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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey are trying to make this Patraeus thing............
an Obama thing. They are saying that the justice department kept it quiet so it wouldn't affect President Obama's presidential chances. And this wasn't Fox.
eShirl
(18,503 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)They wanted to start impeachment over the BenGhazi matter. They wanted to use the testimony of Petraeus to further their efforts. Now, it appears that it is the Republicans in the House and the FBI and the CIA that were covering up this matter all along? The sooner they can put it behind them, the better.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)"They" can say whatever "they" want. Much like Romney's sure thing Presidential run, it's so divorced from reality as to be laughable.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)"They" are saying. Not Fox. They. How many of them were there? Did they speak in unison or one after the other?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)continue to do so. Whether he was aware of the investigation or not, election or not, Obama wasn't going to fire Petraeus on an investigation that hadn't yet been completed, and in which Petraeus himself was not found to have conducted criminal activity or a national security breach.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)or I'll assume newbie has pulled it out of his/her ass.