Buzz Grows for Petraeus for President in 2012

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: U. S. News & World Reports

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

The buzz meter on Iraq-Afghanistan war boss Gen. David Petraeus running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is redlining. Just named one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," Petraeus, Whispers hears, has been selected to receive the 2010 Irving Kristol Award for public leadership from the American Enterprise Institute, and he's slated to give a lecture May 6 that center-right activists are eagerly awaiting. "He is Webster's definition of a true dark horse," says a conservative and former Bushie. Petraeus, however, hasn't expressed any interest in running against President Obama.

Read more: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/01/05/buzz-grows-for-petraeus-for-president-in-2012.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How DO you run...

Against your boss?

[DainBramaged]

2. Easy, retire and begin bashing him, typical GOP methodology.

[shadowknows69]

17. Or worse. Hang as General for a while. Fuck the war up beyond belief

Then retire and spout off about how Obama's orders got troops killed.

[Uben]

24. That's easy!

Hire Dick Cheney for your PR guy!


Hmmmm?

[n2doc]

3. The guy has the carisma of a wet noodle

And what would his platform be- "I'm a bigger war monger than Obama"? "I guarantee we will be in Tehran by March 2013 if elected?" Sounds like a real winner.

[dkf]

4. He can pitch jobs for all!

Of course they will be in Afghanistan Iraq Yemen Pakistan and Iran. Maybe even North Korea

[NashVegas]

5. "Center-right Activists"

Isn't that the Rahm wing of the Democratic Party?

[madrchsod]

16. hmmm.....yup ..you`re right!

[Lindsay]

6. He hasn't yet been proven

to be absolutely batshit crazy.

So he's got that going for him.

[MineralMan]

7. Well, they'd like the buzz to grow.

Good luck with all that, then...

[BrklynLiberal]

8. < puke >

[buff2]

9. Betrayus?

:puke: :thumbsdown:

[mbperrin]

10. On what? His record of winning overseas wars?

Oh, that's right, he HAS NOT done that......

[Solly Mack]

11. Blech

but not a surprising test balloon

[Trajan]

12. While browsing TV ... Saw Mr. Richard Perle haunting CSPAN

Yes .... The 'Simon Bar Sinister' of the PNAC was whipping up the rhetoric
that explains why Iran needs 'Regime Change' ....

There is no humility in the AEI ....

[shadowknows69]

13. Then he needs to be stripped of any command duties yesterday.

He's in a direct position to make sure "Obama's war" goes badly and American troops will pay for politics with their lives.

[xxqqqzme]

14. so the neo-cons have looked around and

discovered their 'farm team' is bushit stained from head to toe. They need to get on board quick to promote a 'promise' for '12. So they pick this uninspiring brass chest, give him some awards to stroke his ego and pump him up in the media. The teabaggers will drool. Let's see if he plays.

[Kolesar]

20. ^nailed

:thumbsup:

[Don Caballero]

15. I pray he runs

Will be another easy victory for President Obama.

[IndianaGreen]

18. An ass kissing, back stabbing, little Napoleon

just what this country needs!

Are the Blue Dogs going to endorse Reichsmarschall Petraeus?

:crazy:

[truthisfreedom]

19. ridiculous.

they'll float any old idea right now. their party is toast.

[totodeinhere]

21. I wish you were right.

But with our two party system, it's hard for any party to be toast when it's the only alternative out there. And of course the two parties continue to collude with each other to make sure that no third party can have a legitimate fighting chance.

I will never lose faith in the stupidity of the American voter. The GOP will be back. We just don't know when that will be.

[winyanstaz]

22. That man is a criminal in my book...

We need to change his name to Betrayus.

[groundloop]

23. Yes, but does he have Palin's blessing????

Gotta let Sarah bless him before he can be considered.

[Hubert Flottz]

25. How is somebody that is a expert suck ass and Right Wing/Bushco Puppet

Going to save America?

[librechik]

26. We might as well make it official, since it is a fact

we are a "benign" military dictatorship. Only the low number of soldiers on our streets is different. We just put them in other people's countries. For now.

Go, Emperor Petraeus! (and take the MIC with you!)

[Renew Deal]

27. He's not running.

But let them waste their time thinking about it.

[annabanana]

31. IIRC He sent out hints maybe a year & 1/2 ago

Why are you so sure he isn't?

[Renew Deal]

33. "Petraeus on 2012: What about no don't you understand?"

Washington (CNN) - CENTCOM Commander Gen. David Petraeus is once again shooting down any suggestions that he has aspirations to run for the White House in 2012.

In an exclusive interview on CNN Newsroom Wednesday, Kyra Phillips asked Petraeus whether the door might be open for a 2012 run.

"I'll close it right here, right now," Petraeus said. "I will remind you of the great country song that used to ask 'What about no don't you understand.'"

In an interview with Politico in September of this year, former GOP Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said he would like to see Petraeus mount a White House bid.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/11/petraeus-on-2012-what-about-no-dont-you-understand/

[gkhouston]

28. So now that's three people with their lips pursed, making b-b-b-b-b-b sounds.

Hope they don't get tired of doing that.

[moondust]

29. Much too moderate for today's Republican Party. n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

32. How do you know?

What are his views on abortion? Health care reform? Taxes?

[moondust]

34. He works with Democrats.

He could never pass the Tea Party litmus test.

[spanone]

30. maybe the military will sponsor his candidacy....using taxpayers money

Obama should have fired petraeus last january