This one is an especial doozy. All their calculations whiz away like a deflated balloon when you take into account that one stubborn part of elections, the electorate. You can’t “make it seem” or “portray” or “appear” to people that Petraeus is something that he’s clearly not, especially an apolitical celebrity who hasn’t entered the ring on his own two feet. You can’t politicize someone until they engage politically. Trying to attack Gen. Petraeus would be like the RNC running ads demonizing latchkey kids and soup-kitchen users.

Everyone knows we only do that when the Democrats wheel them out to support taxpayer-funded governmental healthcare.

Exit question: What if Petraeus is a Democrat?

Hilarious. I love how they assume that

a. He is a Republican and/or conservative.
b. They are in trouble if someone with honest and noteable leadership qualities is going to take over the office if a Democrat is in it.

This also leaves the door open to the understanding that they have to admit that things are actually going well in Iraq.

Exit question: What if Petraeus is a Democrat?

Aren’t you glad to live in a country where one can only wonder at such a question?

The numbers used to be 45-40 but, President Clinton’s actions in gutting the military convinced a substantul number to register republican…

However, the speculation is indicative of how desperately we long for a strong and principled leader. And it only serves to emphasize what we don’t currently find in our Elected Things.

Times are very dangerous and this election is crucial, and yet every single candidate – on both sides – is a bitter joke. It’s only natural that people would turn to a military man – they are the very best we have.

The Man has not said two words about running for President and yet everyone believes because he is correct about fighting wars he automatically wants the job. And after the debacle of the way he was treated by Congresscritters during his testimony on both occasions to Congress. Why would any sane and rational person wish to be President after coming in contact with those scumbags in Congress and the the liars in the press and realizing he would have to deal with them and their stupidity and venom every day for up to 8 yrs?

Go here for the only definitive discussion that I can find on whether he has actually said he harbors a desire to be President. If you followed his answers in his testimony you saw that he was respectful towards those slugs (as he should have been), but he answered with facts and with a tone that you don’t “WIN by Quitting when the going gets tough”. He was a soldier and not a politician. End of story.

This post and thread are nothing more than the same speculation the Left is famous for. The same kind of supposition and panic seen when pundits talk about how bad the economy is, although there is no massive loss of jobs, and the defaults in loans, while serious to those in their business, haven’t affected over 90% of the mortgage holders in the US. Ridiculous “Chicken Little, Sky is Falling”, and hand wringing and gnashing of teeth. I haven’t seen so much useless prattle about such a ridiculous subject since my 12 yr old daughter’s slumber parties. You guys are the biggest bunch of worry warts I’ve seen in a long time.

Keep your minds off Petraeus until he actually says something about running. Petraeus 2012? Who is gaming the future now?

Subsunk

Petraeus/Sessions

1. Cheney doesn’t feel so good and retires
2. Bush 43 names Petraeus VP
3. Petraeus runs for president in ‘08
4. Liberals wet any type of clothing they wear, or skin, if naked.
5. Conservatives are wet from drooling, and other losses of control.

Entelechy on January 24, 2008 at 5:58 PM

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I’d support that ticket…

Proof that a competency test should be required of commenters including trolls.

horatio on January 24, 2008 at 4:23 PM

Also, a test for spelling preferred ticket’s names correctly, i.e. Petraeus.

1. Cheney doesn’t feel so good and retires
2. Bush 43 names Petraeus VP
3. Petraeus runs for president in ’08
4. Liberals wet any type of clothing they wear, or skin, if naked.
5. Conservatives are wet from drooling, and other losses of control.

He might very well be a Democrat. Many in the military are.

Kini on January 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM

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Gimme a break! How would you possibly know that “many” in the military are liberals to make that statement. The only ones you really know are would be the consciencious objectors and deserters. In my 13 years of service no one ever asked me who I support.
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The only two whining liberals I knew about were Powell and Clark. What a waste of uniforms to put them in…

If he was before the “Betray Us” ad, I pretty sure he isn’t anymore.

Look at what the Dems did to the guy after he issued his report, they all but branded him a liar, and their sniviling rat, Soros funded front groups DID call him a liar and, even worse, a traitor.

I don’t know if he’s got any political aspirations in the future, but if he does, I’m pretty sure he’ll remember which party supported him and which party tried to destroy him.

The way the Republicans stuck up for him makes me think he might appriciate that.

We have a winner…..spot on my friend.

2)No self respecting Democrat would play for the USA to win.

3 Has anyone caught him lying yet?

I could be wrong of course, since he has never sought public office before.

What amazes me is that these people think Petraeus doesn’t read and isn’t informed. He’d be the first one to realize it if his assignment was purely motivated by politics.

Methinks he would do whatever he thought was best for his troops, and not what might be good for him politically.

I have thought for a while that our nominees will be Huckabee/Petraus, but now that Duncan Hunter has endorsed Mike Huckabee it looks like it will be Huckabee/Hunter!

Proof that a competency test should be required of commenters including trolls.

We should probably be thinking ahead too, in case McCain or Romney surprises Hillary in November.

You’re killing me. :(

Go ahead. Stick the knife in further. Twist it, why doncha?

Putting Petraeus at Central Command would have an added benefit for a Democratic president: he would be tasked with overseeing a plan to draw troops down from Iraq, thereby making him complicit in the undoing of his chief political advantage.

The idiots, Petraeus simply submits his resignation over a “dastradly stab in the back” of all the troops who fought and died. Game Set and Match!

Willard(flip flop)Romney will be crucified by the media if he’s our nominee!

Remember how we took down Kerry? The American people don’t like flip floppers.

If you think Romney’s private equity experience will be a plus for him(considering that the economy looks to be the big issue) you are sadly mistaken…It will be a big negative against him!

Couldn’t possibly be, no one has ever seen his head anywhere near his butt.

leanright on January 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM

heee-hee-he

We should probably be thinking ahead too … Any military readers know of any promising left-leaning colonels or generals who might do well enough in command given the chance to pose political problems down the line?

There’s an up-and-comer named Wes Clark we should look out for. I’m told his achilles heel is a weakness for pancakes.