CIA chief Petraeus resigns, reportedly over affair

[sirs]

Leave it to the Democrat Coolaide King.......with Patraeus, well, he probably couldn't have functioned well as a department head, its probably a good idea he resign.  But Clinton.....the fella that did far worse, to far more women, and in a far higher leadership position.....by golly he absolutely shouldn't have resigned because.....well.....because those Republicans are just that evil.  It's what distracted Clinton from saying "yes" to the military and CIA, when they had the oppotunity to have gotten Bin Laden on....how many times did they have him in his sights again?  and instead saying "yes" to Monica.

[hnumpah]

Unfortunately, even if the affair is public, he is still considered a security risk, the thought being if he did it once, he could be liable to do it again.

[Plane]

I don't know.

But if the guy had broken up with his wife and started dating , he would not have been subject to much blackmail, more Civil Servants have had divorce than havn't.

Is this resignation hasty ? or delayed?

I don't even know if this would have amounted to an issue in the election or not.

If I were president I don't know how I would persuede a guy to put his disgrace off for a little while and then accept it , so as to preserve his credability as a posituve witness untill after an election.

This is so wierd that I expect a little more is hid, something worse , but maybe not.

Maybe this is just stirring up things because everyone involved is confused, there doesn't have to be a coverup or a conspiracy , if stupidity is availible as a simpler explanation.

Is stupidity availible as a complete explanation? Who then is stupid?

I don't know.

[hnumpah]

As for Clinton, no, he should not have resigned and should not have been impeached. The Republicans knew that they did not have the votes to depose him, and only wasted time and money and distracted everyone in DC from doing their proper jobs, like watching Al Qaeda.

And again, Clinton was not impeached for giving poor Monica a bone, he was impeached for lying about it, under oath, whch is perjury, which is a crime under federal statutes. Unfortunately, the impeachment trial took place in Congress, instead of a courtroom, where party loyalties were able to trump justice and the facts.

[Xavier_Onassis]

The Republicans KNEW they had no chance of actually removing Clinton from office, so it was just stupid of them to try.

[hnumpah]

I suppose there was some small hope the Democrats would vote for justice and not the party line. I think we know which side they came out on.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Lying about your sex life is NO BIG DEAL, it's like lying about your diet.

There was NO justification for the impeachment, NO justification for Starr to grill and threaten Lewinsky, NO justfication fore wasting millions on a useless pursuit that the Republicans KNEW would fail and only cripple the government and the country over lying about a blow job.

[Plane]

Lying about your sex life is NO BIG DEAL, it's like lying about your diet.

There was NO justification for the impeachment, NO justification for Starr to grill and threaten Lewinsky, NO justfication fore wasting millions on a useless pursuit that the Republicans KNEW would fail and only cripple the government and the country over lying about a blow job.

He was on trial for harrassment , and needed to lie to escape that accusation.

Do you believe that Junita Broudrick was not a victim of legitamate rape?

[Xavier_Onassis]

No, I do not.

I believe she and other women were simply after money.

Clinton was a great president, far better than any Bush or Reagan.

[sirs]

the coolaide runs thick in xo's bloodstream

[hnumpah]

Lying about your sex life is NO BIG DEAL, it's like lying about your diet.

There was NO justification for the impeachment, NO justification for Starr to grill and threaten Lewinsky, NO justfication fore wasting millions on a useless pursuit that the Republicans KNEW would fail and only cripple the government and the country over lying about a blow job.

The justification was that he lied under oath, which is perjury, which is a crime under federal statutes. Why do you Demcraps keep missing that?

[Plane]

No, I do not.

I believe she and other women were simply after money.

Clinton was a great president, far better than any Bush or Reagan.

What Money?

[Xavier_Onassis]

Monica did not confess willingly. Starr lied to her, telling her that she could be jailed if she did not confess.

The other women threatened to sue,and were paid off.

That money.

[Plane]

Oh, you mean the money they were due as plaintiffs !

Yes , but this does not even indicate that any of their storys were false.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I did not indicate that their stories were true, either.

The deal was, take this money and go away. They took the money, then they went away.

Clinton was not impeached for anything other than the Monica affair, so this is legally irrelevant.

As for Petraeus, it seems that he was simply fooling around. As he himself said, this was a dumb thing to do.

I think way too much has been said about Clinton, and therefore will not discuss it further.