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Petraeus sent emails to Broadwell about sex under a desk (Original Post) bigdarryl Nov 2012 OP
With or without scrambled eggs? flamingdem Nov 2012 #1
What? Is this one of those "you can leave your hat on" kinda things? calimary Nov 2012 #15
LOL flamingdem Nov 2012 #34
doesn't Petraeus read the Bible? Enrique Nov 2012 #2
Congress should commission Jerry Springer to hold a hearing jberryhill Nov 2012 #3
Those republicans can sure pick 'em n/t Submariner Nov 2012 #4
I don't remember him saying what his party affiliation is bigdarryl Nov 2012 #5
Are you serious? DURHAM D Nov 2012 #8
He is a Republican. Ruby the Liberal Nov 2012 #24
Their side has all the fun flamingdem Nov 2012 #35
I doubt he is having all that much fun this weekend. Ruby the Liberal Nov 2012 #37
So now the 'Baggers can skip Libya & investigate DID it happen or was it FANTASY?!1 n/t UTUSN Nov 2012 #6
50 shades of Olive Green? n/t flamingdem Nov 2012 #17
OK, that's funny (nt) AlexSatan Nov 2012 #48
Looks like the FBI has a giant leaking hole. DURHAM D Nov 2012 #7
omg flamingdem Nov 2012 #18
Fun Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #9
Back to the original meaning of embedded. Downwinder Nov 2012 #10
Oh, THAT's the word. RomneyLies Nov 2012 #13
I think somebody misunderstood what it meant to be "embedded". milestogo Nov 2012 #11
Why would he send emails from under a desk? jberryhill Nov 2012 #12
! Z_I_Peevey Nov 2012 #36
He sounds like a modern day Gov LePetomane lpbk2713 Nov 2012 #14
I like the secretary............... kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #29
Sex ON a desk I can see, but under one? kalli007 Nov 2012 #16
Unless you have a big desk jberryhill Nov 2012 #26
Size DOES matter!!! kalli007 Nov 2012 #27
i am thinking just that. unless there is something i dont know, lol. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #32
All In? GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #19
Did we really need to know that? nt ladjf Nov 2012 #20
i didnt read the article. but, you are right. just enough. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #33
Would it be fair to say Ms. Broadwell ... GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #21
Thats the impression I got when reading this sex under a desk means one thing bigdarryl Nov 2012 #23
I couldn't help but smile at the way Victoria Cavaliere, being the obviously sensational..... left on green only Nov 2012 #22
WaPo Headline: With Paula Broadwell, Gen. David Petraeus let his guard down Ruby the Liberal Nov 2012 #25
I don't care about this. A DO care about him having a secret affair that kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #28
One thing is for certain what ever career she had or was pursuing is OVER bigdarryl Nov 2012 #31
I find the fascination/obsession by Americans with sex scandals very strange & sad.... Pachamama Nov 2012 #38
Well, you ain't in Europe anymore. LisaL Nov 2012 #40
????? Pachamama Nov 2012 #41
My point is, US is not Europe. And in US, sex scandal is not treated the same as in Europe. LisaL Nov 2012 #44
Clearly, you didnt read my post because you are more obsessed with pointing out the obvious fact Pachamama Nov 2012 #45
Total Information Awareness Octafish Nov 2012 #30
he wasn't only horny, he was fucking stupid too. spanone Nov 2012 #39
Isn't that always the case with this sort of thing? LisaL Nov 2012 #43
yes she was stupid Lex Nov 2012 #47
An FBI source told Newsmax!!! Purrfessor Nov 2012 #42
*** Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #46
all in... cash__whatiwant Nov 2012 #49
It's like Clegg on 'Last of the Summer Wine' said of adultery . . . bigtree Nov 2012 #50

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
37. I doubt he is having all that much fun this weekend.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:47 PM
Nov 2012

Probably never expected this media storm.

Now, they have ID'd the woman who the psycho was emailing threats to. Why the FBI got involved - she is a State Department liaison for the military. Uglier and uglier.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fbi-cia-face-questions-about-petraeus-affair

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
23. Thats the impression I got when reading this sex under a desk means one thing
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:06 PM
Nov 2012

her under the desk and him sitting in the chair

left on green only

(1,484 posts)
22. I couldn't help but smile at the way Victoria Cavaliere, being the obviously sensational.....
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:06 PM
Nov 2012

......pillar of journalism that she is, did the DOM dance on the face of Petraeus in this piece on him, when in her third paragraph she chose the rhetoric, "Broadwell, who was *embedded* with Gen. Petraeus....." (asterisks are my addition used for emphasis).

Her efforts to titillate her reader may speak more to her own lack of being "embedded" than they do about her journalistic integrity in informing the public about what is happening in real life. My readers may care to note the rag that she writes for.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
28. I don't care about this. A DO care about him having a secret affair that
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:23 PM
Nov 2012

could open him up to blackmail.

For THAT, the man is a complete idiot.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
31. One thing is for certain what ever career she had or was pursuing is OVER
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:31 PM
Nov 2012

Stupid ass Playboy will probably make her an offer but she has two little boys so that wouldn't be cool plus her hubby is a doctor .As for him if Elliot Spencer can come back so can he

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
38. I find the fascination/obsession by Americans with sex scandals very strange & sad....
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:49 PM
Nov 2012

Here we are with so many important issues to be worried about and the conversation fixates on sex. It is in my opinion that the reason is that the US is still tied to our puritan roots from Britain since that is the only other country I feel has a similar obsession about sex.

I was raised in Germany to German and Danish parents. My German and Danish family, friends and neighbors could care less who is fucking who. The assumption is that sex and lots of it is a healthy thing and it is no ones business as long as it involves consenting adults. No one wants to know, no one cares who is fucking who. I remember the confused questions I received when the Lewinsky/Clinton scandal broke. The attitude in Europe was "so he had a lover" - "what is the big deal?". There was more interest in understanding why Americans are so upset and shocked.

Until Americans can relax and accept that we humans are sexual beings, we will continue to be absorbed with scandal and wanting to know who is fucking who instead of focusing on where our real concerns should be.

The concern here shouldnt be how many people Petraeus fucked but rather if intelligence and security may have been compromised by his involvements with a variety of people. Thats all that I care about it. And sadly, Petraeus seems to have gotten himself involved in a "fatal attraction" situation....

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
45. Clearly, you didnt read my post because you are more obsessed with pointing out the obvious fact
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 08:13 PM
Nov 2012

...that no duh, we are in the US talking about a scandal in the US....

My point is the problem with American (and British culture) being engrained in its puritanical roots and thus obsessed with sex scandals instead of focusing on more important and more relevant issues.

Do you disagree?

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
30. Total Information Awareness
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:29 PM
Nov 2012

The NSA thought they were talking about graft and turned it over to FBI, supposedly.

bigtree

(85,999 posts)
50. It's like Clegg on 'Last of the Summer Wine' said of adultery . . .
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:17 PM
Nov 2012

'guilt and cramping in confined spaces.'

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