Song: "Shock Me Dave Petraeus"

[lwcon]

"Shock Me Dave Petraeus," performed by The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy.

Audio available at: Correntewire.com

(to the tune of the Falco song "Rock Me Amadeus")

Shock Me Dave Petraeus

Ooh, shock me Dave Petraeus
Shock me Dave Petraeus
Shock me, shock me Dave Petraeus

Give me that shock and awe

You’re coming to DC to testify,
I know you're s'posed to preach the party line
And satisfy their urge to hear a pro-surge dirge
But stop the "we are winning" spinning, let the truth emerge.
Oh, don't you cleanse your story, please spare the detergent
It's a sectarian mess with all kinds of insurgents
Fallujah me once, but don't Fallujah me twice,
Can you try candor,
Will you shock me, Dave Petraeus?

Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus...
Oh, oh, oh, oh Dave Petraeus.

Oh, oh, I-raq me Dave Petraeus!

Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus...
Oh, oh, oh, oh Dave Petraeus.

Please be a superstar
And tell us how things are
Outside of one walled spot in east-northwest Anbar
While Baghdad burns, no corners turn
And no one has any power
Except militias who have wishes that aren't chocolates and flowers
The key is truth now, Dave,
I beg you don't mistune it
Can we please say "no more Friedman Units"?
George's whore, or end this war?
Who are you fighting for?
I wish there was a chance
That you would shock me, Dave Petraeus.

Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus...
Oh, oh, oh, oh Dave Petraeus.

Oh, oh, I-raq me Dave Petraeus!

Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus... Dave Petraeus,
Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus...
Oh, oh, oh, oh Dave Petraeus.

Be sure to show some love to Falco and his estate's lawyers — by buying the original recording.

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[lwcon]

1. Maybe I should have called it "Shock Me Dave Delay Us"

Even knowing that it was coming, it just makes me sick that this big-deal general has nothing more to offer us than another Friedman Unit and a token "draw-down" to give political air cover to people who want to claim progress in this needless fiasco:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20689981/

Pathetic.

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[Netbeavis]

2. I like "Surge Me Dave Petraeus" myself n/t

[Mz Pip]

3. That was great! n/t

[lwcon]

4. Thank you!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20689394/page/2/

Petraeus was one of two witnesses — Ambassador Ryan Crocker was the other — at a nationally televised hearing punctuated by numerous protests by anti-war demonstrators in the audience.

Over and over, Rep. Ike Skelton, the Missouri Democrat presiding, ordered police to remove the demonstrators. "This is intolerable," he said at one point.

Why didn't anyone say that to Petraeus?

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