Posted by
JBDavis on Monday, April 02, 2007 4:54:18 PM
The
nerve of the Democrats.
Think Progress, the Booman Tribune, the Carpetbagger Report and a herd of Democratic bloggers are criticizing General Petraeus for allegedly having a partisan meeting for Republicans. One blogger even suggests General Petraeus should be “relieved of his command”. The general theme…
I think it is inappropriate for the commanding general in Iraq to meet privately with the Republican caucus to plot a legislative strategy…
Sounds pretty serious. The RS Insider checked with sources on the Hill and in the Defense Department and discovered there are only two problems with the story.
1) General Petraeus did give a Congressional briefing last month – a “video-conference at the Pentagon” – and it was open to Republicans and Democrats.
2) Democrats chose not to attend.
So General Petraeus gave a briefing to the Republican caucus….because Democrats couldn’t be bothered to show up.
Next time, instead of criticizing General Petraeus for briefing Republicans on the war, perhaps liberal bloggers should suggest the Democrats actually attend those briefings.
What else can I say.