Petraeus...

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Originally Posted by Danzig

so petraus having an affair is a black eye for all the above? seriously?! god in heaven, i didn't know the president would be held responsible for some guy plowing another mans field.

The fact that this was covered up till after the election is an issue not to mention that after an obvious screw up in Libya with the CIA directly in the middle of it it is ironic that its director is outed a few days after the election and prior to his testimony on said screw up. Obama didn't cause Petraeus to exercise poor judgement but the timing of the matter is very odd and lets not forget that the President is responsible as he himself has said many times though usually while deflecting the blame elsewhere.

Would it have cost Obama the election? Highly doubtful but i'm sure this story would have been spun far more aggresively had it occured during the election media frenzy as opposed to during the victory lap.