Thirty percent of marriages in this country experience at least one incident of infidelity, 40% of first marriages end in divorce, 55% of second marriages end in divorce and 70% of third marriages end with divorce. Perhaps both Broadwell and the General along with their spouses are trying to avoid become part of the latter statistics. Rich or poor, black or white, secular or religious...no one is immune. You don't have to do much digging to learn that many folks in government and the military have been caught or admitted to extramarital affairs. Dwight Eisenhower had a mistress the entire time he served as President and wasted little energy trying to keep it a secret. Laughably, he's the same President who, when not bumpin' uglies with his secretary/driver (Kay Summersby), was busy altering our Pledge of Allegiance to include the phrase 'one secretary under the preside....', oops, I meant 'one nation under God'. So much for you puritans and delusional hipocrites claiming that people were more moral back in 'the good ol' days'. As for the Broadwell's 'friends', I hope this group includes some 'real' friends. Real friends stick with you during good AND bad times. Everyone involved in this story are well-positioned, well-educated and successful and had already found some degree of celebrity and status. There are most probably a few people who the Broadwell's consider only 'aquaintances' who are now posing as 'dear friends'...especially when the sidewalk is flocked with photographers and news crews. You know the type...people who like to leech/borrow their 'importance' from others...famous or infamous, it doesn't matter. BTW...as if things aren't bad enough already for Scott Broadwell, couldn't NBC News have used a different pic instead of Jeff Willhelm's photo taken just after he's dropped a grocery bag, breaking it's contents...in all likelihood, in a rush to escape the likes of 'the Jeff Willhelms'. Now he's going to be called a klutz on top of all the other bogus labels being hurled at him. If all these news people with their cameras and recorders are so intent to, as they call it...'reaching out', perhaps they could reach out for a broom and waterhose and help clean the guy's driveway.

Hi honey..sorry I'm so far away..how are the kids?

Kids are ok...Are you still working on the book?

Yes I am honey, right now I'm on page 69...be done in a few minutes I suppose.

Wow, Charlotte must be the place to be! Anyone remember Rielle Hunter (ie: John Edwards)???????? Wonder if they are neighbors - bet they have a lot in common to talk about.

I guess my attitude would be that it's a problem for Scott and Paula to work out. Remember there are kids involved here too. Scott and Paula been humiliated on the world stage. If I was a neighbor though, I wouldn't be hanging any welcome home signs. And what's with Patraeus? He was the head of the CIA. He blows that and his reputation over a piece of tail? How stupid can you be.

After seeing her address at the University of Colorado, I certainly wouldn't be out supporting her. She trumpeted about how her West Point experience instilled ethics and morals -- and this was given a few weeks ago. She didn't learn anything other than how to blow her own horn. I hope she is somewhere contemplating her ethical code and morality right now. What a terrific role model and mother. Of course, Petraeus is absolutely no better, and he came forward only because he was caught. We have a right to hold our flag officers to a very high standard, and he simply failed.

Sorry. I'm with Dawg Pound. Husband is an idiot. Wife is a slut. I'm sure he's so whipped that he'll buy anything she sells. If she were mine, her ass wouldn't get back in that door.

Hubby has to act nice now for the sake of the kids. He will dump the tramp like a hot potato.

She lied on her resume and bio. Harvard doc program asked her to leave. Wonder why? Nad her current doc program dropped her too cause she got too embedded with her research subject. She named herself "most fit" at West Point and that was a lie too. A warm welcome for her? Thats a lie too. The trouble is she is rich enough to hire a PR firm today so we can now look forward to all her LOTSA TRIES to "image rehabilitation" in the near future while she cries victim. Meanwhile she'll be texting the General while the hubbie cooks dinner. Don't drink the Broadwell koolaid! She s loving the attention a little too much

In the near future...

1. Petraeus will land a job as military comentator for some network and be paid millions;

2. Paula will get even more free publicity for her book and do well for herself.

3. her husband will grow some cojones and just leave, hopefuly taking the kids;

4. Secret Service and CIA will be issued mandatory chastity belts;

...as for the neighbors I call them out on their hipocrisy...

Was she a teacher and found misbehaving with a student they would turn their backs on her;

Was she a plain housewife and found shoplifting there would be no warming welcome;

Now because she has celebrity status in the neighborhood and found cavorting with a general, they not only turn a blind eye but also welcome them... Unbelieavable

I believe in forgiveness. What I find , disturbing , is people becoming more famous and rich, because of their failings. Think about all the young women, no names need to be mentioned, who made whole careers out of having millions see their private sex tapes.

I didn't know she was married! Why... the unspeakable f****** w****!

Americans are so schizophrenic about extramarital stuff. One minute, it's dumping on Bill Clinton and frying Elliot Spitzer. The next minute, it's reelecting Sen. Vitter and welcoming Newt Gingrich. Now it's greeting the neighbor after she returns from her affair in a show of "support." No wonder the Europeans laugh at us.

I just feel sorry for the families. Patreaus' daughter just got married a few weeks ago, and now she has to deal with her daddy! And Broadwell's kids. Terrible.

Did she sign a pair of her panties to give to the Smithsonian ! This affair will forever be a time that will "live in infamy ". And hubby will never ever forget it no matter how they patch things up, like your new car and the first accident, it's damaged goods that can't be changed !

Looking at the photos of Scott and Paula Broadwell together, walking arm in arm, you really have to
wonder ... What is going through his mind right now?

IF ..... repeat, IF ..... theirs was a normal - traditional - healthy marriage to begin with ...

You can bet that he just can't forget that his wife was caught in an affair whereby she was having sex with
a man old enough to be their father, and that SHE DID NOT WANT IT TO END! It was her own jealousy of another woman that caused the whistle to be blown. SHE HAD EVERY INTENTION AND DESIRE TO KEEP IT GOING INDEFINITELY!

You can bet that he just can't forget that he played the part of single parent, working and taking care
of the kids, while his wife was half a world away having the time of her life banging a Four-Star General.

You can bet that what he feels for her right now may not be hate ... but it's pretty close.

You can bet he curses the day he met her.

You can bet he has never felt so insulted - so humiliated - and so betrayed in his life.

You can bet he wishes she were dead. He might even wish he were dead.

You can bet he's thought about killing her himself. Being a doctor, he knows how.

You can bet he regrets having had children with her.

You can bet he's wondering if she is teaching his children to be as amoral as she is.

You can bet that any sexual attraction and affection he ever had for her is long-long gone.

You can bet it will be a cold day before he shares his bed, or any moment of intimacy, with her again.

You can bet that whether the marriage is technically ended in court, the fact is their relationship is over ... done ... kaput.

You can bet he knows that if he doesn't divorce her, he will forever be looked upon as a wimp and known
as being less than a man.

You can bet he realizes the biggest mistake he ever made in his life was to marry her ... and that it
was a mistake he can do something about.

November 26 - Five days after this article went online: Paula Broadwell has now retained both an Attorney and a Public Relations firm in Washington DC. So far, she is the only member in the entire cast of characters in the David Petraeus Sex Scandal to do so. Her need for an Attorney is obvious .. she's facing some potentially very serious charges, both military and civilian. But a PR expert? It is reported she has hopes of reviving her
career. And just what career might that be? ... Consultant to Terrorists, Fiction Writer, Con Man, or Escort (Outcall Only). The more we learn about her, the less qualified she appears to be for any other line of work. Someone really needs to evaluate the curriculum for graduation from West Point.

Thus far, the only characters in the play to make public statements are Petraeus and Natalie Khawam, the sister of Jill Kelley. There has been nothing from either Paula or her husband Scott or their "hired mouth." And they are conspicuous by their absence. Speculating ... it may be because there's just not a lot she can say in the way of defending herself; that she knows she's been caught and to deny it only invites additional condemnation. Thus, in a way, her silence is an admission of guilt.

At the risk of sounding sexist, Scott Broadwell was interviewed some time back; and he stated that in order to draw the two of them closer together in their marriage, that he literally turned wife Paula loose to pursue whatever professional goals she had. I am reminded of an old adage usually found carved on wooden wall-hangers in gift and craft shops, to wit ... "If you love something, turn it loose. If it comes back to you it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was." Uh ... Scott, old man: If you're going to take yourself seriously ... you really need to re-define the entire nature of your association with Paula Kranz (Broadwell). She has physically demonstrated by her own behavior that you are the only person in your household who is married. Do you really want your sons to be raised by a person who is so totally amoral?

Scott, how do you deal with the fact that you, yourself, created the situation where you would stay at
home and play Mr. Mom while your wife was halfway around the world having the time of her life ... banging a Four-Star General? Do you feel stupid? Have you realized that marrying her was the biggest mistake you ever made ... and that it's a mistake you can rectify?