Does anyone have a link where Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf backpeddled

[lurk_no_more]

on his statement where he agreed with Hugh Shelton about Clark?

I had read that Schwarzkopf agreed with Shelton about Clark but then later admitted he had no knowledge of Clark personally.

Thank You



And then there were none!
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[Lefty48197]

1. No, but I do know that Schwartzkopf is a jackass Republican

who can't be trusted any more than Brit Hume. Afterall, it WAS Stormin' Norman who kept "finding" more boxes of military ballots that had been "misplaced", and which mysteriously weren't dated, yet were still counted. Hmmm....

[Tinoire]

3. Norman Schwarzkopf is a Democrat

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/27c/070.html

though lately he's claiming to be more of an independent

http://www.workindex.com/editorial/hre/hre0305-f01.asp

I wasn't aware of Schwarzkopf finding ballot boxes; I am however aware that Clark sided with the Bush administration on getting those military ballots counted:

A video released by Republicans, taped at a 2001 Arkansas GOP fund-raiser, shows Clark praising Bush, the first President Bush and Ronald Reagan for "great" or "tremendous" leadership and painting the Clinton administration as clueless.

The video also hints that Clark voted for Bush in 2000, since he seems to side with Bush in the controversy over counting military ballots from Florida. Clark fumes that when U.S. troops vote, "we better count their ballots."

Strategists in both parties noted the Arkansas speech video could make great anti-Clark attack ads in the Democratic primaries - and the general election if Clark gets on the ticket.


http://www.zogby.com/soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=5951

[kerry-is-my-prez]

4. Schwarzkopf went around campaigning for Bush - he's no Democrat

n/t

[kerry-is-my-prez]

6. Schwarzkopf helping Bush during recount...

http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:z_HaDgrPntwJ:www.econ.jhu.edu/pdf/inthenews1.pdf+Bush+
spokesman+Norman+Schwarzkopf&hl=en&start=7&ie=UTF-8

The Bush campaign ....also released a statement from retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, a prominent Bush supporter who lives in Tampa, Fla. Calling it "a very sad day in our country" that members of the armed forces had their votes denied "because of some technicality out of their control,"Schwarzkopf asked that their ballots be allowed to be tallied "for the sake offairness."

The retired Army general, who commanded U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf warunder Bush's father, appeared with the Texas governor during the fall campaign. Schwarzkopf was also featured in a television ad this fall from Harris' office,which urged Floridians to vote. Critics such as Common Cause argued that because the general was a well-known Bush backer, he should not have been featured in the state-sponsored ad.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/07/campaign.wrap/
-snip-

Celebrated Gulf War field commander, retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, joined Bush and Powell in Ohio. He delivered a stern, blistering account of U.S. post-war military cutbacks throughout the 20th Century. The worst of all of those, Schwarzkopf intimated, was initiated by the Clinton administration as it took office in 1993 -- not even two years after the Gulf War came to a speedy, decisive conclusion.

[windansea]

7. Clark standing up for military votes

does not equate to support for Bush...he's just standing up for his guys

[Doctor_J]

9. Have you been smoking crack with Smirk?

Norm helped fix the FL recall, and campaigns for Smirk against veterans like Gore, Kerry, and Clark.

Anyone soldier who would favor a chickenshit loser like * over a fellow veteran must be VERY partisan.

[lastknowngood]

2. go to bushflash he has the video

n/t

[evil_orange_cat]

5. it was a clarification, not a backpeddle... I watched both statements.

The Right criticizes Dean and Clark for "backpeddling"... and there is a difference. If you read the transcript of what Stormin Norman said, his CLARIFICATION was not a backpeddle. He was quoted out of context, originally.

I don't know about Norman's politics, and I don't really care. Stop attacking the man because the media distorted his words.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

8. "I don't know what lack of integrity (Shelton) was talking about

and I'd like to hear more about it. And basically I just don't think that that's been addressed that much. And obviously to a lot of people that's not an issue at all."

http://forclark.com/story/2004/1/8/191653/0022
The closest thing Schwarzkopf did was to repeat Shelton's accusation, pointing out that it was Shelton's statement and not his own, and then say `if that's the case, he's not the right man for president as far as I'm concerned' (Capital Report (9:00 PM ET) - CNBC - November 6, 2003 Thursday).

Also, he tried his best to set the record straight on Capital Report (9:00 PM ET) - CNBC - December 16, 2003 Tuesday:

SCHWARZKOPF: Well, again, 'if that's the case' was a very, very important statement. You know, I don't know to this date--there's never been any attempt to explore with Hugh Shelton what he meant by that. You know, there's never been any explanation as to why he was removed from command three months prior to his retirement. And, you know, what I really meant to say--and I think I put it that way--is these are things that need to be--you know, we need to know the answers as to why they were said. And once you know that, then that gives you more information upon which to base your fundamental decision in the future.

I don't know what lack of character caused Hugh Shelton to say that, I don't know what lack of integrity caused Hugh Shelton to say that, and I'd like to hear more about it. And basically I just don't think that that's been addressed that much. And obviously to a lot of people that's not an issue at all.