This is why presidential politics in this day and age are no fun. Wesley Clark must have all kinds of skeletons in his closet, because there seem to be quite a few people who don’t want to touch him. Here’s what former chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Hugh Shelton had to say about Clark:

I’ve known Wes for a long time. I will tell you the reason he came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character issues, things that are very near and dear to my heart. I’m not going to say whether I’m a Republican or a Democrat. I’ll just say Wes won’t get my vote.

UPDATE: I guess there are some other skeletons in the closet, like exchanging gifts with a notorious Bosnian Serb commander who was an indicted war criminal.

UPDATE: Clark also has said that if Karl Rove had returned his phone calls, then Clark would have been a Republican. The only problem — according to White House phone records, Clark never called the White House.