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Topic: Obama untouched by
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Obama untouched by
Petraeus scandal
Washington Post, by Scott Wilson
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 11/13/2012 10:50:16 PM
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| For President Obama, a politician of famous good fortune, even scandals within his administration seem well-timed. The president has been untouched by the unfolding investigation involving former CIA director David H. Petraeus and Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Obama just won a not-so-close reelection battle and will never face another, leaving him less encumbered by the politics of the moment. The scandal hinges on a personal relationship beyond the White House and has not implicated the president or his closest advisers. And the person at the center of it — Petraeus
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
RussVet, 11/13/2012 10:59:04 PM (No. 9012677)
Petraeus mistress is just Chicago style misdirection to keep America from knowing Benghazi=Obozo Treason.. Guess the other two 4 star general he fired in the Libya region for ignoring Obozo´s stand down order were having affairs also ... Obozo hid the TREASON well during election voting fraud but eventually it will become his impeachment
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
rational, 11/13/2012 11:00:00 PM (No. 9012679)
Hey, Petraeus,,,,,
The only way to redeem yourself regarding this fiasco is to go before Congress and tell the whole truth about Benghazi and nothing less. I´m almost POSITIVE that the WH is implicated in this DISASTER of foreign policy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 11/13/2012 11:03:20 PM (No. 9012683)
That´s because most of Obama´s worshippers are so easily distracted. A free phone or most anything shiny is all it takes to redirect their mind away from the Benghazi scandal .
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 11/13/2012 11:05:18 PM (No. 9012690)
Obama will remain untouched as long as he has the Media running interference for him. The House needs to find some way to impeach Obama, even if the Senate won´t. ALL members of this administration are participants in this Benghazi cover-up. Including Fienstein, no matter what she says.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Nimby, 11/13/2012 11:14:54 PM (No. 9012706)
His hands, his brains and his paws are all in this scandal. Untouched is bs
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
saraguay, 11/13/2012 11:14:55 PM (No. 9012708)
forget it. obama will do what he wants for as long as he wants. there is no one and i mean no one who will expose this man. our country is lost.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Kurto, 11/13/2012 11:14:55 PM (No. 9012707)
Of course, there is the blackmail angle that he may wear for a necktie, soon.
But, when the sleaze effect wears down, we still want to know about BENGHAZI, and 0 is involved up to his pencil neck.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
God of Irony, 11/13/2012 11:15:43 PM (No. 9012711)
Because media outlets like the Washington Post too busy pushing Obama´s agenda to do an honest job.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
noddy, 11/13/2012 11:23:47 PM (No. 9012728)
There has to be a couple of cub reporters out there who would like to gain instant recognition, a la Woodward and Bernstein.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Evocatus, 11/13/2012 11:25:39 PM (No. 9012730)
If the WaPo has to tell us that the Obammunist is untouched, it means he has a wooden stake in his heart.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 11/13/2012 11:33:52 PM (No. 9012741)
The WaPo deigns to recognize the Petraeus scandal, but Obama don´t know anything about it. The WaPo hasn´t checked that, but its their guy, and they are good democratic organ.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bubber, 11/13/2012 11:35:32 PM (No. 9012744)
Not so fast...hide and watch...until then...LOOK!...a squirrel...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 11/13/2012 11:38:28 PM (No. 9012747)
Sure enough, reading most of the coverage of this, Obama is rarely mentioned, and only in almost sidebar type language. This article mentions him only to put forth the meme that Obama had nothing to do with it, which is baloney. Witness the sudden disappearance and unavailability of the Secretary of State.
Both Clinton and Obama should be receiving subpoenas.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
msjena, 11/13/2012 11:45:14 PM (No. 9012755)
So far.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DARling, 11/13/2012 11:45:21 PM (No. 9012756)
Since when is two percentage points not a close election?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
dwa, 11/13/2012 11:45:26 PM (No. 9012757)
Change the name from Obama to Bush and just imagine the media coverage. There would be no article like this in the WaPo
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
killerbee, 11/14/2012 12:21:05 AM (No. 9012790)
Because the Obama electorate is stupid?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Bla Bla, 11/14/2012 12:32:01 AM (No. 9012797)
For now . . . BJ Clinton thought he was teflon when it came to all his Bimbos. His name is now a disgrace.
I just hope & pray our press & congress look further than the skirts. Clinton should have been tried for treason, since he sold China our secrets. But all Trent Lott wanted to do was charge him with perjury over an intern.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
JLoophole, 11/14/2012 12:38:14 AM (No. 9012804)
"Untouched"-meaning, we, the media at large, are keeping him from being touched.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Objectivity, 11/14/2012 12:38:31 AM (No. 9012805)
Mr Scott Wilson ... oh really? who told you to plant this typical WaPo bilge? Are you, sir, auditioning to be Susan Rice´s press flack?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
JimS, 11/14/2012 1:16:17 AM (No. 9012833)
Untouched? But, of course.
That was the whole point of destroying Petraeus, wasn´t it?
Just ask Valerie Jarrett.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
pigop, 11/14/2012 1:28:27 AM (No. 9012841)
Like I said, don´t be the highest guy in the chain of command that knows the secret when the $^*t hit the fan! Petraeus, tag you´re it.
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