Originally Posted By: the G-man
 Originally Posted By: MrJSA
and becuz the press loves a good sex story, amirite? ;\)


Yeah, the press loves a good sex story but in this day and age that alone is usually not enough to get someone to resign. There needs to be something else, like hookers (Spitzer) or having pissed off your own party (Weiner) or some sort of legal issue.

Of course, as I said before, it could also be simply that Mrs. Petraeus told him to resign or get divorced.


He was asked to resign by the Director of National Intelligence when the FBI approached Petraeus about the investigation.

whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."