Reply #55: No

[Tom Rinaldo]

Clark does reportedly have a temper, but only his enemies call it "bad". Most extremely competent people do display a temper when they encounter intransigence or worse in a matter of high importance, and in the military lives were always at stake. But "fly off the handle" types do not rise to the type of positions that Wesley Clark achieved.

In a roundabout way ego duels in the Pentagon, which sometimes did involve raised voices, came back to haunt Clark during the campaign because some people involved in a few of them were sources for some unfavorable comments made about Clark later. But Clark stands behind his role in those conflicts. He believes he was right to speak up when and how he did, and from all I know, I agree.