TIFWIW: Rumor Myth wants Petraeus

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Ok, it's Sludge, so I will save you the time and say "who believes that lying nutcase?"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/first-there-was-condi-now-131330.html

By ALEXANDER BURNS | 8/7/12 12:03 PM EDT
Drudge stirs the vice presidential pot, yet again:

**Exclusive**

President Obama whispered to a top fundraiser this week that he believes GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to name Gen. David Petraeus to the VP slot!

"The president wasn't joking," the insider explains to the DRUDGE REPORT.

A Petraeus drama has been quietly building behind the scenes.

Romney is believed to have secretly met with the four-star general in New Hampshire.

The pick could be a shrewd Romney choice. A cross-party pull. The Obama administration hailed Petraeus as one of history's greatest military strategists. Petraeus was unanimously confirmed as the director of the CIA by the US Senate 94-0.

And away we go.











The Legend of Petraeus (Rolling Stone Jan 31, 2012)
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-legend-of-david-petraeus-20120131#ixzz1lEdOkJZk

[cthulu2016]

1. So Obama is the Source for Mitt's VP pick??????

[arbusto_baboso]

2. Petraues is one of history's greatest military strategists?

Who the fuck writes this drivel? Worse still, what brainless twit believes it?

[dogknob]

5. Makes perfect sense in our "A-for-effort" culture

We celebrate mediocrity, doncha know.

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. That's why we're headed for glorious victory in Afghanistan.

Now, where's that sarcasm thingie?

[progressivebydesign]

9. "Worse still, what brainless twit believes it?" the same ones that would vote for Romney. n/t

[Enrique]

11. they are attributing it to the Obama administration

Obama did name Petraeus to two major posts, and those appointments usually come with over-the-top praise, but I agree the way it appears in this story looks a bit much.

[leveymg]

3. All glory is fleeting.

[msanthrope]

4. So, Romney wants Obama's pick? nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Why on Earth would he go along with it?

Is he disgruntled or something? He'd have to be pretty badly to want to jump from being CIA Director under President Obama to being a VP nominee under Mitt. This strains credulity IMHO.

[progressivebydesign]

8. It won't be Patreus. The GOP doesn't care about the military or terror anymore.

They got their asses handed to them by the President in that regard. Why would Romney even go there? No one in the GOP even seems to care about it anymore, now that they aren't using it as propaganda. The ONLY way they'd use him is to try and erase the wimp factor, but Romney has way more troubles than that.

Still leaning toward a woman (any woman, the GOP doesn't care as long as she has a vagina,) or a guy from a swing state.

[exboyfil]

13. Can you even vet a CIA director?

I would think he would have to step down before he even entered discussions with Romney about being a VP. He is a civil servant. Sec States can't engage in campaign activities so I would have to think the same would apply to Director of CIA but even more so.

Sec Def or Sec State is probably awaiting him next term if he wants it anyway. Both are better jobs than VP in my opinion.

[libodem]

10. Yep

First he fulfils the whitehorse prophecy then he goes to work on the fulfillment of Revelations, by involving Israel in a war with Iran. Betrayus fits right into the perfect picture of the endtimes horsemitt predictions. Insane.

[Enrique]

12. how good are Drudge's sources in Obama's inner circle?

[EC]

14. Only way they believe

they can beat Obama's foreign policy record?

[RedStateLiberal]

16. That's what I'm thinking..

...if there's any credibility to this report.

Biden gave the Obama ticket foreign policy credibility in '08 and it worked - but that was a bigger issue then.

Romney's overseas trip showed his weakness in foreign policy and relations so if they were smart they'd pick a VP that makes the ticket look better on that issue. Whether it's an effective choice for foreign policy credibility or not is another question.

Plus, they need a game-changer at this point. Electoral college map is looking very bad for Rmoney.

[crimson77]

15. Here's the genuis if it is Petraeus

He can shit all over you, what you did wrong, what he would have done diffrently. You can't shit on him for anything because you recently promoted him.

[RedStateLiberal]

17. Petraeus not interested (link)

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/07/us-romney-petraeus-idINBRE8761HD20120807

(Reuters) - CIA director General David Petraeus has no plans to become a candidate for vice president or run for any other elected office, a spokesman for the spy chief said on Tuesday.

"Director Petraeus feels very privileged to be able to continue to serve our country in his current position, and, as he has stated clearly numerous times before, he will not seek elected office," CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz told Reuters.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. good