I am actually pretty shocked that Gen. Petraeus took time from his busy schedule to appear on what is little more than an organ of the right-wing spin machine.
Just kidding. It isn’t surprising at all.
You would honestly think that the military, at the very least, would want their leadership to appear to be more than GOP party organs. Instead, Petraeus is appearing on Tinkerbell central, and now brings his credibility into question.
Excellent work, General. Was Limbaugh busy, or something?
*** Update ***
Hewitt responds to the links of disapproval:
The interview with General Petraeus generated a long list of links, some from silly people, some from extremists who denounce the general for talking to a member of the center-right media thus revealing themselves as anti-intellectual screamers, and some from writers who carefully assessed his words and made some interesting observations. Among the latter is The Belmont Club, and I think you should read all of Wretchard’s analysis.
Some examples of the “intellectual rigor” on display during this purely political interview:
HH: Do you think al Qaeda in Iraq is buckling, General Petraeus?
HH: Now stepping back a little bit from the day to day, General Petraeus, how would you explain to the civilians listening, and hundreds of thousands of them at this moment, the strategic interest of the United States at stake in Iraq?
HH: Is the media doing a good job of taking that ample amount of information and transmitting it in an objective fashion in your view, General Petraeus?
HH: Wow.
And I thought you had to go to the Creationist Museum for that kind of “intellectual rigor.”