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Petraeus: ‘I Screwed Up Royally’
CBS DC ^ | November 29 2012

Posted on 11/29/2012 2:07:41 PM PST by GalaxyAB

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus reveals that he “screwed up royally” in having an affair with his biographer.

(Excerpt) Read more at washington.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blunders; petraeus; petraus; scandals; usmilitary
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He is quoted as saying "...team Petraus will stay together..."

I know he was trying to be cute, but referring to his marriage as "Team Petraus" strikes me as belittleing it.

Oh....wait. Nevermind.

1 posted on 11/29/2012 2:07:43 PM PST by GalaxyAB
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To: GalaxyAB

You can pretend it was an accident, but its not possible to do those things by accident. You did them intentionally. You showed the world what your character consists of, just like when you worked for Bammy


2 posted on 11/29/2012 2:09:36 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GalaxyAB

He screwed up? Unfortunate choice of words.


3 posted on 11/29/2012 2:09:36 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: GalaxyAB

He makes no apology for mis-leading the American public
about the video lies he participated in.


4 posted on 11/29/2012 2:10:26 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: GeronL

An “accident” or “oops, I messed up” is a one nighter. He took on a friggin’ mistress.


5 posted on 11/29/2012 2:11:17 PM PST by Arthurio
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To: GalaxyAB

It’s a common reference today....Thnk about husband and wife, both working, both keeping house, both doing whatever...they do it all as a “TEAM”.


6 posted on 11/29/2012 2:12:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: GalaxyAB

No, I’d say he screwed Paula, generally.


7 posted on 11/29/2012 2:13:02 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: GalaxyAB

He is a servant of the Usurper. A traitor to his sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.


8 posted on 11/29/2012 2:13:37 PM PST by Godebert (No Person Except a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!)
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To: GalaxyAB

Eff you petreaus...you screwed alot of people....


9 posted on 11/29/2012 2:14:43 PM PST by oust the louse (Obamacare has morphed into a tax on staying alive.)
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To: GalaxyAB

WHAT ABOUT BENGHAZI????


10 posted on 11/29/2012 2:15:46 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
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To: Arthurio

No. You do not have sex with someone not your wife by “accident”. Slipping on a wet floor is an accident. Purposefully and willfully cheating on your spouse is not.


11 posted on 11/29/2012 2:16:15 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GalaxyAB

“And I screwed down pretty good too” (ba da bum bum...)


12 posted on 11/29/2012 2:17:13 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GalaxyAB

Referring to his marriage as “Team Petraeus” is the least of things he did to belittle it.

And screwing up is too kind a description.


13 posted on 11/29/2012 2:17:31 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Democrats are evil. Republicans are stupid.)
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To: Godebert

Feels bad about cheating, but no mention on how he feels about HIS rules denying fire support to man in firefights in Afghanistan.

Traitor.


14 posted on 11/29/2012 2:17:36 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: AZLiberty

If he says he screwed up, could we infer from that that Paula was on top?


15 posted on 11/29/2012 2:18:15 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Democrats are evil. Republicans are stupid.)
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To: GalaxyAB

I believe that if Paula was on active duty when embedded with Dave it is a court martial offense. Am I correct?


16 posted on 11/29/2012 2:18:31 PM PST by golf lover (going)
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To: Sacajaweau

I don’t think I have ever heard a married couple call themselves TEAM “name here” in any seriousness


17 posted on 11/29/2012 2:18:46 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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No. You do not have sex with someone not your wife by “accident”

"People don't just happen to bump into each other and have sex. This isn't Cinemax."

Jerry Seinfeld


18 posted on 11/29/2012 2:18:58 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

lol. yep


19 posted on 11/29/2012 2:19:40 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GalaxyAB

Why doesn’t he just follow Bill Clinton’s example and tell the public: “It’s private behavior”.....”it’s none of our business”.....”this is between him and his wife”.....”it has nothing to do with his ability to d his job.” If that explanation is good enough for the Commander In Chief, it should be good enough for the Generals and Admirals who report to him.


20 posted on 11/29/2012 2:20:47 PM PST by GreenHornet
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