I love this guy. Why isn´t he in a leadership position in our party?

100% correct. His testimony is an integral part of the investigation, irregardless of an affair. Since when has being caught having an affair exempted someone from testifying? The American People will not stand for this.

CLANK.

This is a "need to know" for the whole country!

another one of the good guys from our state! Go get ´em!!

With this administration, DOJ, SOS, complicit House and Senate Dems and spineless girlie-men Repubs, this ain´t going no where. He will retire in reletive luxury with a ginormous pension from military and the fed. govn´t, plus all of the perks that go with being a general.

The corruption and cover up of this administration in countless of criminal conduct out does the corruption in South and Central America and Africa combined.

Seems to be a quality man. Hope he stays that way.

What a talent. He sure skinned Holder.

Yes, of course.
And tell us, Trey .... what of Hillary?

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) also issued a public statement to the same effect ... and soon.

I came upon an EU times article that is written like a spy article. A coup existed against Obama by the military? Crazy stuff.

Or what? Huh? What are you going to do cry? All he has to say is that it is an issue of national security and he cannot talk about it in any capacity because .... wait for it .... he has been debriefed and no long has any security clearance. Neat how that works. And if you think that spineless, oversized emo oompaloompa Boehner has that testicular fortitude to do anything but cry, you´ve been into the Obama stash. So just shut your piehole and be and good little beltway parasite.

Have no idea what #12 just said. Petraeus is under no obligation to protect Obama and Co. and stating facts on who said or did what regarding sending help to Benghazi doesn´t break any security. It might even get Patraeus off the hook.

Next week when the won has a meeting with the repubs to tell them he won...I hope someone says repubs won too...we won the house againnnnnn.

I have posted previously that the deal is done between Petraeus and President Zero.
Petraeus will take the bullet for Benghazi, and Zero will give him a presidential pardon for any crimes that may have been committed.
He is the firewall for Zero, and Hillary may have outed Petraeus. She never did like him. Remember the senate hearing? "suspension of disbelief" which was essentially calling Petraeus a liar?
That was hillary in action.

Trey Gowdy is an upstanding American.

Trey Gowdy. Even his name is cool. Go get it, Rep. Gowdy!

My take on this...He gets subpoenad,gets before congress and protects Obama,he becomes a hero for the left.He will be forgiven for the affair,even lauded as courageous and goes on the MSM as their new darling.He portrays the Republicans as evil and politicizing the death of the ambassador.The left will somehow skillfully meld the affair into the hearings and presto! Those republicans are at again,recalling Clinton and K Starr.

The left will masterfully juxtapose this against the so called fiscal cliff and portray the republicans as putting politics first and not the country.Obama´s answer to all these,even if Petraeus nails him is.."I need to get back to work for the people" now excuse me.

That would make him a traitor #18. It would go against the grain for him to do that. Sure hope you´re wrong.

This whole situation is weird. We get this announcement out of the blue that Gen. Petraeus is resigning due to an affair with his biographer, but in true Øbama Regime fashion the news is announced on a Friday afternoon news dump before the weekend. Øbama seems to have some kind of weird control over anyone who might thwart his plans. First we had the traitor Justice Roberts turn into a rabid Liberal supporting Øbamacare, then we have Chris Christie hugging and kissing Øbama in front of all the cameras right before the election. Don´t count on Petraeus saying anything that would point to any wrongdoing by pea-brain Barry.
Petraeus seems to have drunk a couple of gallons of Øbama koolaid recently. He´ll keep mum on what really went down in Benghazi. I´m waiting for crying-man Boehner to pull a Justice Roberts any minute now when it comes to new taxes. Isn´t Kabuki theater wonderful?

I am so thankful for House members like this - ever more so with the pathetic leadership they must endure. God bless you for your courage, Rep. Gowdy. Luv that name

Gowdy should be a rising star in the GOP.But Boehner is a goodole boy network type and will give chairmanships to to dunces like Buck McKeon(sp?) and the other guy from Mich.,can´t think of his name off hand.

My guess is Boehner would have to approve calling the general in any form and he wouldn´t dare.

I suspect #15 is absolutely correct.

This is very simple to me.

He will be asked questions while under oath. If he refuses citing "national security", he will be required to testify in private session. If he refuses he will be cited for contempt and sent to prison.

Yes, you send a 4-star to prison for contempt when he´s guilty of it. Yes you do.

Re #21´s Svengali effect. Maybe Obama IS the antichrist.

AHHHHH #25
You forgot Bammy´s hand....
He PARDONS the dear General on Jam.20th

See it all ties together quite nicely in a little package!!

When Petraeus testifies I think will come down to what the definition of "is" is.

Doesn´t Petraeus make you proud? Why don´t we have a strong personality like Gowdy for Speaker instead of wimpy the panderer?

Petraeus betrayed us.

It´s one thing to cheat on your wife or husband.
But QUITE another for an American general to knowingly abandon his men to their doom and then avoid all questions. He should be stripped of rank, dishonorably discharged, and have all retirement benefits withdrawn.

Patraeus needs to remember the officers´ credo of not lying, cheating or stealing, or tolerating those who do. He can regain some stature, and take down obama and his band of assclowns.

This means nothing. Boehner already had a conference call reported in detail by the NY Times to subdued GOP after the election. Boehner told the GOP they lost the election badly and now must get along with Obama. The GOP had no intention whatever that Obama admin. would be punished for mass murders in Fast and Furious--none. An occasional sound bite is thrown to us as a crumb. The GOP got all they wanted which was an excuse to tell the Silent Majority to go back to being Silent. These men are beneath contempt to me.

Source, #11?

It´s Gowdy Doody Time.
It´s Gowdy Doody Time.
By gosh it even rhymes!
It´s Gowdy Doody Time.

That name made my day.
I had the shot ... and took it ;-)

Boener can huff and puff and cry all he wants. WE the people want some answers....

I´m still inclined to believe -- Petraeus was issued an ultimatum by obama. Shut up -- or -- we´ll leak the affair to my media pals...

Petraeus said -- the "F U" words and went to the media himself. Good military move -- when cornered -- go on the offensive.... Right Sarah?????

I like it!!

LZK

I just hope Petraeus has some good bodyguards, and doesn´t go out alone for any late-night runs.

Some of you are selling Petraeus short. Why don´t you wait and see what happens this week and the next couple, if necessary.

He is too smart and too honorable to turn his back on his country.

I can´t believe the denial (bless you all, seriously) of some of my fellow Ldotterrs. Especially after this rigged election.

Gen. P is now a private citizen. Supeona or not, he does not have the clearance to testify. Then there is the fifth.

Think about it. This is the Chicago Way. His family was probably threatened too.

There will be no testimony. We are under facist rule now.

Kaffee: "You think I can´t subpoena Markinson?"
Ross: "You won´t find him. Do you know what Markinson did for his first 22 years in the Marines? Counterintelligence. Markinson is gone. There is no Markinson."

A crusty old lineman who was a mentor during my apprenticeship was known to say, "talk´s cheap, but it takes money to by whiskey". After that, good deeds or owning a mistake came to be known as "buying whiskey".

Seems to me it´s time for the General to buy some whiskey.

I would like everyone to give this guy some credit (pet raus). You have no idea what kinda of threats he faces from the enemy in the White House.He is fighting for his future and yours.

Here´s the deal. If supeoned, Patraeus can´t talk about anything. HE IS A CIVILIAN WHO HAS SIGNED CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS. Divulging anything classified in this status subjects him to prison. Just like the administration is persecuting the Navy Seals.

Forget it Trey. The voters have decided that the Libyan Affair is not important just as Fast and Furious was not important.

#15 is on to something. Remember when Hillary said the "suspension of disbelief"? Did Hillary know about the "affair" back then, perhaps? Maybe she was relating Petraeus´s affair to Bill and Monica, but didn´t feel she could "out" Petraeus without further proof. Probably not but one does wonder.

Only half of the American people care and without the Press I´m afraid that isn´t enough. Four Americans were murdered as the Obama Administration watched and not a one of them will pay any price. It leaves me sad and sick to my core.

Rep. Gowdy is delusional. What Gowdy seeks will never happen.

Ya´ll are failing to recognize what´s actually going on. You could ask Senator John Tower and he´d tell you if you could seance him. You could seance Clark Feister. Or Vince Foster. Especially William Colby. The list is long, long, long.

There is a war inside the Beltway.

Has been.

But you refuse to see it.

Private Investigator 101:

.....I know what you´re thinking... but the first step is to find out what politician nominated Paula to West Point...

http://www.chs.bismarckschools.org/chs/chshof/2006/academics/

Thanks #49. Great catch.
Socialist Byron Dorgan

http://www.porcelainonsteel.com/2010/03/honored-role-part-15-paula-broadwell-arc-of-a-driver/

One question, General: Who ordered you to lie to the American people?

Why would Petraeus fare any better than Gaddafi with Obama. Supporting Obama does not guarantee that he will not throw you under the bus. I would be very wary of getting Obama off the Benghazi hook while relying on his promise of a pardon.

I have nothing to say that would NOT garner me a visit from Obama´s gestapo.

I agree with #31

If he blew the top off all this while testifying to Congress, as in fresh air is the best antiseptic, could anyone really "get" him? With this Congress & the Republicans we have, possibly I´m sorry to say.

Being a civilian and therefore no longer having a security clearance doesn´t protect him from testifying. Regardless of his status he would not be allowed to disclose secrets - else ever spy could just resign and be free to disclose everything they know. But he could be required to testify in closed session under the right circumstances.
Signing confidentiality agreements would have no effect on his subpoenaed testimony. Think about it. If it were so then every criminal would have confidentiality agreements in their back pocket at the ready to protect against being ratted out.
And there is no Fifth Amendment unless there is the potential of a crime, which yet remains to be seen, and, if there is, it can be simply overcome by granting him immunity for his testimony.
No, there are ways for him to testify if he wants to and possibly ways not to if he doesn´t. It may not be pretty if he has blood on his hands but if he wants to put country first he can.

The GOP needs more Gowdys.

I read a comment on a different site that really raised my eyebrow regarding the ´who knew what when´. Is it possible all this info regarding his affair was being held back to ensure testimony on Libya coincided correctly with the WH - and rather than give in or comply he outed himself?

Fox Cable News article states the President
only learned of this situation Wed, after the election. Overseas websites state the Administration would have known about the situation weeks ago. The ONLY news media that we can trust appear to be outside the U.S. General P´s wife was given a cosy job recently. The CEO of Lockheed-Martin recently resigned for the same reason that Gen P did.
But the President knew nothing. If that is true, he runs the most incompetent Administration in history, and if it is a lie, then it is all another scandalous cover-up. One can assume, just thinking, blackmail, pay-offs, and even worse, the "T" word.

Benghazi= Obozo Criminally Negligent = Obozo TREASON= evil ..

Is it so hard to figure out why Obozo had to fire the head of the CIA Petraeus who knew the story & would not lie and would not take the blame for letting the embassy employees die, especially the military seals ... the affair is just normal Obozo style misdirection for Benghazi and Obozo´s voting machine fraud that got him re-elected.

All of the BS about David´s private affairs is a distraction from the main issue: What will he say when he testifes- by subpoena or otherwise- about the
Benghai disgrace?

Small people care about his love life, such as it was. Serious thinkers want to know about what he can disclose about the government´s disgraceful abandonment of our embassy and CIA personnel.

The aftermath of GOP losses seems to always result in absolute descent into the kind of
reaction one expects resembles ranting children playing the same blame games just like their counterparts.
Attack anyone who is accused before facts are weeded out from the political dust. yell about standing up to the offenders while expecting someone else to pull the wagon.
We lost the election because we failed to keep it honest and we failed the nation because we don´t want to take the responsibility.
If you don´t like the leadership in the house demand a few resignations.
name calling without action is just so the voice flitting on the wind.

Why wasn´t the same thing said to Shillary ?