He was ruined because he funneled campaign money to her. That and he was running for President of the United States.

That has never been proven, although it's probable that he did.

Yes, John Edwards was ruined by the woman who was doing videos on him. They had a love child together.

John Edwards is a liar to this day. Typical sleezebag lawer. I have to give it to Petraeus for admitting the truth and taking his fate. Not many have the sense to move on.

In multiple ways, John Edwards paid a hefty price, but at least he didn't give his biographer and mistress access to his government issued email account containing sensitive and classified info. Petraeus was incredibly stupid for doing that.

and he knocked her up

This woman is F%#n Dumb you do not try to Hack into the Director of the CIA's Email account. She could be charged with espionage.

Lol 60's "that's never been proven". uhhh....he finally admitted to being the father of her child. Years ago.

She (the Biographer) is probably a Russian Spy....

They need to dig deeper, the Kings College thing is probably a cover for her trips to London to deliver the secrets under that RED trash can on coordinates +40.689060 -74.044636 in Piccadilly circus...

J Edgar Hoover would have sniffed her out at long before West Point...

All In: The Education of General David Petraeus Sounds like a perfect title for a 1970's soft porn. Too bad, he's a great American. She most likely had a case of idol worship judging from her background. Two families hurting now, very sad.

You guys dont even know the whole truth because MSNBC isnt telling you everything! The reason anyone even suspected he was having an affair is because the FBI is investigating the terror attach in Benghazi. Petraeus came out with it before the FBI found out! The investigation didnt start because someone was investigating this woman, it's becuase they were investigating why no one did anything when they knew the embassy was under attack. Something MSNBC doesnt seem to want to cover becuase it may make Prince Obama look bad.

sex has brought the mighty down since Adam, Samson Caesar, etc., what the hell is the big deal, he had consensual sex with another person, how on earth does that compromise national security; do we want all of our male leaders to be eunuchs?

I suggest that John Edwards was ruined by "doing a woman" who was doing a documentary on him.

Here we go again, another unfaithful politician. I hope this trivia won't last long, more important issues going on in the US.

Take a look at that private plane. Pretty cushy transportation that the military spends our money on. Ridiculous.

60's Vet - That has never been proven, although it's probable that he did.

Rielle Hunter's 4-year-old looks just like Edwards, and he admitted paternity. Been out of the country for a few years, have ya?

O.K. we know her name and where she lives now we just have to find her. I've got my pitchfork, but we will need some people to bring the torches and rocks. It's also probably best if we rush the castle as a group to make sure she's dead.

Ballen - Nice mound of unfounded nonsense there. Sources? And please, something credible, not your best friend's blog.

Petreus will not have to testify to Congress over the Benghazi incident...another interesting twist to the O'bama soap opera

oh, ballen. If you'd watch MSNBC you'd know the Benghazi link/investigation HAS been reported and is being discussed.

Yesterday we hear Iran fired on our drone a week before the election

This guy is busted after the election and a few days before he was to testify to congress about Benghazi.

Pelossi once called him Gen. BeTrayUs

You have to be really dumb not to have serious questions about this.

There is no way the timing of his resignation was coincidentaly three days after the election. If he was a security risk and had to resign today, he certainly was when the FBI found out. THis was held until after the election, big scam.

well...they could at least mark her with a scarlet letter A in the photos...dang i like gossip...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olYB5pTQ8Q&feature=related

Zuksam, she was a West Point graduate on the Dean's list with a Systems Engineering major. She is no dummy. Her high school is quite proud of her accomplishments.

http://www2.chs.bismarck.k12.nd.us/HallofFame/2006%20inductees/Broadwell.htm

It has now been learned that Mrs. Clinton will be unavailable for next weeks Congressional hearings on Benghazi as well... Is it me, or does the air smelith of runny @!$%#?

PillowTalk, Loose Lips Sink Ships.....

Skorned...Mrs. Clinton was given the date of the investigation in SEPTEMBER now she has a SCHEDULING CONFLICT! How crooked are these people? Mrs. C. will never be preisdent after this mess. Bubba did the campaigning for the narcisisst for nothing!

she was way to hot for him...hell hillary is to hot for him...

Yes it does Skorned, since the General was supposed to testify next week. Wonder what Obama is trying to hide by having Petraeus fall upon his own sword. The cover up continues and deepens.

ballen152002

You got this one right.

The reason for the "cover-up" regarding Benghazi is that Petraeus screwed up and Obama was covering for him.

Petraeus' resignation is likely because of that Benghazi screw-up rather than his marital screw-up.

Very disturbing info coming out. Seems like she tried to break it off and he e-mailed her thousands of times after. C.I.A director totally unhinged not a good picture. Funny what a hard body can do to a man's mind, feel bad for his wife. This just adds to the mess of Benghazi and now the press without an election to protect is full on this complete story with Senator Feinstein leading the charge. It defies logic that it took 14 hours for the US military to show up in Libya and the C.I.A operatives took 3 hours to get out of the airport. We have Delta forces that could have been there in less than 2 hours and F-18s in less than an hour. The truth will come out.

One more Republican sent on down the road for a possible future Presidential Candidate. Maybe they can recall Romney back for his most recent point of views. There's more to this story than what we're hearing. Also, Edwards was acquitted on all accounts of money funneling, etc. (a set up for the trap by the GOP). Edwards was not sent to jail, nor given a fine. So, you see it happens on both sides of the fence on all levels. Just keep the facts straight on Edwards. There's a lot more of this behavior going on everywhere, including D.C. (not to mention crooked deals, favoritism, etc.). And please Republicans , don't go down the road of blaming this on Obama, too. We're sick and tired of that trite rhetoric trash talk that "Obama's to blame for everything", which is one of many example of why the Republicans lost this last election. Facial expressions in the top photo tell a lot, too! I feel bad for both spouses and the two children for this affair.

Piers Morgan on CNN just reported that the slaughtering of Ambassador Stevens and the three Navy Seals happened over a 14 hour period. This should not have happened at all. I thought it lasted 5 hours.

The saying "God works in mysterious ways" is so true. Because of Petraeus' affair the media has to talk about it. The media was not talking about Benghazi. Fox News and CNN did talk about it. MSNBC never mentioned it along with ABC, NBC & CBS.

Paul Brenner just told Piers Morgan that with or without Petraeus testifying we will get to the bottom of it. I think the State Dept. & the White House are hiding something.

Didn't Obama say in his 2008 campaign that he was going to be 100% transparent? Well, God works in mysterious ways. We will see how transparent he is. Obama needs to finally answer some questions and the media needs to stop covering for him.

Oh how convenient, the good general resigns just in time to get out of the Benghazi investigation.

Then there's Hillary willfully crawling under the bus for Obama and now she's going to resign.

Bet Hillary will leave just before Congress hauls her up to sit in the hot seat.

And would ya looky here! The Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta is resigning too.

How much do we want to bet that Panetta will leave JUST BEFORE he has to respond to Congress about Benghazi?

If I were a betting man, I would place my bet on Panetta's premature departure BEFORE THE HEARING!

Come on people, too many Obama administration folks connected to Benghazi are up and resigning.

Is Petraeus resigning because he REALLY did have an affair? Who with?

Again, oh how convenient! Stay tuned.

Don't Miss The Truth.

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when the whitehouse was cooking all this up. We are aware of Petraeus or Broadwell's background. We are also aware of Obama's background before he was allowed to the whitehouse and that should have never happened. Another conspiracy to discredit, credible sources. The early news from Bengazi, and likly the most accurate, cannot stand.

I'll take a bashing on this..........She's hot.

Now, there are many things beyond looks that make one attractive.

Attentiveness to one's life and occupation.

Not always given by one's spouse. Harder over many years.

This is not to endorse his actions.

We all make our choices. Some good. Some not so much.

Let's hope they get past that.

I wish him and his wife well.

Funny how rt wingers are going off about this news...

yet they just put up two candidates for the office of president of the United States...that were having affairs and it did not bother them at all....In fact they cheered these two hypocrites on knowing all about the affairs. Newt Gingrich on his third wife after he cheated on both of his first two wives when they got sick, was trying to impeach president Clinton for doing the same thing ol Newtster was doing....Repubs had the Newtster boy at the top of their list knowing this!

Then they had Herman Cain, I did not have sex with those women,...I would like to....but I had sex with the blond, and the brunette and the red head.....shucky ducky......Again, the repubs still had him at the top of their list for president of the United states.......

So what does this tell you about the values of Rt wingers and their supportive republicon beliefs...it speaks for itself.....

I think somehow the affairs of Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are linked to the coverup of the Bush Cheney lie into Iraq war.....where thousands of our troops died......Piers Morgan needs to investigate this........

Watching the trolls and their conspiracy theories is like watching a bunch of monkeys throwng dung at each other . Its fun at first and then you get a whiff of the smell and it is not pleasant anymore. Since you clowns were wrong on just about everything Fox and the Rnc gave you to run with and like Mike brown should be fired for your ineptness maybe you should look for real work.

It wont be long before Hillary sticks the knife in obama's back as she makes an attempt to show the USA that her **** doesn't stink , and that she will make a good president. Unfortuantly she may just get away with it unless strictly enforced voter ID laws are permitted to be enacted.

Mr. Warden-2811265 ...(#1.38)..."Once again you people have read too much into the story. His wife was and is a very ugly woman. I'm sure he only married her for status or money."

She was the daughter of the Commandant of West Point when Petraeus was a Cadet....He married her before he Graduated....So, yeah, That might have had something to do with his meteoric rise through the ranks....I'm not saying that when he was General Petraeus, he wasn't a great military leader, just that being related to rank early on has its privileges...Sad way to end a career, checked his honor at the door when he accepted the Appointment to CIA from 0bama.....he shoulda just retired...Instead of morphing into CIA Director Betrayus....

correction to post#1.44:

General Petraeus was the Commander at Afghanistan Iraq with General McChrystal as his Right Hand man for all matters pertaining to US Military Asymmetric Warfare as the Commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force Iraq, locate and capture of President Hussein.

david, nobody cares. we voted for Obama again cause he is the best choice. you give him no credit for Bin laden but want to blame him for libya. I think that says it all.

second, as a tree hugging liberal, i dont give a rats behind if patreas has sex with a woman, and if he had sex with a man I would not care either. he's not a politician anyway. not that it should matter. With all the lies and all the demonization from the right, Obama still won because people like you are not the majority, you are the minority. people who want to judge, people bent on trying to do gods job instead of god's work. you should be ashamed of yourself, but your not capable.

Petraeus was a George Bush (Commander in Chief) Military Four Star General that ran the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during his Terms in Office..

President Obama took him on; then making him the CIA Director. The "Affair" might not be the problem.

There is something else that is driving the "Resignation" (Fired), because it may be Pres. Obama and Gen. Petraeus were on a different page of running the Afghanistan War--they may have a history together of not agreeing on the appropriate exit/the way the War was run in Afghanistan, (thus making him the CIA Director) and possibly Iraq (already a done deal)---This is to Save Face for both of them.

There is more to this story than just the Biographer----Most Powerful Men have "other women"; they are notorious for the Affairs---the wives actually do not mind, except for someone like the late Elizabeth Edwards, who was on her death bed, while this piccolo was sneaking behind her back--A Disgusting man, with no Conscience for the responsibility of his sick wife--

No shock re: Petraeus; just the timing of his Resignation, after Pres. Obama won the Election. Why Now, and not before?

@ ballen152002, post 1.12

If you know something why don't you list your sources?

p.s. I love my President! This country learns to live with the majorities decisions, I love this country. Please feel free to move if you don't!

"Paula Broadwell"? Sounds just like a female villain character name in a James Bond film. Who says "Find the Irony" isn't a fun game?

Ok I guess for the next four years we are going to have the same trolls beating the same dead horses that caused them to lose this election and will cause them to lose the house in a couple of years cause they are to stupid to see the people are tired of the same lies being told over and over. Right now is the time for the right to eithe move to the center and get on board with the rest of us or become political dinasours. Ethier way your choice. Keep up lying to the public and wait for the massacre.

except for someone like the late Elizabeth Edwards, who was on her death bed, while this piccolo was sneaking behind her back--A Disgusting man, with no Conscience for the responsibility of his sick wife--

Two things first this is not about Edwards or his wife. Second you would probably vote for newt and he did the same thing so stuff the hypocrisy

breadex

"Ok I guess for the next four years we are going to have the same trolls beating the same dead horses that caused them to lose this election and will cause them to lose the house in a couple of years ..."

Yep, 'breadex', I had the same thought today. And I am vigorously using the "ignore this author" feature to give myself 4 years of peaceful enjoyment of Newsvine. Life is much more pleasant when the trolls, demagogues and tin-foil helmet conspiracy theorist's posts are invisible on my screen.

The ignore feature makes it much more enjoyable to engage with the civil, thoughtful (and intelligent) contributors who have rational and well-reasoned arguments on all sides of the sociopolitical spectrum, rather than those who are always setting their own hair on fire and attempting to put out the flames with a hammer (post #1.44 for example).

Try the "ignore" feature, you'll like it.

Cheers! Robert.

We now know that his "biographer(wink wink)" is the woman with whom he had the affair. According to the article, "The law enforcement officials said they do not believe the FBI investigation will result in any criminal charges." So, they're just punishing this woman for humping the general, huh? If they don't believe charges will result, then they don't actually believe this woman committed a crime. It's called a witch-hunt. And the FBI/CIA are very good at it. Look for this woman to be completely trashed by law enforcement. In fact, if anyone should be charged with a crime, it is the general. He is the one who provided access to this woman - which could be an act of treason!!!

His family will now see him as a "hero to zero" in less than 15 minutes. He has to live with this for the rest of his life.

"Those of us that served with General McChrystal know ..."

David, you aren't there, never were, and never were in the military.

Hmmm. Wasn't John Edwards ruined due to his affair with the woman who was supposedly doing a documentary on him?

The differences being that

1. General Petraeus came forward and admitted his affair, while John Edwards indulged in a variety of morally offensive, and ultimately embarrassing stratagems to hide his.
2. General Petraeus was a man of genuine accomplishment, the commanding officer who pulled George W. Bush's chestnuts out of the fire in Iraq, honorably managed the Afghanistan War, and became a well thought of director of the CIA. John Edwards, by contrast, is basically a life support system for a business suit, and ego, unattached to any intellect or character, who was a non-entity in Congress, and a miserable choice as a V.P. candidate in 2004.

Despite this misstep, General Petraeus remains a person I respect. Hopefully his forthright manner in facing this issue will allow him to resurrect both his career and his marriage.

John Edwards I regarded as useless long before his extramarital affair came to light, and I voted for him and John Kerry in 2004.

Virtually every good American military commander has told his commander-in-chief that America must soon invade Mexico in order to save American lives and the country itself.

Says who, Vindicator? Says who?

There is something else that is driving the "Resignation" (Fired), because it may be Pres. Obama and Gen. Petraeus were on a different page of running the Afghanistan War--they may have a history together of not agreeing on the appropriate exit/the way the War was run in Afghanistan, (thus making him the CIA Director) and possibly Iraq (already a done deal)---This is to Save Face for both of them.

Yeah, Marchant, you really think that Petraeus and Obama couldn't come up with a better, "face saving" reason for resigning (being fired) from his post as CIA Director?

Really?

As to why his resignation occurred after the election, probably a matter of mutual agreement between the two men. Obama did not want a scandal breaking on the eve of the election, and Petraeus, as the person at fault, did the honorable thing and agreed to postpone the announcement.

My only suspicion is that this woman, as yet unidentified, in some way gained access to classified information, potentially compromising both Petraeus and the CIA. Otherwise, the affair would likely have remained a personal matter, affecting only the two individuals, and their families.

Obama threw Hillary down the stairs and will continue to abuse her and use her as a scapegoat on Bengazi

Obama is covering her campaign debt a little at a time

They have these generals on NBC all the time.

...and, Vindicator, I'm asking you to name one, who publicly advocates invasion of Mexico, just one.

Anybody can talk about "what they've been hearing for years". That is not evidence, it is just vague recollections.

BTW: deportations are up under the Obama administration and illegal immigration is down. So much for paranoid fantasies.

Valerie Jarrett’s Payback Begins, Petraeus Forced Out
The CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: “No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”

Dont think for a minute that he wont pay back!

If for some reason I am wrong I apologize BUT is he to blame here LOL he was being spied upon and the US government sat there.Please give me a break. not because of his email either but because he was the head of the cia

Get real! Your all really believing this? This man, a 4 star general doesn't reach this point in his career only to screw it up with an affair. Keep an eye on this....not over yet!

David 475776 . . . most of us APPRECIATE the info you provide. Ignore what the Beetle ***wipe or others attacking you say, they are lost in their own world. Likely this Petraeus matter and more Bengazi details will be REDACTED anyway, yes?? :-)

Isn't it odd that this story was kept under wraps until AFTER the election. And the Iranian missle fired at one of our drones...also wasn't revealed until AFTER the election.

Just another self serving "Mata Hari." A slut with with designs of enriching herself through enticements and lies........Find her guilty and execute the spy! .......well, at least ruin her good name..

A Dependent Thinker

And please Republicans , don't go down the road of blaming this on Obama, too. We're sick and tired of that trite rhetoric trash talk that "Obama's to blame for everything"

Hmmm. I read somewhere that Petraeus was appointed Director of the CIA by president obama. Where was that? Oh yeah, it was Wikipedia.

Now in the old days when Presidents were RESPONSIBLE, they would put things on their dest saying something like "The buck stops here!" I haven't seen or heard of anything like that in the last 60 odd years and evidently obama is not going to start the trend again.

And as for your "sick and tire of that trash rhetoric talk that 'obama's to blame for everything'", I can sympathize with you there, bud. The world has been listening to you complain and blame about GWB for the last 4 years....as our national debt went up 100% while he wasted time complaining about the treatment of Henry Gates by law officers that were simply doing their duty(if I'm a racist, why would I vote for Allen West as our CinC in a heartbeat? It's values and policies, not skin color!)Don't get me wrong, I wasn't overly fond of GWB myself but if irresponsible is the key word, then he and obama could have been cut from the same cloth.

I am sorry, But look at his wife. Look at the young woman. John Edwards came up, same thing look at his wife. I am sorry she is gone now. But Look and Bill and Hillary. Come on people. Men and women both let them self's go after they get married. It takes longer for men. Woman use the Excuse that I had kids. Well that dog don't hunt. My first wife had 4 kids and look just like she did right out of High school well into her 40's. This is a 2 way street. If a woman wants to keep her husband, then she would take care of herself. She should do that for herself. How many time do you see a woman that just got divorced loos all that weight? Just long enough to fine a new man and start the cycle over again. In the Military, the old saying is marry a ugly wife, then when your gone no one will have her. And when you away you can do who ever you can. And just for the Record, John Edwards funneled more then money to Hunter. That baby came from more then funneling money to her.

With all the lies and all the demonization from the right, Obama still won because people like you are not the majority, you are the minority. people who want to judge, people bent on trying to do gods job instead of god's work. you should be ashamed of yourself, but your not capable.

• 49% that did not vote for Obama is not an small minority. We know why Obama won and is not because he was the best choice.
• If is so great the danger for the head to the CIA stay in his position, Billy Clinton should resign after he was caught with his pants down, President is even higher position than the head of CIA.
• The resignation of GRL. Petraus has more to do with Chicago politics

I must say also. This girl looks like a Russian spy. someone else said that. This is on her, She came on to him. Old men like us only dream of having a hot young thing like that, most times we never act on it ,as we think we would get shot down. But when someone like her comes on to you well that's different. And with her trying to hack into his e mail, she was looking for more. That's why the FBI nabbed her. I bet she is headed for prison for spying. POP people POP.

They should make it legal anyway. The Democrat has practically made everything else legal like Gay Marriage Abortion so why not make having an affair legal which make more sense then to people of the same sex getting married. Bill Clinton, Elliot from NY, and many more Dem and Rep have done it.

Let me see, is the FBI under the Department of Justice.........................Erick Holder? mmmmmmmmmmmmm the FBI was investigating Petraus biographer ?????????????

Petraus will not testify in the Benghazi failure. Senator Fainstain head of Intelligence Committee , who previous accuse the White House of leaking classified information said , it was suspicious the time of his resignation.

I think many of you think that she is the guilty one, but MS. Paula Broadwell could be the victim here. She had the best intention to cover a famous General story and like many women she fell for him after spending so much of her time working together. I blame the General for putting flowers up her ears which went to her heart. Men only want to get her down and she was think with her heart while the General was only interested in sex.

If this same situation had occurred during the Bush administration the same libs protecting Obama would have been screaming bloody murder to place the blame on George W.! It is amazing how just having a different president makes an issue non-existent! The fact is that the buck stops at Obama's desk! It is amazing how the major players in the Benghazi situation are now disgraced or unavailable for the hearings.

It must be nice to be a liberal and never have to say .... OOOPs!

Mr. Petraeus will be the scape goat for the Benghazi cover up and the Iranian Drone dog fight. President Obama will blame the General for his mistake. People this is the beginning for many of you who voted for Obama. Look at his cabinet you have people that were born in Iran. This Lady is the negotiator between the white house and Iran. Very good. There you go. someone that was not born here manage to work in the white house before you or one of your children. So probably that makes two the president that many say he was not born here and this lady that was born in Iran. Aren't you a shame of your self that an immigrant took your sons and daughter place. I told you before Obama will not turn his back on his people Blood is Blood. He could have been born here but his father and grand father and so on were born from Muslim following people in Africa. Just compare we have Italian that were born here since the 18 hundreds and Irish and polish and Hispanic but they still carry their blood and the best way they should their pride toward their country even though they were born here they put a flag on their Automobile to show their support for there country.

Chuck, there are some full on igorant posts on this thread, mostly by Obama haters, but yours takes the prize. I certainly hope there's no 2nd wife in your life after that perfect 1st wife. Have you ever heard of genetics? Have you ever heard of aging? Have you ever heard of medications and hormones that cause weight gain? Have you ever looked into your own mirror because you probably need to do that. Whenever someone wants to criticize the looks of someone else, I hand them a compact and say: "Physician, heal thyself." Grow up!

Dan M

All this comes from your imagination...

This is what we mean when we tell your party to get real, when we say you don't get it; when we ask you for facts.

49% that did not vote for Obama is not an small minority. We know why Obama won and is not because he was the best choice.

This is why the country is going down. People don't look at the person's record anymore.

Even Senator Dianne Feinstein is upset with the White House and she is a democrat. She smells many rats.

When you have the President of the United States still giving a different story on Benghazi two weeks after it happened, you know he is hiding something.

He flat out lied to Joy Behar on The View when she questioned Obama about Benghazi. Poor Joy. She licks the ground Obama walks on.

the General, Benghazi, the drone attack, what next president Obama What next Mrs. Hillary Clinton any more lies "oh I forgot only Republican lie." were is the transparency how long we wait until a courageous person turn on you and expose the truth.

I smell a rat.

Panetta, Clinton and now Petraeus in just three days after the election. Wow!!

An Admiral and a Full General relieved of their commands and asked to resign.

Why would this woman try, or need to hack e-mails? They were both close enough to share a bed and this could have been whispered in her ear at an opportune moment while in the throes of passion.

His childish resignation - as it was carried out by him - equates to a bank robber taking the money back to the bank.

These are all extremely powerful and brilliant people.

Can anyone spell Benghazi?

So far they have not said anything to indicate the woman's identity, and nothing to say this is the same woman. Reporters on the radio (PBS) yesterday commented on the potential security issues raised by a CIA director having a secret affair, it could be that this email access issue is related to security investigations pertaining to Petraeus without the biographer being the partner to the affair.

Re Chris Stephens, so far I have seen or heard nothing from any authoritative source that he did not die of smoke inhalation after being separated from the consulate security chief and that he was brought to the hospital by locals, trying to help, who found him in the building.

Chuck, you idiot. The "girl looks like a Russian spy"? She's from Bismarck, ND.

So she figured out the secret of getting the real information she was looking for. Pillow talk. She doesn't hold back when it comes to doing her job I guess.

VIndicator, I watched the video. Retired General McCaffrey does speak of the border regions being dangerous. At no point does he advocate, as you claimed, that the U.S. should invade Mexico.

Moreover, your original statement,

Virtually every good American military commander has told his commander-in-chief that America must soon invade Mexico in order to save American lives and the country itself.

emphatically states that the high echelons of the U.S. Military are clamoring for an invasion of Mexico. I asked for an example, just one. You give me a retired general whose opinions are not universally held, and you cannot even provide a single quote of him advocating for war.

Was my question not plain enough?

It is easy to claim anything, vindicator. Much more difficult to prove it. Your attempt to link General Petraeus's recent resignation to a supposed Obama plan to subvert our nation through uncontrolled immigration from Mexico is about as creditable as recent sightings of Elvis.

Thanks for the entertainment.

The title of the book, "All In"

That's F***ing hilarious! Petraeus was "all in" Paula Broadwell.

Lady, you were suppose to be banging the keyboard writing a book about him...not having sex with him and banging the headboard against the wall!

All the conspiracy theorists and extreme partisans who want this to be about something else (nay, NEED this to be about something else), should hang up your tin-foil helmets and grow up. You are only making fools of yourselves in public!

Yes, 'David-475776', I'm talking about you and your delusional cadre of "smoking-gun whackadoodles" who, in your on-line anonymity, always pretend to have some personal experience or special insight or personal inside knowledge in order to try to make your bizarre, mental gymnastic fabrications seem more credible to the casual reader (and probably to yourselves, as well). You are all frauds and pretenders. We all know it, and absolutely no one except your own kind is taking you seriously.

Get some professional help, take your meds, and you all can live more normal lives.

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This unfortunate situation is just "Basic Spycraft 101: You do not engage in personal behavior which makes you vulnerable to blackmail and manipulation by a foreign power or foe."

It's a very good thing indeed that the FBI stumbled upon this (while examining Ms. Broadwell's e-mail messages following-up on an electronic harassment complaint) and that it was the FBI which was the entity which privately and respectfully confronted CIA Director Petraeus; rather than some foreign intelligence agency or group discovering the secret extra-marital affair and turning it to their advantage.

The reason that the General resigned is exactly as stated, and why President Obama -- after 24-hours of deliberation and consultation -- had no choice but to accept General Petraeus' resignation. You violate "Rule No. 1" of your craft, ...and you have to go.

The business of foreign intelligence is not one which allows for stretching the rules in order to accommodate 'personal issues.' It's very, very serious business indeed..

Robert in Oregon...maybe you could publish a list of ignored trolls so the rest of us don't have to waste our time looking through their drivel. Just a thought.

Petraus will not testify in the Benghazi failure.

Wanna BET??? Come hell or high water...he WILL!! Unless of course, he comes to some demise...watch your back Petraeus!!

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot-7028098

"Robert in Oregon...maybe you could publish a list of ignored trolls so the rest of us don't have to waste our time looking through their drivel. Just a thought."

HA! Thanks for the chuckle, WTF.

Well, as tempting as that might be ( and it is tempting :-) The list is long, and I think that would be a pretty good method for getting myself suspended ( or banned ) on Newsvine, ...and subjected to a litany of vigilante retribution by those listed.

And the reality of life (and individual opinion) is that my list of "ignored" trolls, demagogues and tin-foil hat conspiracy theorists ( and just general whackadoodles ) would be a different list for the next person; and they are probably classified as brethren heroes by their own kind ( ie., Insult one, you insult all )

And another reality of life is that those persons, from their own mental and emotional perspectives, would likely place ME in one or more of those same categories!!!! ( Oh, the horror!!! :-O )

If you are serious, however ( rather than your post being rhetorical ) let me know on my Robert in Oregon page, and I'll reciprocate by figuring out a way to provide my list to you, personally, rather than posting it publicly.

When all is said and done, while I will vigorously engage these folks one-on-one in individual responses to their posts or theirs to mine, ... it would be inappropriate to post such a list and defame them simply because I personally believe they may be off-the-rails mentally, or so deluded by partisanship that they cannot reason any longer, ....or possibly may be extraterrestrial aliens from the planet Non-Compos-Mentis trying to turn our brains to consommé before consuming our intellectual essence! ... ( Oops! Did I write that? LOL :-)

Cheers! Robert.

Petraeus won't testify and Hillary won't testify either because of scheduling conflicts. *eyeroll*

Obama is skipping town next week. Going on a useless three trip day to Thailand. *double eyeroll*

Last one out turn off the lights

I gave you a sample of what an American general thinks about Mexico, not the actual intelligence reports. He's not going to talk about America's plans to invade on TV is he?

Vindicator, you gave me precisely nothing. You cite a RETIRED American General's quote regarding the border region of the South West. General McCaffrey retired from active service in 1996, 16 years ago. He served as the Director of the Office of U.S. Drug Control from 1996 until 2001. Since then his status has been that of a private citizen.

This may come as shock but RETIRED American Generals are not privileged to see actual current intelligence reports, and you are still relying only on your own supposition that plans to invade Mexico exist or that the high command of the U.S. Military is clamoring .

However, I'd be willing to listen to any evidence YOU have that American generals don't think America should invade Mexico.

You cannot prove a negative. Your statement is logically equivalent as saying prove there are no little green martians dancing on your lawn at night. I'm not assuming that little green men are dancing on my lawn just because I cannot prove they are not there, and I'm not accepting your remarkable claim that the U.S. Military is planning to invade Mexico, just because I've seen no proof to the contrary.

I'll repeat show me some evidence that the U.S. Military is straining to be unleashed against Mexico by the President, or please, have the good grace to admit you have no idea what you are talking about.

It is utterly amazing how people link totally unrelated stories to their favorite conspiracy theory. General Petraeus resigning in disgrace, so logically that must because he advocated invading Mexico.

What else could it be?

In the mean time, here is the opinion of a general from out of the past:

Yes, by all means let cite the words of an excellent general, and very poor president regarding a time and circumstance which has lapsed more than 150 years into the past. That will tell us... exactly nothing regarding current events in Mexico, along the Mexican border or at the Pentagon.

Who gives a flying rat's behind.All this Crap in the news,is just that a pile of steaming crap.They're harassing not only this woman,but Petraeus also.

Petraeus didn't like the corruption going on in the Al CIA ada,most likely said something,so now he's resigning.They're rolling out this woman,just to make her and him look bad,because he knows to much.Even if if he did have an affair,so what! They do all the time.

And if you're smart enough it's a very simple concept to figure out!

By your logic, now that all of this has come out and he's resigned over it, he should be free to tell us all about the "corruption," right?

Can we also say that this is how rumors start, based on nothing more than some reader's comments?

From the article on Petraeus's resignation:

"Dave's decision to step down represents the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in a statement, according to Reuters. "From his long, illustrious Army career to his leadership at the helm of CIA, Dave has redefined what it means to serve and sacrifice for one's country.".

Why do they describe civil servants when they've been caught with their pants down or with corruption as having "sacrificed" themselves by working in a public capacity?

Is it truly a sacrifice getting good pay, great benefits, job security and power?

They could probably make a lot more money outside of government.

We all live at least three lives separated by public, private, work, and in this case it looks like the private is being inserted into the public and work. Does this effect us, I do not know yet.

They could probably make a lot more money outside of government.

Yes, that's the myth we've been fed, because if there was something better for them outside of government, you can bet they would have done it.

Um, the FBI is investigating her for trying to breach his classified emails. That's why it's important.

Fri 11/9/12 Well DUH, No One instantly becomes a 4 Star General. It takes a Lifetime of service to reach that goal. & Yes He was 1st a Grunt & He "EARNED THIS" that chest full of medals & awards are EARNED

thru Blood Sweat & Tears.

I am sincerely disappointed to hear this News. I have alot of R E S P E C T for General Petraeus

So now Our Secretary of State is Resigning & now the Director of the CIA has already Resigned.Who is Next ?

Paula Broadwell was a Officer in the United States Army & a Graduate of West Point. I would believe Her Creditability.

The Drama continues Retiree SPW in Alaska "Airborne"

BS Debi. They would actually have to produce more to retain a position in the private sector and would be held accountable rather than having an "investigation" that strung out for years to try to hide the incompetence.

Patraeus is a great leader (something Obama could have learned from) but unfortunately thought with the wrong head as do many that have fallen to the human urges.

I suggest that, once again, it was a gold digger that saw the opportunity for living a life in the world of money and power and like most of us men unfortunately would up to a certain age, he succumbed.

Hopefully Erick Holder won't resign. We need him soo much and he is a man of integrity.

LMAO Justice. Good one.

I understand she was "embedded" with the general, and he went "All In." Hmmm. Didn't know that's what they meant by that.

Hahaha...what's the old line..."I think we've already established what you are, now we're arguing over the price."

No...sometimes the desire to serve in government for the benefit of your country, exceeds the desire to make as much money as possible.

BS Debi. They would actually have to produce more to retain a position in the private sector and would be held accountable rather than having an "investigation" that strung out for years to try to hide the incompetence.

That's exactly the point I was making when I asked why civil servants are always described as "sacrificing" themselves.

Sorry. Misread your point.

I suggest that, once again, it was a gold digger that saw the opportunity for living a life in the world of money and power and like most of us men unfortunately would up to a certain age, he succumbed.

If Petraeus was truly a man of civil service, why would he be "living the life in the world of money and power"? Is it acceptable for our government civil servants who are supposedly "sacrificing" themselves to gain money and power?

Why is the woman always demonized in the affair as the "gold digger" and responsible for luring him into his sexual indiscretions? She had no commitment nor broke the marriage vows to his wife; he did.

To ScottM based on some reader's comments? Let's just say some very informed readers comments Shall We? Not Rumors!

not his fault...he needs glasses every body looks like his wife...

Obama's cleaning house . Is everyone blind.Admeril incharge of naval task force ,Bengazi area gone.CIA cheif gone.Hillary clinton gone.Any ranking official to do with Bengazi is systematically being discredited and replaced. Wake up America !

Good call DAV...the two admirals in charge are now gone also. The plot thickens. These Obama people are ruthless. And all those people voted to trust him to lead our lives and take charge of our health care when they can't even get water from DC to NY.

Obama don't put up with any foolishness. Maybe this woman is how everything got leaked out to FOX news. If you tell FOX you might as well tell russia, china and Iran.

Good to know the BangTidy Paula Broadwell approves of Military Pork.

Cannot wait for the Pay-Per-View involving S.E. Cupp. LVOE that Conservative Extramarital Pron.

The right clowns cannot read. This broke because the FBI was investigating the lady for allegedly trying or breaking into his emails. Maybe it was a lovers thing or maybe in their eyes maybe she was a spy. Or even maybe she was just a writer checking to see if he was truthful. Since that got out he was over the barrell because when you get top security clearence you know you cannot do this as it can get you blackmailed etc. The mere idea that a person of his stature who should understand that this kind of activity cannot be done especially for a high ranking official in the spy game. Now to the nitwits with the purge stories. After any president is reelected some of his main members leave because it becomes a dead end job and better things are out there with far better futures than being a member of a team that will disband in four years. Mrs Clinton has said before she would probably not continue after the election but that consiracy theory is part of the big push to try and hang something on the president cause HE IS GGOING TO BE PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND MAKING HIM A ONE TERMER DID NOT WORK> Live with it and stop making fools og yourself. We killed most of Alqueda's top oficials and to think that they would not get a lick or two in on us is stuid. Ranting on about it does not help anyone but the enemy. Get on the right side your countries side or stop using those signs county first at you parties.

It has been known for some time that both Mitts and Obama had hard cock for Paula. Now that Mitts is out of the picture, Obama...with cock in hand, can not wait to bend her over his on his oval office desk.

bredex. The right clowns only see what they want to see. They can't see the forest for the trees. David is one of their own.

As to the ones that say Obama is cleaning house because of Benghazi. Well who was at fault here. I know the right wants so bad to make it Obama's fault. But it started with Paul Ryan Cutting funds for protection. That's #1. Then it comes down to the people on the ground there, CIA it seems in this case were there to protect this compound. Where were they? That's #2. Maybe just maybe we don't need to make public why the CIA was Charged with protection there. Might just be because no one was really to know who we had there. It was covert operation, why paint a big red target on there back's. Well the secret got out, and we paid. There isn't really anyone to blame here. Everyone knew it was risky. It didn't work out this time. Why don't we stop trying to make political hay out of it and move on.

Woooo honey..I love being in bed with you. If you tell me some of your secrets, I'll tell you my secrets.

This is the type of hateful piling on that we have to get past in this country and with each other. An affair is always a sad thing regardless of what new age secular humanists want you to believe. The General served his country and served it well. His failure was the same one any of us is subject to when we let our guard down. The fact that he had such a high profile job in security for our country made it all the more humiliating. He did the right thing to resign. But he will do well, I measure, in the private sector. I thank him for his service. I wish him and his family the best in the healing to come. And I hope, on the other side of forgiveness, he will be stronger as a husband and a father. I wish him no ill will....just another voice...

You're right it is a sad thing. That the spouse feels so comfortable that the headache is a given. And he feels the need to stray. Sad state of "affairs" indeed.

Tiger Woods ring a bell with anyone?

The general is a chump and I have no sympathy or respect for him, since he had no respect for his wife, his position, and his uniform

No fool like an old fool. What an idiotic lapse in judgement, I feel for his family - will be a very chilly Thanksgiving dinner this year.
As an afterthought, I feel sorry for her parents, what an embarrassment.

She is really not that good looking, We all know of a person in high office in the government that got away with fooling around on government time!!!

Dan-Petraeus is not good looking either.

I suggest they were both far from home and rarely there and just "got used to each other" and it seemed natural. Why anyone would admit to it, unless scorned, I have no clue. What happens on AF one stays on AF one.

DAVID ITHACA,

Are you from Ithaca as in Ithaca, NY?

I am in Ithaca. Small world.

The whole affair between this woman and the CIA director is a spy thing. She probably got close to him for spy reasons.

Watch it... You'll be labeled a bigoted hater!

Dawg - Bigoted haters who adore Petraeus certainly would be disgusted if it was a man. You must be relieved.

Who said it wasn't a man. WE all jump to the conclusion it was the "biographer" yet, why would she tell if she had him in her pocket...........oh wait...........pocket............"I'm gonna tell"........Never mind.

Dawg - Bigoted haters who adore Petraeus certainly would be disgusted if it was a man. You must be relieved.

Not sure what you are talking about. Adore Petraeus? I have no opinion on the man personally. I am a recovering Democrat turned Independent, so if you're referring to me as a Republican, LMAO, you couldn't be more wrong. However, am I a leftist loon??? Hell no, and proud of it!!!

I left that plantation you lunatics on the far left live on long ago!

Amazing isn't it? <sarc off>

Its not about getting the story off, in the military and the government, its sad to say but there are ALOT of affairs going on, the question is whether this affair interferes with your work. In this case his work was classified US interest information..so its not attacking the woman, its inverstigating the possibility that she has/had access to this information.

and FYI

-Educated women have affairs

-"respectable" women have affairs

-Mothers have affaits.

And it is not a far fetched accusation, after all she spent a year with him in afhganistan and wrote a book about him and also says on her website that she has "exclusive" access to him.

Sometimes the palm is more attractive than any female on this here planet!

Yeah, smuker... Mx. Hand.

?? That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. The POTUS has absolute power over anyone in the armed services, POTUS appointed Petraus.

Get real!

How many of these will it take to divert our national attention from the deaths in Benghazi caused by Obama's inaction?

Other possiblities:

Hillary's resignation

Panetta's resignation

The end of the world next month

Bigfoot on the Tonight Show

Tom Cruise dating Madonna

He got canned? I must have missed that part of the story.

Look at his career, he understands the "chain of command" better than you ever will, so put away the conspiracy stuff.

She looks like a Russian spy to me. The whole thing is stupid. Divorce first, dick around second. Anything else is just a formula for disaster. Although danger is probably the only reason its hot. But in short, I am annoyed because he had a responsibility to his position of security, and to us, the citizens, to not be compromised. That's the beginning and the end of it.

Naw I don't believe that. Everybody up there in Washington scared of Obama...Don't care who you are, Obama put you in the ground. He has awesome power in Washington. It's going to be Obama's way or the highway. Peter ray us, got found out, decided damage control was in order, or he actually felt bad and loves his wife? Made more sense to bring it out immediately resign and just fade away.

Losers always say deal'em.

Winners walk away whistlin!

Buh bye, losers!!!!!!!!!!!

I totally agree. There is far more to this than we will ever be allowed to know. The lies and cover ups to continue for another four years..................

Maybe, she got into his email and found stuff about Libya in it. This might just be a cover for the bigger story. He might be the leaker eh...

The story about her trying to get into his email is very fishy. There is absolutely no possible way she could hack into his classified email account because she can't even get to that network. Guys at that level don't leave trails in email classified or not anyway. My bet is the administration knew about this affair for some time and has decided to move on it in the 7 day window between the election and his date to testify on Benghazi. First Gen Ham of Africom retires and now the Director of CIA resigns? Tall order to chalk this all up to coincidence.

Hey she probably isn't guilty of a crime but we thought we should dig really deep like journalists into this "affair" angle - never mind what the commander in chief was doing while the Benghazi embassy was being attacked - we're not curious about that - but hey let's find out all we can about this Petraeus extra marital affair - priorities you know."

Hillary stated in an article yesterday that a thorough investigation into what happened in Benghazi and what additional efforts need to be made to insure the safety of our over sea's Ambassadorial staff was being given top priority. All news doesn't focus on the one issue you think is important there's room for trivial news as well. The elections over and it's too late to find something to embarrass the president for. Get over it.

On the contrary Larry, Obama has four years to make mischief and get into trouble. We will do our best to seek out his misdeeds, mistakes, dishonesty and lies, and let the public know about it.

Rex--"the public" just gave you and yours the collective middle finger. No one cares what the tea-baggers and CONservatives think anymore. You should just stick to RW talk radio and Faux News.

Apparently Rex and the tea baggers will be content playing to the band and sharing their latest conspiracy theory about Obama. Good luck with that.

I get your point about priority news, but to be technical, they both may be guilty of a crime under the uniform code of military justice. The crime of adultery. He might be guilty of it if the affiar was going on while he still was on active duty. She might be guilty of the same because she is a currently serving Army Reserve officer. He could possibly be made to retire at a lower rank than General (like maybe Major General), two stars instead of four. She could get whatever the punishment is under the UCMJ. This all could happen. not saying it will.

Sounds like a porno flick now.... icky...

According to her website bio, "She spent much of the past year in Afghanistan as an embedded author."

It's obvious the biographer was having the affair and the investigation forced him into admitting it. For a high ranking official to engage in an affair and fail to safegard secrets is a no no.

I guess her kids stayed with Dad, the Doctor. Hope she was a better sex partner than she is a mother.

We don't know it's her yet. Hell, could be Hillary............oh............I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Its her..she has not defended her name and is avoiding question, why would she..she spent a year with the man in Afghanistan and wrote a book about him.

Its been reported that it is her...

Sounds to me the CIA is doing a CYA obama.

This is so suspect, anyone with a nose can smell it a hundred miles away.

yep, your aptly named.... "mad" charles... get a life...

D'oh! The FBI discovers this woman is reading his confidential EMAILS......the DIRECTOR OF THE CIA....and then he resigns due to an affair. I think we can wrap this up pretty easily. A 3 yr old can connect the dots.
How can a man stop thinking with his brain...and start thinking it his....nevermind.

MadCharles, you sound as pathetic as Karl Rove; he is still spinning the shellacking the Pubes got, and all the money he threw away. Go back to you slimy little cave.

Mad Charles, are you by any chance from that foreign country, known as "The Solid South"?

I wondered how long it would take the right wing trolls to make this Obama's fault.

Hell no it isn't Obama's fault. Michelle had him neutered after the second girl.

Talk to the hand..Better Jokes..Better Jokes!

The looney toons will be ranting their nonsense right up till the day the next president takes office. I hope the democrats can find a half black half Hispanic candidate just to drive them nuts.

obama threw Petraeus under the bus, then Petraeus said, we did not order stand down.

Petraeus is to testify next week...now he is not? He was a STAR witness in this hearing.

Now just lucky, he won't be able to? This is all BS..A cover up to make Watergate appear

to be a puddle.

And his mindless sheep of admirers on the forum just giggle and it's all OK. I hope Petraeus tells the whole truth when he is free and clear of Obama.

Ahhh Charles why the mad face, you know you been watchin way too much Faux News.

Give it a break Chuck, see the light and go to it! You'll be okay in no time.

Most Obama supporters I know supported him as the lesser of two evils.That doesn't make us admirers. I for one would much rather have Clinton. Though my opinion of Romney and right wing ideology is probably similar to yours of Obama.

@MadCharles

Whats wrong idiot? All you do is whine...whine ...whine like a little b###ch. Grow some gonads for a change. Just accept the reality...you Neo-Con nitwits got your clocks cleaned by The Prez...A fricking landslide. You're confused and irritated but it's okay. They have depression pills for your kind of problems LMMAO

The consulate at Bengazi was a CIA covert operation.

The head of the CIA having an affair, is not a tolerable situation.

Parallel..don't waste your breath, stone is STONED and dense..they can't wrap their minds around WHY this is a problem.

Sorry...you misunderstood my post. As he noted in his resignation letter, something to the effect of "an organization such as this." No, I think he did the right thing in resigning.

Doesn't it seem odd: The Director of the CIA, couldn't cover his butt in an affair..If anyone could have hidden it, it should have been Patraeus.

This smells horribly....Smells like COVER UP

Yep Jean, just keep on watchin Faux News and you loonies will listen to anything.

I'm sure Hanratty will steer you right...............way right off that cliff!

Ah...of course...and your source on that story?

Best explanation to date. Time will *not* tell if the story is true.

Sorry, but if Fast and Furious is any indicator, the truth will never be known.

This is CIA business the truth will never be known. Because you cant handle the truth! LOL.

Hillary, as Secretary of State, would not have had to go to the White House regarding additional security for the Libyan Embassy or Consulate.

well, the secy of state is about 5th in line, so that conspiracy theory doesn't make sense. She's positioned to run in 2016, and it is doubtful that a huge scandal for obama would help her chances since there would be a backlash against dems in general.

No, because Bubba would have neve campaigned for Oscama.

And an impeachment would put Biden in the White House so she would have to run against a sitting President. Whoever you "heard" it from, smack em.

I wouldn't expect her to stay, even if she has 2016 in mind. Needs the rest and the time to build a campaign staff, if that's what she wants to do. But, she certainly doesn't want to leave under a cloud regarding Benghazi. So, I guess three to six more months.

First thing you should do when stuck in a hole is to stop digging. Conspiracies, coverups, impeachments, you cons are "Hillarious", pun intended.

Hillary Clinton has said for a year at least that she'll resign at the end of Obama's first term, so her resignation shouldn't surprise anyone, even conspiracy theorists. Conspiracy theorists think everything that happens falls neatly into a plot line when real life is a lot more messy and random.

I agree with you alpha.

The "only" important thing to Obama is taxing the rich.

Swing and a miss!

Really ? Sophistication ?

hmm, Let's see:

The Prez is of the Executive, as is Hillary, as is the General, as is Broadwell, as is the CIA.

I dont see ANY mention of ANYONE in the other 2 branches.

Physician - HEAL thyself !

Her maiden name was Kranz.

No it's not a spy novel. It's a Non-fiction account of Petreus through the years, his education, military career...

This is potentially about more than a man that could not keep it in his pants. She could potentially be a spy for a foreign government. Seriously. Any sane person,who is in a relationship with someone like him knows damn well that accessing his email s a serious crime that could send her to prison for many years.

Yeah, Deb - 2 wars at once - I dont know how those Mormons do it !

Was she nailed ?

or was she screwed ?

Or did his nailing her, screw him ?

"She offered her honor - he honored her offer- and all night long it was "honor/offer".

She's really good looking but take note the cost: Two families pretty-much ruined ... dozens of people, when you count all the kids, all the cousins and all the in-laws that are taking a royal screwing by proxy.

Now, after all his years in the Army, he's reduced to being just a another cheating husband; she's simply The Other Woman. Not much of a resume' enhancer for either one of them.

What a g-d waste!

What she got is pegged.