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Dark n Stormy Knight

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1. Wonder if this would have played out any differently if he had been Romney's VP pick, as some Cons

Reply to amborin (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:24 PM

Nov 2012

had hoped.

The most recent conservative flight-of-fancy is a rumor that General David Petraeus may be tapped to be Mitt Romney's pick for the VP slot on the ticket. Like former Secretary or State Condoleezza Rice, Petraeus is too good of a pick to be true.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/12433/david-petraeus-for-vice-president-is-too-good-to-be-true

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Wonder if this would have played out any differently if he had been Romney's VP pick, as some Cons Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #1

Petraeus seduced the MSM first and foremost; he sought them out, and they idolized him eom amborin Nov 2012 #2

Careful, it appears it's dangerous to speak ill of the General: Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #4

k&r - much more important than the sex - n/t appal_jack Nov 2012 #3