{"id":2757,"date":"2004-08-19T16:58:53","date_gmt":"2004-08-20T06:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/19\/schwarzkopf-avoids-endorsing-bush\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:58:28","slug":"schwarzkopf-avoids-endorsing-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/19\/schwarzkopf-avoids-endorsing-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Schwarzkopf avoids endorsing Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10368,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2000\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/stories\\\/08\\\/01\\\/schwarzkopf.speech&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2000\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/stories\\\/08\\\/01\\\/schwarzkopf.speech&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10369,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com\\\/id\\\/5745696&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070205015207\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com:80\\\/id\\\/5745696&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 04:04:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 04:04:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10370,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com\\\/2004\\\/08\\\/schwarzkopf-wont-endorse-bush.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com\\\/2004\\\/08\\\/schwarzkopf-wont-endorse-bush.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10371,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dailykos.com\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/8\\\/19\\\/113646\\\/385&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311040752\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dailykos.com\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/8\\\/19\\\/113646\\\/385&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dailykos.com\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/8\\\/19\\\/113646\\\/385&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Four years ago, retired Gen.\u00a0Norman Schwarzkopf <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2000\/ALLPOLITICS\/stories\/08\/01\/schwarzkopf.speech\/\" title=\"Another commander-in-chief named Bush would be great\">enthusiastically endorsed George W. Bush<\/a> in his presidential bid.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;&#8230; Recalling back to Operation Desert Storm, I can&#8217;t help asking myself: Wouldn&#8217;t it be great for our armed forces and for America if we could have another commander-in-chief named George Bush with Dick Cheney on his team?&#8221; Schwarzkopf said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This year, however, &#8220;Stormin'&#8221; Norman appears to be singing a different tune. On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/5745696\/\" title=\"Hardball with Chris Matthews for August 17\">Tuesday&#8217;s Hardball television show<\/a>, host Chris Matthews tried to sound out who Schwarzkopf would be voting for.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  MATTHEWS:\u00a0 Who are you voting for?<\/p>\n<p>  (LAUGHTER)<\/p>\n<p>  SCHWARZKOPF:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve&#8212;you know, I&#8217;ve&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  MATTHEWS:\u00a0 Boy, would I love to know!<\/p>\n<p>  SCHWARZKOPF:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always told you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  MATTHEWS:\u00a0 I&#8217;d love to know.<\/p>\n<p>  SCHWARZKOPF:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always told you I&#8217;m an independent.<\/p>\n<p>  MATTHEWS:\u00a0 But you got to vote, you know?\u00a0 Is it going to be for Bush, Kerry, or Nader.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s Nader, so how about one of the other two?<\/p>\n<p>  SCHWARZKOPF:\u00a0 What&#8217;s wrong with Nader?\u00a0 You don&#8217;t like Nader?<\/p>\n<p>  MATTHEWS:\u00a0 I&#8217;m just&#8212;I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s your man.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just&#8212;I&#8217;m trying to probe here, General.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just probing.\u00a0 No comment?<\/p>\n<p>  SCHWARZKOPF:\u00a0 Let me put it this way.\u00a0 You know, I&#8217;ll know exactly who I&#8217;m voting for the day I pull the lever on that machine&#8230;or push the buttons, whatever it happens to be.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, sure, it&#8217;s not exactly an endorsement for Kerry (or even Nader), either, but there&#8217;s definitely not the cheerleading for Bush that was going on during the 2000 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>If word does come out that Schwarzkopf&#8217;s vote really is going for someone other than Bush, that could probably give a good many people pause.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/atrios.blogspot.com\/2004\/08\/schwarzkopf-wont-endorse-bush.html\" title=\"Schwarzkopf Won't Endorse Bush\">Atrios<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2004\/8\/19\/113646\/385\" title=\"Al Rodgers' diary: SCHWARZKOPF Divorces Bush\">Al Rodgers<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Is There Anybody Out There?&#8221; by Pink Floyd from the album <em>Wall, The<\/em> (1979, 2:39).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf enthusiastically endorsed George W. Bush in his presidential bid. This year, however, &#8216;Stormin&#8221; Norman appears to be singing a different tune. 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