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Gen Wes Clark flings cellphone after ringing on air CNN (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
What he was talking about was important. I don't blame him. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #1
I like him. roamer65 Jan 2020 #2
Would have made a GREAT president. elleng Jan 2020 #6
I had the honor of working Maru Kitteh Jan 2020 #12
GREAT, Maru, and THANKS! elleng Jan 2020 #13
when was that, ellen? CTyankee Jan 2020 #16
Before and after '04, yank. elleng Jan 2020 #17
Hey Ellen, it's Ice from US4Clark and U-WES-A KewlKat Jan 2020 #54
HEY Ice!!! elleng Jan 2020 #58
I have always thought the world of him. Laffy Kat Jan 2020 #20
He IS a dove, which is why he did and does what he does, imo. elleng Jan 2020 #21
I worked on his campaign from home. Ilsa Jan 2020 #47
I met him 04 ewagner Jan 2020 #39
I voted for him AllyCat Jan 2020 #61
That was great. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #3
Cellphones would be 2 foot deep on the side of the road. ret5hd Jan 2020 #4
LOL. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #9
Wasn't it? Even though "flings" sounds like he threw it overhand (and perhaps in anger)... Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #7
'Tossed' better, 'decisively.' elleng Jan 2020 #10
That was a great catch. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #11
Same in Wisconsin...n/t ewagner Jan 2020 #40
I turn DownriverDem Jan 2020 #37
LOL . . . Iliyah Jan 2020 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author ecstatic Jan 2020 #8
That was a pretty ringtone! renate Jan 2020 #14
OH MY GOODNESS, OKLAHOMA!!! elleng Jan 2020 #18
I worked the phones for him in Oklahoma OKNancy Jan 2020 #31
I wish he was president. JohnnyRingo Jan 2020 #15
OH MY! Whenever we get 'news' like this, elleng Jan 2020 #19
Same here. GoCubsGo Jan 2020 #24
I was hoping for National Security Adviser. elleng Jan 2020 #35
Me too nt backtoblue Jan 2020 #36
Me too Yeehah Jan 2020 #45
Surely he knows how to use the "do not disturb" function? cwydro Jan 2020 #22
My problem is that when I set it to silent or "aircraft mode", I forget to set it back for HOURS. George II Jan 2020 #27
iphone has a solution Nasruddin Jan 2020 #38
The whole package. America's loss. Boomerproud Jan 2020 #23
The 'passion' came from us, his supporters. elleng Jan 2020 #29
That was hysterical, and then he said "someone caught it!" George II Jan 2020 #25
Wish he'd run again. "You want machine guns? We got 'em. Join the Army." Gen. Wes Clark Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #26
GOT'em! elleng Jan 2020 #28
Good for you. Let's hope they're not needed... Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #42
I heard the ring tone "When the Saints Come Marching In" during a church funeral. N/T lapucelle Jan 2020 #30
Last week during a meal after a funeral, a guy was praying and someone's ringtone came on Patterson Jan 2020 #41
Wes Clark would have been a great President. Stinky The Clown Jan 2020 #32
Yep Cosmocat Jan 2020 #44
I recall it being a sad day for me when he dropped out. riversedge Jan 2020 #52
LOL...😂 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #33
I used to have the ringtone that said, "Help me, I'm trapped in your dewsgirl Jan 2020 #34
I was a "Clarkie" but never got the chance Raine Jan 2020 #43
Ironic that Brian Stelter anchors "Reliable Sources." Hortensis Jan 2020 #46
Stelter's WAY better than the clown he replaced on RS - Howie Kurtz Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #48
Glad to hear it. I stopped watching back when CNN Hortensis Jan 2020 #50
I look at CNN as a palette-cleanser Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #53
Lol, pretty much the same here. CNN can be a palate Hortensis Jan 2020 #57
Cell phones can be muted, so that they don't ring at critical times. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #49
I liked him. He was my first choice in '04 The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #51
I wish he kept trying, too. Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #55
SADLY, he took bad advice from several, elleng Jan 2020 #60
I share the nostalgia for Wes Clark. ariadne0614 Jan 2020 #56
FASCINATING to see the ####s here! elleng Jan 2020 #59

Maru Kitteh

(28,344 posts)
12. I had the honor of working
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:34 PM
Jan 2020

for a short time on his campaign in Iowa (advance set-up & shuttling journos). Great fun, awesome experience. He was impressive both as a person and a leader.

elleng

(131,238 posts)
13. GREAT, Maru, and THANKS!
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:37 PM
Jan 2020

I met him a few times, briefly, in DC, before and after speeches (most not campaign speeches,) and always learned a lot from him.

CTyankee

(63,914 posts)
16. when was that, ellen?
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:58 PM
Jan 2020

I remember liking him a lot.

Wish it had worked out for him. I'll bet he would have made a great president...

elleng

(131,238 posts)
17. Before and after '04, yank.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:03 PM
Jan 2020

'Followed' and encouraged his candidacy, was among the group persuading him to run, and been following him ever since. Actually involvement with him resulted in/caused me to become a political 'junkie,' I think.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
54. Hey Ellen, it's Ice from US4Clark and U-WES-A
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 09:55 PM
Jan 2020

Remember me? I really miss working on that campaign and doing all the videos before it became the norm.

Ice

Laffy Kat

(16,390 posts)
20. I have always thought the world of him.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jan 2020

Like most respectable Generals he's a dove at heart. He has seen the results of violent conflict.

elleng

(131,238 posts)
21. He IS a dove, which is why he did and does what he does, imo.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:12 PM
Jan 2020

Injured in Vietnam.

AND, imo, the smartest in the class, so many don't like him.

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
39. I met him 04
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 04:09 PM
Jan 2020

when he was campaigning for Kerry...

great gentleman...would have made a great President

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
7. Wasn't it? Even though "flings" sounds like he threw it overhand (and perhaps in anger)...
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:22 PM
Jan 2020

...he actually just did a toss to someone off-camera, and to that staffer's credit, they caught it!

Although I wasn't a Clarkie back in 2004 (I was a Deaniac ), I totally could've gotten behind his candidacy!

greatauntoftriplets

(175,759 posts)
11. That was a great catch.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:27 PM
Jan 2020

I did support Clark in 2004, but sadly did not get to vote for him in the 2004 Illinois primary because he had already dropped out. That's that story of my life, with the exceptions of 2008 and 2012.

Response to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

renate

(13,776 posts)
14. That was a pretty ringtone!
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:54 PM
Jan 2020

I still have an autographed poster of his from the night he won the Oklahoma primary!

elleng

(131,238 posts)
18. OH MY GOODNESS, OKLAHOMA!!!
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:07 PM
Jan 2020

Remember Dixville Notch???

Clark wins Dixville Notch
Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Posted: 10:19 AM EST (1519 GMT)

https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/mgrind.hot.primary/

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
31. I worked the phones for him in Oklahoma
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:49 PM
Jan 2020

Tough job. I really thought he would have been good against Bush considering his background and the times.

As an aside. When they did the recount, it made me feel good about the machines and the way we vote in Oklahoma. The count was not off at all.

GoCubsGo

(32,098 posts)
24. Same here.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:17 PM
Jan 2020

Being from Arkansas and fairly close to the Clintons, I strongly suspect that, had Hillary not gotten ratfucked, he would have probably been part of her cabinet. Perhaps the Defense Secretary, or even Secretary of State. When I see the dregs of humanity filling all those jobs now, it just makes me want to puke.

Yeehah

(4,597 posts)
45. Me too
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 08:33 PM
Jan 2020

What does it say about this country that we have someone like Trump as president instead of someone like Wes Clark?

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
22. Surely he knows how to use the "do not disturb" function?
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:13 PM
Jan 2020

I have the opposite problem because I so frequently have it set to silent.

Nasruddin

(754 posts)
38. iphone has a solution
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jan 2020

At least in recent iOS:
swipe up to get to the control panel,
press & hold the crescent moon
Do Not Distub menu comes up - select "until I leave this location"

It seems to work - not completely sure what "leave this location" means, but it does turn off eventually.
Learned this from Barry Ritholtz a few days ago!


Patterson

(1,532 posts)
41. Last week during a meal after a funeral, a guy was praying and someone's ringtone came on
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 05:26 PM
Jan 2020

with Conway Twitty: Hello darlin', nice to see you, it's been a long tiiiiiime..."

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
34. I used to have the ringtone that said, "Help me, I'm trapped in your
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 02:59 PM
Jan 2020

pocket". I was in a very slow elevator and at the time the phone I had, chose to freeze up. It just continued blaring "Help, I'm trapped in your pocket" over and over again, there were about 10 people in there with me, I couldn't even figure out how to turn the damned thing off, I was mortified and panicking.😳

Raine

(30,541 posts)
43. I was a "Clarkie" but never got the chance
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 06:58 PM
Jan 2020

to vote for him because he was out before we had our primary here in California.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
46. Ironic that Brian Stelter anchors "Reliable Sources."
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 08:50 PM
Jan 2020


Perhaps he's vocabulary challenged and just didn't know the definition of "fling" or connotation of "across the room."

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
50. Glad to hear it. I stopped watching back when CNN
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 09:46 PM
Jan 2020

paid Kurtz to mask and make excuses for RW media lies.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
53. I look at CNN as a palette-cleanser
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 09:53 PM
Jan 2020

I pretty-much watch MSNBC 24 hrs a day (I'm going thru my Khephra phase of life - still miss that dude) but will turn to CNN to see if what might be breaking on MSNBC is "playing in Peoria" (Peoria=CNN, and I lived in Peoria many yrs ago ).

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
57. Lol, pretty much the same here. CNN can be a palate
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 10:02 PM
Jan 2020

cleanser and also a quick way of checking for what and how Fox, as well as they, is corrupting understanding, though nothing takes the place of sucking it up and going and looking. PBS Evening News has also moved from watched to inspected.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
55. I wish he kept trying, too.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 09:56 PM
Jan 2020

It's a tough call. In 2008, he would've faced both Secretary Clinton and Senator Obama. In 2016, the Secretary again. Maybe 2020 would've been his year, but I'm guessing the whole mess has just turned him off at this point.

ariadne0614

(1,739 posts)
56. I share the nostalgia for Wes Clark.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 10:01 PM
Jan 2020

It would be interesting to know how deep it goes beyond DU. He would be formidable in these times, and tRump’s absurdity and stupidity would be amplified in contrast.

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