxachusetts?

--
Bob Noel