David Petraeus resigns as CIA Director over extramarital affair
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« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2012, 06:42:05 PM »
If the General had future Congressional aspirations, does this mean he's finished?
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« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2012, 07:03:00 PM »
Well, I'll be damned. The title of the Petraeus biography that Broadwell woman was writing is "All In"!
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« Reply #27 on: November 09, 2012, 07:04:19 PM »
Was he cheating with his biographer? 
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« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2012, 07:12:56 PM »
Quote from: Frodo on November 09, 2012, 07:04:19 PM
Was he cheating with his biographer? 

That's the story I just read.

Look at his wife and then look at her; can't blame him!
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« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2012, 07:20:54 PM »
Quote from: Landslide Lyndon on November 09, 2012, 07:03:00 PM
Well, I'll be damned. The title of the Petraeus biography that Broadwell woman was writing is "All In"!

This is the funniest thing I've read all week.
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« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2012, 09:07:40 PM »
haha
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« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2012, 10:38:49 PM »
This story gets more and more hilarious by the hour. Read the second letter here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/magazine/a-message-from-beyond.html
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« Reply #32 on: November 09, 2012, 10:53:16 PM »
Read a conspiracy theory that Obama was going to try to shift 'blame' for the Benghazi theory to Petraeus, so Petraeus resigned to avoid that.

His lasting legacy will be his contribution to the War on Terror. This will be remembered as, at most, a footnote.
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« Reply #33 on: November 09, 2012, 11:48:15 PM »
For pictures...

Paul Broadwell, the biographer for Dave Petraeus
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« Reply #34 on: November 09, 2012, 11:57:25 PM »
« Edited: November 10, 2012, 12:03:36 AM by The Mikado »
Apparently, she spent the last year he was in Afghanistan embedded in his office, examining him from every possible point of view.

Paraphrasing from an actual description of her book.

EDIT:  Everyone needs to click Lief's link RIGHT NOW.
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« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2012, 02:57:52 AM »
This is emerging to be the funniest affair in a long time.



His mother... erm wife.
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« Reply #36 on: November 10, 2012, 03:25:57 AM »
Quote from: Lief on November 09, 2012, 05:49:38 PM
Looks like MoveOn.org was right all along:



LOL, I was just thinking of that. It was pretty stupid how Congress voted to condemn MoveOn.
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« Reply #37 on: November 10, 2012, 05:10:52 AM »
Wasn't expecting that, but I suppose he had to go.
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« Reply #38 on: November 10, 2012, 10:52:31 AM »
Quote from: Lief on November 09, 2012, 10:38:49 PM
This story gets more and more hilarious by the hour. Read the second letter here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/magazine/a-message-from-beyond.html

Glorious.
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« Reply #39 on: November 10, 2012, 10:56:33 AM »
Quote from: Frodo on November 09, 2012, 07:04:19 PM
Was he cheating with his biographer? 

Just like Jack Welch, and with an equally high price tag.
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« Reply #40 on: November 10, 2012, 11:05:44 AM »
His temporary replacement is testifying in his stead.
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« Reply #41 on: November 10, 2012, 12:02:06 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on November 10, 2012, 03:25:57 AM
Quote from: Lief on November 09, 2012, 05:49:38 PM
Looks like MoveOn.org was right all along:

LOL, I was just thinking of that. It was pretty stupid how Congress voted to condemn MoveOn.

No it wasn't. This has nothing to do with that.
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« Reply #42 on: November 10, 2012, 12:49:22 PM »
The FBI apparently discovered it while looking for a security breach.

I can understand why Petraeus resigned.  While no longer under military jurisdiction, he lived with code of honor for several decades.

So long as there wasn't a security issue, I do wish he had stayed. 
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #43 on: November 10, 2012, 08:38:57 PM »

Oh my God this is the best.
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« Reply #44 on: November 10, 2012, 08:41:52 PM »
I'm guessing this is the letter everyone is chortling about:

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« Reply #45 on: November 10, 2012, 08:44:17 PM »
That's unbelievable.
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« Reply #46 on: November 10, 2012, 08:55:48 PM »
Quote from: 5280 on November 09, 2012, 11:48:15 PM
For pictures...

Paul Broadwell, the biographer for Dave Petraeus


Quote from: Senator Simfan34 on November 10, 2012, 02:57:52 AM
This is emerging to be the funniest affair in a long time.



His mother... erm wife.

I will not post a reply to these two posts for a couple of reasons...

1)  I don't want to be hit with 10 death points for being "inappropriate" (code word for speaking the truth about the elephant in the room).

2)  I don't want an absentee mod who doesn't bother to read 99% of my posts to come in and read a factual objective statement by me to summarily declare I want to kill all females.
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« Reply #47 on: November 10, 2012, 08:58:58 PM »
The real elephant in the room is, of course, that perceived physical attractiveness neither justifies nor excuses otherwise unjustified or unexcused adultery.
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« Reply #48 on: November 10, 2012, 08:59:15 PM »
if Al was chiming in on the Assange saga being a postmodern hack thriller novel... what is this?
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« Reply #49 on: November 10, 2012, 09:01:01 PM »
Quote from: Nathan on November 10, 2012, 08:58:58 PM
The real elephant in the room is, of course, that perceived physical attractiveness neither justifies nor excuses otherwise unjustified or unexcused adultery.

No one said anything about justification.  When the weather man reports the weather I don't ask him to justify why it is pouring rain on my day off.
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