THE PETRAEUS EFFECT

     The fact Petraeus's  favorability rating went from 52% to over 60% in the wake of both
     the moveon.org ad and his testimony wasn’t missed by Democrats potential nominees.
                                                                                             --Badeye, Free Republic 
     I think that the reports that you provide  to  us really require the willing suspension  of 
     disbelief.--Hillary Clinton, the Senate Armed Services Committee, September 12, 2007 

                                      The military uniform with bright, 
                                      Colorful rows and rows of combat medals; 
                                      The clean-cut, healthy hero so polite 
                                      To bloviating Senators, just baffles 
                                      The mean, conniving Democrats in power. 
                                      How do you fight old-fashioned Truth and Justice 
                                      And the American Way? They'll devour 
                                      Us come election time for this injustice. 
                                      From Senator Inouye way back then 
                                      To Senator Hillary Clinton today, 
                                      The pusillanimous American 
                                      News audience reacted with dismay. 
                                      Was this the moment when, by her remark, 
                                      Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped the shark?
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               Thomas Newton
               Conservative Poet