Brit Hume’s exclusive one hour interview
By on Sep 10th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Brit Hume’s exclusive one hour interview
with Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker proved Fox News to be an even friendlier forum than expected. Hume opened the interview by asking Petraeus to give a “synopsis” of his testimony before the House today. Petraeus then proceeded on an uninterrupted 16 minute soliloquy, turning the Fox News “interview” into a powerpoint presentation on national TV. While Petraeus was presenting his charts, a Fox chyron read “A briefing for America.” After taking a commercial break, Hume allowed Crocker to give his own 10 minute uninterrupted speech. Hume never asked a critical question of either Petraeus or Crocker.
UPDATE: Josh Marshall, who was also watching, has more.
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Jesus, Frankenberry just let him sell it to the base one more time without any pesky distortions.
Fox, the War Advocacy Channel. How sad, for our country. Truly sad.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:03 pmRight on Patraeus!
September 10th, 2007 at 10:05 pmTell Move On how it is!
You heard It folks....right from the Generals mouth..We're defeating Al Qaeda!
Betreyas..What kind of Bull*** is the left side going to come up with now?
This war is going to last for 5-10YR's, i cant stop it, you cant stop it, the dixiecrat's ain't going to stop it. More american's will die suffer, lose limb's ect..ect.. So i say why try change somthing you cant....
September 10th, 2007 at 10:07 pmBetreyas..What kind of Bull*** is the left side going to come up with now?
Comment by GunMan — September 10, 2007 @ 10:05 pm
Until they all show up with flip-flops STFU.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:08 pmToday was officially Hate Petraeus Day at this hate-site called Toilet Paper! This is about the umpteenth "article" manufactured by the defeatists, traitors, unAmericans and enemy-emboldeners at TP which derides Petraeus. The reaction by progtards against a noble, independent patriot like Petraeus, who's only giving the facts as he sees them instead of being a "shill" for Bush, is utter treason and can be likened to vampires recoiling at the sight of the Cross or holy water. Not surprisingly, TP distorted the Brit Hume interview on FoxNews, where Petraeus and Crocker were asked critical questions in addition to getting a fair chance to present their outlook (this fair chance is derided by TP ideologues as the "uninterrupted monologue). Hume even went so far as to ask Petraeus about MoveOn's hateful ad in the NYT today, totally disproving the progtarded myth that Hume asked softball questions. So long as Petraeus/Crocker say Bush's surge is working, progtards will attack them.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pmFirst of all, anyone to associated with Bush is probably not to be trusted. Do I really need to explain why?? Second, why do we think that military generals are such angelic, honest, and straightforward people? Petraeus especially has his own agenda--he helped plan the "surge". General Westmoreland testified in 1967 saying the US was winning in Vietnam...1975 was when we were finally, completely gone from indochina.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:13 pmPowerpoints don't impress me.
Trolls out in full force tonight. looks like facts are getting them down again. Too bad they're not brave enough to serve the Surge, only attack their countrymen instead of terrorists.
Shameful.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:15 pmIt's so much fun watching the right wing implode. See you jerks at the polls in 2008 - losers.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:20 pmBirt Hume the new Larry King?
Kidding.
I was reading up a bit on the Anbar Revenge Brigades, some 30,000 strong. The same number as the surge and the reduction. amazing.
The Anbar tribes have also taken an active role in fighting al Qaeda. In March, several tribes and Sunni insurgent groups formed the Anbar Revenge Brigades to hunt al Qaeda operatives in western Iraq. At the end of the summer, 25 of the 31 Anbar tribes banded together and created the Anbar Salvation Council to openly fight al Qaeda, and pledged “30,000 young men armed with assault rifles who were willing to confront and kill the insurgents and criminal gangs.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:21 pmGod bless Move On.Org
September 10th, 2007 at 10:21 pmJeez, how convenient is the Fox Opinion network?
A ready-made propaganda channel for the administration, where gen. betray-us is allowed to pontificate--for as long as he wants--without any interruption by anyone with an uncomfortable logical question.
What happened to the 4th estate??
September 10th, 2007 at 10:22 pm"Until they all show up with flip-flops STFU.
Comment by Dave C — September 10, 2007 @ 10:08 pm"
Bring it on, tough guy! Left wing lunatic Moron.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:23 pmYour the reason this Country is going down the tubes.
Everytime somebody says something good about it, you put it down.
Hey STFU!!!!!
Oh my dear, Moveon.org besmirched a lying robot. The right wing is outraged; they should just crawl under a rock and wait out the 2008 elections.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:23 pmFox, Ailes and Murdoch...
...Public Enemies #s1,2,3
...they and everyone who work for them...
...should be the first to go down...
September 10th, 2007 at 10:23 pmComment by Petraeusisnowpublicenemynumber1forprogs
This nut gets nuttier every day.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:23 pmBad boy, what ya going do? See ya in 2008, loser.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:24 pmWhat happened to the 4th estate??
Comment by mongo — September 10, 2007 @ 10:22 pm
Turned into the Third Reich.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:26 pmSlick power point presentation is all this was. This was far from a legitimate interview and should be shunned by all americans as a piece of propaganda.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:27 pmThe propaganda megaphone enemy within = Fox News
September 10th, 2007 at 10:27 pmThis nut gets nuttier every day.
Comment by Meet Iggy
Why do you read what he posts. He is very easy to skip. Easily identifiable.
1) Usually in the first 10 posts
2) One long paragraph
3) One long moniker
Just skip right on over, there's nothing there to read. Most of what he posts is gibberish. Why waste your time reading gibberish?
September 10th, 2007 at 10:29 pmDivide and conquer...
...til the REVOLUTIONARY Civil War...
September 10th, 2007 at 10:30 pmComment by GunMan — September 10, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
Mr P with yet another moniker.
How is the country going down the tubes? Is Dave C a sub prime investor? Is Dave C the one that allows illegal aliens into America? What about CAFTA, who signed that into law? Who is selling lead painted toys from China in America? Who is selling poison dog food? Who tried to politicize the justice dept? Who isoutsourcing American jobs? Who double the price of fuel?
Ah yes Dave C did.
You sound like one of them Luntzian emtional types by your raging rant gunman.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:31 pm"Petraeus then proceeded on an interrupted 16 minute soliloquy..."
Shouldn't that read, "Petraeus then proceeded on an uninterrupted 16 minute soliloquy..."?
September 10th, 2007 at 10:31 pmWhy do you read what he posts. He is very easy to skip. Easily identifiable --BB
I didn't I skipped over it pretty much.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:32 pmGunman: I don't mean to start anything but word is that KnifeGuy thinks you're a pussy
September 10th, 2007 at 10:34 pmComment by Petraeusisnowpublicenemynumber1forAmerica
fixed your moniker
September 10th, 2007 at 10:34 pm“Petraeus then proceeded on an interrupted 16 minute soliloquy…â€
Shouldn’t that read, “Petraeus then proceeded on an uninterrupted 16 minute soliloquy…�
Comment by pzykr — September 10, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
Shouldn’t that read, “Petraeus then proceeded on an uninterrupted 16 minute lie�
September 10th, 2007 at 10:35 pmSeptember 10th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
*chuckles*
September 10th, 2007 at 10:39 pmAmeturish hackery! Are fatalities down because of the surge? Or are they down because the presurge acounting of fatalities follows different rules than the surge rules? Don't expect Hume to challenge Portrayist on this. Truely Stalinist level propaganda.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pmToday was officially Hate Petraeus Day at this hate-site called Toilet Paper! This is about the umpteenth “article†manufactured by the defeatists, traitors, unAmericans and enemy-emboldeners at TP which derides Petraeus. The reaction by progtards against a noble, independent patriot like Petraeus, who’s only giving the facts as he sees them instead of being a “shill†for Bush, is utter treason and can be likened to vampires recoiling at the sight of the Cross or holy water. Not surprisingly, TP distorted the Brit Hume interview on FoxNews, where Petraeus and Crocker were asked critical questions in addition to getting a fair chance to present their outlook (this fair chance is derided by TP ideologues as the “uninterrupted monologue). Hume even went so far as to ask Petraeus about MoveOn’s hateful ad in the NYT today, totally disproving the progtarded myth that Hume asked softball questions. So long as Petraeus/Crocker say Bush’s surge is working, progtards will attack them.
Comment by Petraeusisnowpublicenemynumber1forprogs — September 10, 2007 @ 10:11 pm
---------
Why do Progtards hate America?
September 10th, 2007 at 10:42 pmI want to give up now.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:49 pmI already have a prayer rug!
September 10th, 2007 at 10:50 pmi dont care, i just want to live my life.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:51 pmWaaah. Trolls are angry. Diapers are soiled. Republicans are pooping themselves, instead of fighting the Surge that's working so well themselves. If it's so successful, you'd think they'd fall over each other to serve? LOL. Forgot I was talking about conservatives.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:52 pm*sad*
September 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pmThey believe everything is a conspiracy
You mean like Saddam being behind 9/1 and all?
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — September 10, 2007 @ 10:26 pm
Orlike 9 more KIA today showing reduced violence, or 1/3 of Iraqi parliament quitting showing major politicasl progress, or that no new Repugs were outed today?
September 10th, 2007 at 10:54 pmI want to give up now.
Comment by GunMan — September 10, 2007 @ 10:49 pm
I'm always curious about this... the war with Iraq was based on faulty intel... even GWB has admitted that, though he won't admit that it was "faulty" only because he limited the intel to that which met his objectives. But fault it was, so the a preemptive war was unnecessary because Saddam never posed a threat to the U.S. No way would America support a war simply because Saddam was a bad man, if you think that would fly you're a moron. So the war was fault from the outset, hundreds of thousands have died needlessly, the U.S. has created more terrorists then there were before... and somehow you see leaving Iraq, the country that you were trying to save as "giving up". You've been f*cking up until now, maybe leaving is the right thing to do. How many Iraqis have to tell you to leave before you'll stop liberating them? Isn't 70% enough? If you are doing this for the benefit of Iraq then there's no giving up, just get the f*ck out and let them sort it out. GWB won't do it because it would be admitting he's a moron, it has nothing to do with defeat for America.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:56 pmI think it's telling that the last time a general testified and got this much attention was in 1967 when General Westmoreland testified saying that we were winning in Vietnam. We were completely out in 1975 with the Communists in control.
Petraeus also said were winning easily in 2004.
Sorry if I have a brain and think about things instead of just believing people at face value, like a shmuck.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:57 pmexcuse me i have to change my diapers.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:57 pmI would hope that even the idiot "conservative" trolls can see how this yet again proves that "FoxNews" is nothing like a real news organization but actually a supine propaganda organ for the Republican administration.
This is not how a democratic country is supposed to operate, not how a neutral and objective press is supposed to operate, and it's a million miles from what the Founders intended and codified in the Constitution.
Anyone who supports Fox and supports this effort at the government controlling the news, is anti-American, anti-democratic and pro-dictatorship. Period. There is no other option.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:59 pmim hurt, cnn didnt get it
September 10th, 2007 at 11:01 pmim hurt, cnn didnt get it
Comment by gummitch — September 10, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
They are only slightly less BushCo Apologists than Faux Entertainment.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:03 pmDemeaning for a General to sink so low as to present blatant propaganda on the Official Propaganda Channel. Bush has no honor....willing to degrade honorable military men such as Colin Powell and Petreaus. Sad for them sad for our country.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:03 pm"i dont care, i just want to live my life" Bowdler But I never typed that. Red letter day! I recieved my first Nigerian scam E-Mail (poor girl, her father was poisened and she needed someone to help her get $10M out of a private account) and some fascist A-hole highjacked my handle. I'd be more pissed, but I kind of agree with his thought.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:04 pmNice show that The Ministry of Truth put on for all of us.
Ignorance is Strength!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:04 pmDemeaning for a General to sink so low as to present blatant propaganda on the Official Propaganda Channel. Bush has no honor….willing to degrade honorable military men such as Colin Powell and Petreaus. Sad for them sad for our country.
Comment by jb — September 10, 2007 @ 11:03 pm
Except they could resign and speak out, like so many brave Generals are doing. The ones that are left are the bottom of the barrel and care nothing about their troops, only that next star or maybe a political career.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:05 pmWow. The Progtards here seem really confused!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:05 pmI know i suc, just bear with me. wooly-booly man does.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:06 pmmr. p is on his meth-rant again, namejacking because he can't do or post anything original.
You are one pathetic little troll p, is that 3rd tier college in Virginia getting too hard for you already?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:07 pmor maybe a political career.
Comment by upside00 — September 10, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
Already rumblings about such a career from right wing extremists. Considering the current crop they have to choose from a stinking pile of Dog Crap would be an improvement.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:08 pmProgressive logic.
In January, Petraeus openly supports the surge during his confirmation hearing. He is overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate (81-0).
He leads the forces in Iraq to what even many democrats describe as significant progress.
He sits before congress and describes the progress (that many leading democrats also acknowledge).
For all that, he is labeled Betrayus, called a liar, and accused of carrying water for the Bush administration.
Won’t anyone here acknowledge, that if you don’t agree with the war (or the surge for that matter), that Petraeus doesn’t deserve the lambaste. He said what he was going to do. Got the go ahead from congress. Did what he said he was going to do, even by the admission of the opposition.
Is there one reasonable progressive here?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:08 pmAlready rumblings about such a career from right wing extremists. Considering the current crop they have to choose from a stinking pile of Dog Crap would be an improvement.
Comment by jb — September 10, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
Exactly, their choices are slim and none. Almost like no one with any integrity wants to stand up and run as a Repug.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:09 pmi tried, couldnt get him
September 10th, 2007 at 11:11 pmi like the big long ones
September 10th, 2007 at 11:12 pmp, you just can't stand using your own name(s). Must be too ashamed. I can see why. Go meth up, get on anohter rant, they are so cute.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:13 pmspeaking of fox noise,did anybody see that assclown hannity interview andy card about bin laden's tape? - pure theatre!! - they can't have been serious!!....and war on terror this and war on terror that - give me (and the rest of us for that matter) a break!!! - how can you have a war on an abstractism with no defined military targets???? - and for crying out loud this tape had to be a fake (the one thing that convinced me when he used the word 'neo-con'!! - didn't think there was an arabic translation for that term!!!) yet hannity and card were basically trying to link obl with the far left in america!!! - and taking every word as gospel and again trying to scare everyone into thinking that america's favourite boogeyman will
September 10th, 2007 at 11:16 pmbe "out ta get ya!!!" - at least alan colmes tried to even things up by saying that obl also sounds like the far right when he stated that there should be no separation between church and state......but man,what a tv circus!!
Go meth up, get on anohter rant, they are so cute.
Comment by upside00 — September 10, 2007 @ 11:13 pm
?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:17 pm?
Comment by Maimonides P — September 10, 2007 @ 11:17 pm
Confusing, huh?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:18 pmmade my dick hard.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:19 pmI find this entire mess from 2000 to today sad....Sad that our once great nation has been brought to it's knees by war monging, lieing, thieving, pedophiles, murdering a innocent nation's citizens and doeing all they can to distroy our own nation so they can take our wealth to Dubi or a foreign country...
Today the black hearted tiny little troll's should of been happy with their dictator's chosen one staying on their printed white house plan, instead they have flooded TP with flipping shit to the progressives....The only on topic I have seen is radical hate speech from a suposid christian saying the street's will run red with our blood.....I would laugh out loud if it were a good point, the only point so far is this bunch is getting way to few med's and the white supremests they seem to belong to are protesting here way to much...If your heir leader is so right why all the screaming on site...If bull shit and the reich say they are winning the war, where's the proof?...How come so many people are still dieing and if your right why work so hard to try and convince the 70% who know better...Just to damn bad no one can fix the reich's stupid.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:19 pmWhy did Betrayus refuse to testify under oath? Same reason the thugs in the crime family refuse...they are lying their asses off to the 28%ers...the only fools who believe them.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:20 pmComment by Sharon — September 10, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Guess it points out how poorly our educational system is performing, to allow the 28%ers to slip through the cracks and be that stupid for that long.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:21 pmFunny, the right who crapped themselves over the moveon ad can't refute it in any way shape or form.
"They rhymed his name with betray us!!!!!!! WAAAAAH!!!"
September 10th, 2007 at 11:22 pmThe home schooling the 28%ers get in those trailer parks is not what it is cracked up to be.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:22 pmok, he didnt
September 10th, 2007 at 11:22 pmyou got a problem with trailer parks?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:23 pmEnlist you ass crack trolls. You can pass the GED while in the military
September 10th, 2007 at 11:24 pmI want us to loose, i converted yesterday
September 10th, 2007 at 11:25 pmMr. P is playing with himself again. What a sick perv...typical 28% pedophile
September 10th, 2007 at 11:26 pmOh wait , they test you before going into the military and then again and again, and again, im so stupid.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:26 pmi have a big blue vibe, love it
September 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pm#
I want us to loose, i converted yesterday
Comment by Marco — September 10, 2007 @ 11:25 pm
Oh, so now you are a christian.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pmPerfect. I'm stealing that.
Thanks.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pmBrit Hume, reporter, editor, fluffer.
-GSD
September 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pmMr. P is playing with himself again. What a sick perv…typical 28% pedophile
Comment by kasinca — September 10, 2007 @ 11:26 pm
He just got whacked on the thread above. Cleaned all his feces up.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pmok its black
September 10th, 2007 at 11:28 pmTypical rethugs...have nothing to argue in favor so they attack the other side and try to blame them for their failures. Rethuglicans are ignorant, bottom dwelling, knuckle dragging, troglodytes.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:29 pmi want us to loose too
September 10th, 2007 at 11:29 pmim a retard
September 10th, 2007 at 11:30 pmYou watch. When Hillary Clinton becomes President, Fox "News" will switch gears and become unpatriotic and anti-American again, just they were throughout the 1990s.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:30 pmAnd I'll make sure they get called out on it too, making sure they get branded as the "traitor" "news" network.
You can't win when they continue to move the goal posts, Spanky...the game is being fixed...go figure...Dubya is playing the dumbest 28% this country has to offer.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:31 pmAw, so cute. A troll stole my name and made a comment because it can't make an argument.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:31 pmI have a big clit
September 10th, 2007 at 11:31 pmi want us to loose too
Comment by upside00 — September 10, 2007 @ 11:29 pm
Mr., it is "lose", not "loose", like they should have taught you in your loser creepy 3rd tier Virginia college.
How sad your meth-laced life is! Can't stand to use your own name(s). So Sad Indeed!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:31 pmLoose? Wha?? What's loose, besides BushCo playing fast and LOOSE with the truth.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:32 pmAnd it would be "lose" wingtard. Not "loose."
September 10th, 2007 at 11:32 pmMr. P. You don't like me calling you ignorant trailer trash moron? Go enlist, coward.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:32 pmmr. p has slipped off the edge tonight, this will get interesting!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:33 pmhow sad, my argument. oh i had a life once, then i got fired, then i couldnt draw unemployment, then, my wife left me, etc, etc, etc, etc,
September 10th, 2007 at 11:33 pmWhen Dubya falls to 25% we will have the dumbest 25% this country has to offer making asses of themselves on this blog.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:34 pmEnlist trolls. Betrayus needs you to prolong Dubya's war for oil.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:34 pmim so stupid im talking to myself, oh, rents due on the trailer, be right back
September 10th, 2007 at 11:34 pmim such a stupid cunt
September 10th, 2007 at 11:35 pmmr. p is in a major projection mode tonight. Maybe he will swallow the gun and allow the world to get on without his sorry excuse for a human being to use up our air.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:35 pmyou thought of it first, go for it.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:36 pmTalking to yourself again, are you? heh heh
September 10th, 2007 at 11:37 pmlove it, i like it, im so good
September 10th, 2007 at 11:38 pmmust have hit a bit close to home, mr. p? Go for it!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:38 pmMr P is stealing names and showing his immaturity. The sick pedophile has no life...spends endless hours per day screwing with everyone because he is too ignorant to make an argument...all he knows is that Dubya is right because he appears to be dumb like P.
P stands for pedophile
September 10th, 2007 at 11:38 pmi was once a whore, now im too old. noone would want me
September 10th, 2007 at 11:39 pmEnlist P...we can do without you. You can defend the freedom in Iraq. Go enlist, hero.
http://www.goarmy.com
September 10th, 2007 at 11:39 pmwow, who the hell is mr p?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:40 pmp will be banned shortly, I've taken care of it.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:40 pmComment by kasinca — September 10, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
And his boyfriend dumped him and his college expelled him and now mom says she has rented his basement room out. Life's a bi-otch then you die. BBBBB -Bye Bye p. Go ahead and take the Big Flush!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:41 pmim gonna go to no, need good lookin hooes there
September 10th, 2007 at 11:41 pmThe problem is the same as it has been since the war began. Without measurable goals, stated beforehand, they can say anything they want.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:42 pmMr. P is the resident cowardly troll who can't find a life for himself. He lives in his mother's basement and plays on her computer and with his little pecker all day. He has never worked but thinks he is being cool by acting ignorant.
Enlist P...make something of youself.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:42 pmtypical, im gonna whine
September 10th, 2007 at 11:43 pmEnlist P.
http://www.USMC.mil
September 10th, 2007 at 11:43 pmhttp://www.goarmy.com
The problem is the same as it has been since the war began. Without measurable goals, stated beforehand, they can say anything they want.
Comment by Nell — September 10, 2007 @ 11:42 pm
As they say in Chinese philosophy - "He who has no target, will hit it every time".
September 10th, 2007 at 11:43 pmOk, your vibrator ran out of batteries, sorry
September 10th, 2007 at 11:44 pmFor the Petraeus statement and slide show, MSM news coverage, comparisons of recent Iraq assessments, new public opinion polls from Iraq and the latest news, surge progress reports and other essential documents, see:
September 10th, 2007 at 11:45 pm"The Iraq Documents Center."
The goal posts move everytime they set them. Has this administration ever told the truth? If Betrayus is carrying their water, he is a lying sob. There is a reason he did not testify under oath today.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:45 pmI'm trying to make a living as a whore, but I get tired of carrying all those quarters.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:46 pmIf betrayus wasn't sworn in, there is no reason to believe a word from him, not even "the".
September 10th, 2007 at 11:47 pmEnlist P....Dubya needs you in Iraq.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:48 pmpee can't enlist. they haven't dropped the standards far enough yet.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:48 pmThey didn't swear Crocker in either. Both are lying for the crime family.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:53 pmGoodnight P. Get your rest so you can enlist tomorrow. Your party needs you.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:55 pmEnlist P…make something of youself.
Comment by kasinca — September 10, 2007 @ 11:42 pm
yep - i agree p should make something of himself....target practice for the troops
September 10th, 2007 at 11:56 pmGoodnight P. Get your rest so you can enlist tomorrow. Your party needs you.
Comment by kasinca — September 10, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
AWWW, good thought, but the "Don't ask/Don't tell thing will get him booted out.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:57 pmHeckuva Job on Fox News, Davie.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:58 pmMy name is Megan, im 15, I live in Meggs county in Tennessee. My Dad is an officer in the Army and I'm very proud of him.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:02 amIf you dont want to live here and have no altenative, sorry, I really have a problem with what your saying, you have no alternative
would love to see one.
Kinda reminds me of Olbermahn's "show"!!
September 11th, 2007 at 12:03 amIf there was any question of Petraeus' credibility and loyalty... it certainly has become painfully clear.
How sad.
The real sad part was that I was actually looking forward to Petraeus' testimony, because I believed it just might be legit. It's all a show though :-(.
~Sean
September 11th, 2007 at 12:03 amToday, new Democrat Party Spokesman Osama Bin Laden told Americans they must become Islamofacists and obey the Liberal Insane demands on Bush or else face the wrath of the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:16 amI so really want us to loose, dont you
September 11th, 2007 at 12:22 amHere's the difference between conservatives and progtards.
Conservatives listen to the generals in the field and THEN decide how the war is going.
Progtards decide they will dismiss WHATEVER the generals in the field have to say....Afterall, such information might not fit their pre-ordained "We Hate America" and "Poor Misguided AlQaeda".
September 11th, 2007 at 12:25 am#5, "Today was officially Hate Petraeus Day at" ThinkProgress...
Sadly, that is true...As an arm of the Hillary Clinton campaign, ThinkProgress has a vested interest in trying to smear Gen. Petraeus -- a man who has given 35 years of his life to service of his country -- because he is truthfully reporting the success of the surge. ThinkProgress is quite simply scared of Gen. Petraeus because they know he is a man with a reputation for honesty and decency and thus has enormous credibility with the American people and many members of Congress.
And, as tonight's Washington Post reports, ThinkProgress and the other "anti-war" left were right to be scared of Petraeus's stellar credentials and reputation for honesty, His testimony has helped stem the already faltering "surrender now" movement in Congress:
"Judging by the relatively mild congressional reaction in a joint hearing of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, Petraeus and Crocker may well succeed this week in deflecting Democratic demands to bring the troops home sooner rather than later."
Washington Post, September 11, 2007, Page A-01.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:26 ami dont want to live, i wanna die, i wanna give my life to a terrorist. get outta iraq, give them a chance.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:28 amMegan - Half of America is proud of your Dad and your FAMILY. He is lucky to have such a wonderful daughter!!! Unfortunately, those who wish to see the United States embarrassed militarily around the globe give aid and comfort to our mortal enemies, who are enmeshed in fanatical Islam. They are collaborators and they are despicable.
Wish your father Godspeed!!
September 11th, 2007 at 12:32 amToday was officially Hate Petraeus Day at this hate-site called Toilet Paper! This is about the umpteenth “article†manufactured by the defeatists, traitors, unAmericans and enemy-emboldeners at TP which derides Petraeus. The reaction by progtards against a noble, independent patriot like Petraeus, who’s only giving the facts as he sees them instead of being a “shill†for Bush, is utter treason and can be likened to vampires recoiling at the sight of the Cross or holy water. Not surprisingly, TP distorted the Brit Hume interview on FoxNews, where Petraeus and Crocker were asked critical questions in addition to getting a fair chance to present their outlook (this fair chance is derided by TP ideologues as the “uninterrupted monologue). Hume even went so far as to ask Petraeus about MoveOn’s hateful ad in the NYT today, totally disproving the progtarded myth that Hume asked softball questions. So long as Petraeus/Crocker say Bush’s surge is working, progtards will attack them.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:33 am#135 - Brit Hume let Petraeus and Crocker explain fully what the self-serving monologues in Congressional hearings preempt.......
Flush TP.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:38 amWhat a great way to view a report...no wonder Fox is #1. Just think I did not have to listen to some 90 year old Democrat congressmans 15 minutes of bu!! Sh!t before asking a question that its content was known only to him and his feeble mind. No condescending political propaganda lines from unknown sources by another pissedoff Democrat......just the report....how refreshing was that!
September 11th, 2007 at 12:53 amIt was terrific to see the Lefts ally, Osama, in living colour!! Having Osama rail against the luke warm Dem leadership should warm the hearts of "caring" progtards EVERYWHERE!!!!
September 11th, 2007 at 1:01 am“Judging by the relatively mild congressional reaction in a joint hearing of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, Petraeus and Crocker may well succeed this week in deflecting Democratic demands to bring the troops home sooner rather than later.â€
Washington Post, September 11, 2007, Page A-01.
Comment by Exley — September 11, 2007 @ 12:26 am
'Well, it's 9/11, time for the rightards everywhere to celebrate America's defeat at the hands of George Bush and his buddy Bin laden. Time to remember the glory of an idiot fratboy failure sitting with The Pet Goat, then flying off in a panic around the country for the day, then making sure the Bin Laden family wasn't interviewed by the evil FBI, as he cleared airspace for the Bin Laden family, the only flights allowed. Time to celebrate the massive incompetence of Rudy Mussolini as he saved 12 cents on communications equipment for first responders, sending hundreds to their deaths. Time to celebrate the deaths of 9 more American soldiers as the surge fails miserably and completely. Time to worship the medal-bedecked flunky that was Bush's last resort, as he goes to the fascist news network and tells his lies with Powerpoint. time to celebrate bringing the troops home later rather than sooner, becasue the right wing hasn't killed enough good American troops, nor slaughtered enough innocent Iraqi families. Time for rightards to put the flag and constitution away, and get the Sig Heil up and ready for Bushitler, the little dick-tater. Time to celebrate Hate America day, like little p said, only it;s the contards celebrating, and the wingnuts avoiding service, and the rightards spitting on the graves of the troops.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:03 amComment by Sean — September 11, 2007
Mr P,give it up. This is a Freedom Operation. The only way it can be lost is if the Iraqi people dont stand up. We should applaud the Anbar people and the 30,000 non INF troops that secured the area from AQI.
Stop being such a hater, no one here thinks like you YOU.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:04 amjust the report….how refreshing was that!
Comment by Billy Hill — September 11, 2007 @ 12:53 am
yes, just how you like your lies and propaganda, straight up and anti-American! Sig Heil to Bush and betrayus!
September 11th, 2007 at 1:04 amComment by 7 — September 11, 2007 @ 1:03 am
Not sure what your angle truly is....could you leave out the mulitiutde of snark?
September 11th, 2007 at 1:07 amComment by 7 — September 11, 2007 @ 1:04 am
Please, P dolt, you cant hide under any moniker, your bias, reverse psychology wise,or not, gives you away every time.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:09 amnor slaughtered enough innocent Iraqi families. -7
But you want to kill ALL Muslims, you said so Mr P!
Can it P, your act here is over, expect a new assignment, you failed.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:11 amDon't lump me in with the lefties, afro deity, Bush and I are friends of long standing; our families have been raping American consumers together for decades. The left is the only group we fear, because they would never stand for this treatment. If they had not had the White House stolen, i could never have pulled off 9/1. i needed Bush's laziness and Cheney's venality to do it successfully, and they came through. Now, the monkey Petraeus is dancing to my tune, and you and your retarded rightwing friends are buying it lock, stock and $80 a barrel. Notice that your gas prices are more than double from when Bush stole the government. That's no accident, sister (may I call you sister? You seem so supportive of my cause), that's why we allowed him to hire us to make these GOP campaign videos. only his base could be so gullible, but, we can depend on you for that. Thanks you for your support, billy hill, p, afro deity, and all the other simpleminded suckers that have bought into the Bushco treason. Allah thanks you.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:11 amYOUR FIRED PEE!
September 11th, 2007 at 1:11 amNot sure what your angle truly is….could you leave out the mulitiutde of snark?
Comment by Vesica Piscium — September 11, 2007 @ 1:07 If I left out the snark, it would be simply: Bush caused 9/11, and his supporters are also supporters of Bin Laden. True, but not very much fun.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:13 amComment by Osama Bin Laden (R-Crawford) — September 11, 2007
Now, youve gone from lame to boring to just plain silly.
Your a has been, a used condom, a spent shell, a comic with no new material...
September 11th, 2007 at 1:14 amTrue, but not very much fun -7
whats fun for you is like watching paint peel off a chinese barbie doll.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:16 amThis is a Freedom Operation. The only way it can be lost is if the Iraqi people dont stand up. We should applaud the Anbar people and the 30,000 non INF troops that secured the area from AQI.
Stop being such a hater, no one here thinks like you YOU.
Comment by Real Repubican — September 11, 2007 @ 1:04 am
Iraqi people can't stand up if you keep murdering them in their beds. Some freedom operation, freeing people from their lives and families. you'll never win that way, never, unless you are going to commit full and complete genocide, not that I's put it past the rightwingers, they did it to the Native Americans, but that will be the end of America in the world's eyes. We'll be done as a power. And deservedly.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:17 amwhats fun for you is like watching paint peel off a chinese barbie doll.
Comment by Vesica Piscium — September 11, 2007 @ 1:16 am
Nobody is making y8ou read it. Stop your pathetic whining and enlist, already.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:17 amComment by Habalaarz!!!
You seem to be the only one laughing. Thats not funny, thats downright sad.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:18 amAnyway, all things said, I learned nothing new from Petraeus today.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:20 amFuk you, Islamophile!!!
DEATH TO ALL TRAITORS
DEATH TO ISLAMOSTALINISM!!!
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007 @ 1:15 am
Good, let's start by hanging Bush and Cheney, that will take care of traitors and islamostalinism, then maybe god will bless the USA. he seems to be in the damning mode right now. then we can move on to you.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:21 amAnyway, all things said, I learned nothing new from Petraeus today.
Comment by Vesica Piscium — September 11, 2007 @ 1:20 am
did you expect to? do you think he has any credibility?
September 11th, 2007 at 1:21 am70% of Iraqis think the surge has been a failure.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:24 amhow do you like them apples, chickenhawk trolls?
70% of Iraqis think the surge has been a failure.
how do you like them apples, chickenhawk trolls?
Comment by Andrew — September 11, 2007 @ 1:24 am
But But .... they are only Iraqis, why should they have any say in this? What do they think, that Iraq is THEIR country? HAH!
September 11th, 2007 at 1:26 amWheeeeen are we going to end this maaadness in Iraq! You're quite right Andrew. All the Iraqis hate our guts because our US troops have been raping and killing every Iraqi woman and child they can lay their hands on. I mean look at the trials of the few US soldiers who are implicated for raping and murdering Iraqis. Those US soldiers may represent a minority, but it's a growing minority thanks to the stress that the broken military is under thanks to the Republiturds! I'm so scared that if we don't get out of Iraq NOW, all the Arabs are just going to rise up against us all at once and take care of us for invading their countries! C'mon my fellow progs, who's with me for leaving Iraq NOW?
September 11th, 2007 at 1:28 amWow. You really do want to see the deaths of Americans.
F–k you, idiot.
Comment by 8 "p" — September 11, 2007 @ 12:28 am
hey mr p - i don't want to see any american deaths - unfortunately your fearless leader has put all of them in harm's way and that is a tragedy......but i wouldn't lose any sleep if you got a cap popped in your ass,oxygen thief
September 11th, 2007 at 1:46 amComment by ipod — September 11, 2007 @ 1:46 am
It is amazing how p can say he is against death, but rants against anyone who is not a White Xtian Racist, like him.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:55 amDamn FoxNews channel for letting that traitor Patreus get away with nothing but lies, kissing up to the Bush admininstration's propaganda about how "good" things are in Iraq. Everyone knows that Petreaus is paid off by Bush and the Saudis to lie his rear off on TV (the money then goes to Rupert Murdoch so he can bankroll GOP candidates). Damn Brit Hume for letting Patreus get away with giving the American people hope by saying the surge is working! Normal Americans (libs, progs) know that the surge will NEVER work because as long as liberals and progressives don't want to give it a chance, then any military effort in Iraq must be branded as a failure. C'mon my fellow progressives, say it with me!
September 11th, 2007 at 2:00 amUpside, nobody gives a shit about the little boy posting as Mr. P.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:00 amI’m not Xtian, and I am against Islamic Murderers!
Comment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007 @ 2:12 am
If you are not a christian, what are you?
September 11th, 2007 at 2:15 am>Conservatives listen to the generals in the field
>and THEN decide how the war is going.
Did you listen to Shinseki when he said several hundred thousand troops
were needed? Your heroes didn't, they fired him.
Name ONE thing Betrayus said that didn't parrot a bush talking point?
Name one disagreement he had with bush in his assesment of Iraq.
If everything is going to well, why did Warner bail? Hes a pro-military, dyed in the wool republican?
September 11th, 2007 at 2:17 amI’m a devote Unitarian Universalist!
Comment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007 @ 2:17 am
A serious question for you; If you really do feel that way about this situation, why don't you go and kill you some Islamics? You could get money for college and GMU would still be there when you got back?
A true question. I came bsack from Vietnam and finished my degrees on the GI Bill. You can too.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:25 amComment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007 @ 2:38 am
I respect the fact you answered me, but why do you rant so about killing them all and are so supportive of this illegal and immoral occupation?
September 11th, 2007 at 2:47 am>The terrorists should be killed,
>but the others should just be
>schooled in the art of being human.
Hahahaah. Here we go with your stupid....make the Iraqis attend civility 101 class. hahahahahah, dumbest idea ever....
How many innocents is acceptable in our quest to kill all the terrorists?
Please explain your magical litmus tests to determin who is a terrorist and who isnt. Are the Sunni's who used to fight against us but are now being bribed not to considered terrorists?
How are terrorists created Mr. P? Theres absolutely no way our actions could be creating more terrorists than we're killing right? I mean, when Donald Rumsfeld said we have no way of determining if we're killing more terrorists than we're creating, he was totally off the mark about that, right?
September 11th, 2007 at 2:47 amHowever, ethics will be taught in a non-religious context.
Comment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007 @ 2:52 am
Just don't get any American politician or senior active duty military officer to teach those ethics classes; we don't want to perpetuate OUR f@ckups!
September 11th, 2007 at 3:08 am>there needs to be educational programs set up in which
> religion does not
> play a part. However, ethics will be taught in a non-religious context.
Ah yes.... a group of highly trained teacher/commandos is going to parachute into a war zone, and coerce iraqis into risking their lives to go and take "civil civics" 101 lessons..
hahahahahah, stupidest idea ever. I know you republicans aren't big on "planning" your pipe dreams, but pray tell who is going to fund and guard those teachers?, the buildings they teach in, and who is going to convince the iraqis to risk their lives to go to class, and how are they going to convince them? If Senators can't even walkin a marketplace without hundreds of soldiers and air support, who is going to keep these teachers safe?
September 11th, 2007 at 3:24 amGen. Petraeus to make his presentation, Skelton forgot to ask him to take the customary oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
September 11th, 2007 at 3:36 amI call the attention of TP moderators and especially the Most Local, Vocal Troll Of All to the following policy of George Mason University regarding Internet usage. Note particularly, under “V. Other Informationâ€:
Rule 1 - Forbidden activity includes “intentionally denying or interfering with any network resources, including spamming, jamming and crashing any computer…[or] using the technology to in any way misrepresent or impersonate someone else…â€
Rule 5 - Do not use GMU computing resources to “attack computers, accounts or other users by launching viruses, worms, trojan horses or other attacks [my emphasis] on computers here or elsewhere†or “to harass or threaten others.â€
One would recommend "Habalaarz!!!" and its other multiple identities rethink its hobbies and its (likely to be abridged) academic career.
September 11th, 2007 at 3:52 amOne would recommend “Habalaarz!!!†and its other multiple identities rethink its hobbies and its (likely to be abridged) academic career.
Comment by Decorum — September 11, 2007
That Habalaarz means hehasnoballs,
You want to see angry Rpublicans with Bush Mr P?
Scroll to the comments
http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/09/veterans_health_care_system_fa.html
September 11th, 2007 at 4:13 amDont let this little college dweeb talk about patriotism by acting like a spoiled child. Here, above, Mr P hasnoballs, is reality, being an internet idiot,caling people names, does not make you a patriot. The people here fight for medical care for the troops, and what do you do? make an ass of yourself, your no Republican. Your a shill.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:17 amI am still trying to figure out what was said by the Gen. and Amb. after watching the hearing, talk/news shows, and interviews. About the only thing I can find is, there is no way we are going to get our troops out of Iraq anytime soon. The "Stay the Course" theme appears to be the case.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:33 amThe “Stay the Course†theme appears to be the case.
Comment by lylepink — September 11, 2007
If you look at Vietnam you will see that it took some time to start pulling out troops, such as with Nixon. Yet people forget about Afghanistan where no such talks are taking place. A memory hole.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:45 amVesica, the only talk I heard about pulling out troops was to try and get back down to the pre-surge numbers. Another thing that stood out was the denial of a cival war going on now, and to pull out our troops would cause a cival war. This does not compute, as some would say.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:53 amComment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007
Prove it.
September 11th, 2007 at 7:07 amComment by Habalaarz!!! — September 11, 2007
Prove it Mr P, Prove what you say, I double dog dare you to give facts.
September 11th, 2007 at 7:09 amThe Law of Entropy is upheld. Look at the downward spiral of investigative reporting that "The Washington Merry-Go-Round" represented spiraling down from its height with Drew Pearson down into Jack Anderson, and crashing and burning with the ideologue Brit Hume--from fourth estate to fifth column!
September 11th, 2007 at 7:25 amVesica, the only talk I heard about pulling out troops was to try and get back down to the *pre-surge numbers. Another thing that stood out was the *denial of a cival war going on now, and to pull out our troops would cause a cival war. This does not compute, as some would say.
Comment by lylepink
A: *denial of a civil war, What is a civil war to you? Americans versus Americans? Iraqis vs Iraqis? It does not compute, I agree. Whatever you call it, its already happening
B:Presurge numbers. That may be true, time will tell. The troops can be reduced and keep the same security level . Why because partnerships have been made with tribes,
September 11th, 2007 at 7:27 amBy The Entropy law, do you mean order from disorder?
Ab ordo chao?
September 11th, 2007 at 7:43 amC-Span was DISGRACEFUL this morning...
...they are a part of the full-court press to ONCE AGAIN...
...FOOL the DUHmerikkkan people...
....Featured this morning to respond to Betraeus' bullsh*t:
Joe TRAITOR Wilson (R; SC)...
...right wing Bushite and fellator since the beginning...
Jim TRAITOR Marshall (D;GA)...
...bluedog confederate flag loving al Cracker Bushite ballli*ker...
and finally
Chris Shays (R; RI)...
...politically DEAD Bushite a*ssucker...
...the MEDIA, DLC and RNC are trying mightily...
...to FOOL the people again...
...yes Lynn Woolsey (D; leader of the out-of Iraq coalition) was interviewed...
...she has a resolution to stop funding and only fund enough to safely withdraw troops...
...but she was put on only as an after thought...
...the Repulsivescum callers were SICKENING...
...the right wing conservatives in your neighborhoods are MORE dangerous to our democracy than al Qaida...
...call TRAITOR Joe Wilson @ 202-225-2452...
...TRAITOR Jim Marshall @ 202-225-6531...
...and tell them what TRAITORS they are,and how we'll get them out of office...
...by any means necessary!
September 11th, 2007 at 8:25 amI thought conservatives were against the government trying to brainwash us through ownership of the media.
September 11th, 2007 at 9:33 amI did not watch and no one I know watched or paid the least attention to yesterday's testimony or Hume's interview of Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker last night.
Those guys and their report have been repudiated by their failure to deliver on their past proclamations.
Who cares what they have to say? Who cares what bush/cheney have to say?
Their dog and pony show is an exact replicant of the Vietnam era.
Their actions repudiate them and in time they will be replaced.
Hoorah.
September 11th, 2007 at 9:52 amAnother dog and pony show. Faux news doesn't do serious journalism. In fact, they don't do journalism at all. Unless you call airing your right wing opinions journalism.
These guys at Fox are idiots. And whatever small stature Betrayus or Crocker had prior to this infomercial, they've lost it all now. How small can you get without disappearing?
Moveon.org's NYT's ad had it right.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:00 amAmerica has been whitewashed and spun yet again.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:42 amNow everyone can return to their business of munching pizza at the mall.
I looked at the add Moveon.org has in the NY times, and could not find any factual inaccurates in it, although this will give the far-right a target in they will use the "Traitor" word for not supporting the troops, which has already started with The Weekly Standard.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:47 amOn Fox, Petraus had charts and graphs. I especially liked the one showing that they confiscated twice as many weapons as before the "purge". Over 4,000. No mention of the 190,000 missing american weapons though.
September 11th, 2007 at 11:04 amI saw the MoveOn full page ad in the NYT yesterday and read it with interest and then moved on...... It’s funny, now that I’ve read about the apoplectic reaction from the Republicans, how they still want 100% of the public megaphone 100% of the time. It took me about two seconds to read the ad, but even with FoxNews and their half and hour infomercial on supporting the surge, Republicans are still capable of whining. From my point of view, unless you live under a rock or live off your profits from the war, it’s clear that General Petraeus, like Colin Powell before him, and Gen. Westmoreland before him, bear fealty to the captains of industry and as such are willing to stretch the truth and varnish the negatives in order to achieve their goals of more spending and more young, dead Americans. The canard they present is that in order to make those lost lives worthy, they have to buy more bombs and guns and kill more young, and accuse those who object to this commercialization of war and death as UNPATRIOTIC!! Please -- spare me. Signed: Disgusted
September 11th, 2007 at 11:32 am4 of our guys got kill today, end they said that the surge is working.?
September 14th, 2007 at 9:52 pm