This is not what the White House wanted for President Barack Obama’s first news conference since winning a second term.
He won’t be able to dwell much on his stronger-than-expected victory or even press his agenda for the next four years. Instead, he’ll be diverted by a Washington sex scandal.
Charles Krauthammer has a more accurate take on the situation
Krauthammer: White House ‘Held Affair Over Petraeus’s Head’ For Favorable Testimony On Benghazi
KRAUTHAMMER: Of course it was being held over Petraeus’s head, and the sword was lowered on Election Day. You don’t have to be a cynic to see that as the ultimate in cynicism. As long as they needed him to give the administration line to quote Bill, everybody was silent. And as soon as the election’s over, as soon as he can be dispensed with, the sword drops and he’s destroyed. I mean, can you imagine what it’s like to be on that pressure and to think it didn’t distort or at least in some way unconsciously influence his testimony? That’s hard to believe.
It never made any sense to me before. Panetta never made it past 1st Lieuteant, and yet was made Secretary of Defense, while General Petraeus was sent to replace him at the CIA. Now I see why Obama made this decision, it gave him ultimate control over both. Panetta was already a lap dog, and Petraeus had a self destruct button built in. How nice and tidy.
Infographic I ran into today:
http://www.someonewritethisdown.com/lilsarg/images/clstrfckLARGE.jpg
Jill Kelley is turning out to be an interesting character. Loaded with debt and living large…
http://www.examiner.com/article/report-jill-kelley-linked-to-petraeus-affair-living-large-but-deep-debt
A perfect diversion from the Benghazi cover up
And someone else easily manipulated.
gator69 says:
November 14, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I think you are putting the cart before the horse.
Someone is cleaning house. Question is, who? Is it part of the inside job, or response to the inside job? Either way, it is just a power play inside the power elite. There are no patriots anymore.
Just internationalists.
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Very interesting. One wonders what today would look like if General Petraeus had resigned on 9/12/12? Or did the prez hold off on accepting the resignation until it was clear what the election result would be? I want to know if our CIA director offered to resign on or near 9/12/12.