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The American Spectator ^ | 11/17/2012 | Daniel J. Flynn

Posted on 11/17/2012 1:31:03 PM PST by RoosterRedux

Women love a man in a uniform. Men love a woman out of a uniform. Old verities stand affirmed by the intelligence that ousted the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

General David Petraeus commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan. But what man is really in command when face-to-face with a determined Paula Broadwell? The author of the appropriately titled "All In" conquered Petraeus in a way that neither the Taliban nor al Qaeda could. Terrorists aren't the only ones who target generals.

Broadwell gives new meaning to "hagiographer." The overused term, which 99 percent of the time tells us more about the reader's bias toward the subject than the writer's, for once doesn't go far enough. Not since Maya Angelou finished the last of her six autobiographies has a biographer worshipped a subject so completely.

And it's not hard to see what the general saw in the comely camp follower.

Who becomes homecoming queen and valedictorian? Paula Broadwell does.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: broadwell; davidpetraeus; generalpetraeus; paulabroadwell; petraeus
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To: RoosterRedux

She’s got a high forehead.
Guilty.


21 posted on 11/17/2012 3:52:11 PM PST by oldbill
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To: MNDude

I not only agree whole-heartedly, I use that as my excuse to stay out of the gym


22 posted on 11/17/2012 3:55:59 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: oldbill
Those high foreheads are hideous...just hideous?


23 posted on 11/17/2012 3:59:08 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Bill Clinton just signed Paula Broadwell to write his bio...and Jill Kelley as his social liaison.)
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To: kabumpo
Newsflash from a woman: the secret no one will tell is that in general...

As I have long suspected, size matters!

In perceived personal power,

In net personal wealth,

And elsewhere...

Regards,
GtG

24 posted on 11/17/2012 4:00:14 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Poor Dave. 60 years old. That would make him 30 when she was 10. Taken in by this seductress. I still haven’t seen any green eyed jealousy monster stuff in those e-mails. They could just as easily have been written by Petraeus’ buddy.


25 posted on 11/17/2012 4:03:51 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m most proud of my humility.


26 posted on 11/17/2012 4:13:05 PM PST by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: EandH Dad
Actually, me too...because I know it's not from me. It's a gift.

The charisma and charm is BS.

27 posted on 11/17/2012 4:36:16 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Bill Clinton just signed Paula Broadwell to write his bio...and Jill Kelley as his social liaison.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Autobiographies-Angelou-Modern-Library/dp/0679643257/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353198858&sr=8-1&keywords=Maya+Angelou+autobiographies

It is true. This lesbianated porker (Maya Angelou) did write six autobiographies. Obama only wrote two


28 posted on 11/17/2012 4:42:30 PM PST by dennisw ( The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: EandH Dad
Correction.

Being proud of humility is kind of an oxymoron.

I was once filled with a powerful sense of self. Pride--probably charm and charisma--but I have been fortunate in that the lord brought me low...and opened my eyes to the Truth.

Now I am not just humble...I am dead.

Dead in Him.

29 posted on 11/17/2012 5:03:39 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Bill Clinton just signed Paula Broadwell to write his bio...and Jill Kelley as his social liaison.)
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To: Truth29

That’s good to know. She was in DC for awhile (that was when she lost her driver’s license, I believe) and then she sort of dropped out of sight, but it seems like she’s still there. Wherever she is, if she had any information, I hope she made a lot of copies and stashed them all over the country.


30 posted on 11/17/2012 6:38:03 PM PST by livius
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To: EandH Dad
I’m most proud of my humility.

Lord it's hard to be humble

31 posted on 11/17/2012 7:00:11 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: RoosterRedux

Great article. Funny and to the point.


32 posted on 11/17/2012 7:05:19 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: fella
Love that...watched it many times!

;-)

33 posted on 11/17/2012 7:44:20 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Bill Clinton just signed Paula Broadwell to write his bio...and Jill Kelley as his social liaison.)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

No, it really doesn’t. Especially not the elsewhere.


34 posted on 11/17/2012 11:07:11 PM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: EandH Dad
I’m most proud of my humility.

And I'm an iconoclast. But these days, I'm finding it hard to keep up my image.

35 posted on 11/17/2012 11:10:37 PM PST by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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