The PetraeusReportpalooza

Perhaps I was bleary-eyed, and beaten down by the PetraeusReportpalooza, or over-anxious at having to ignore the daily, back-to-back 'Family Feud' viewing ritual, in an effort not to miss one surge-pulsing moment of the hearing today ...

But I could have sworn that General Extraordinaire David Petraeus turned the committee members' glasses of water into wine ...

You missed it?

How's about nearly seven-hours of "things are improving", "need more time" and the touting of a troop withdrawal next spring, one that would be taking place anyway (unless the Pentagon was taking the bold step of classifying soldiers as indentured servants), as if the Bush Grindhouse was actually listening to the country as to ending this nightmare.

We turn the floor over to the voices of others ...

Let's Take Controversy, for $100, Alex ...

The Swamp: Petraeus 'Betray Us' ad is group's 'shock and awe'


CNN Political Ticker: Dems join GOP in slamming ad attacking Petraeus


Kevin Drum: COOKING THE BOOKS....


Joe Gandelman: With Enemies Like This, General Petraeus Gets New Friends


But Let's Not Give MoveOn.Org All The Credit

TimesOnLine: Americans doubt ‘General Betraeus’ over troop surge

(h/t to Jane Hamsher over on Firedoglake.com)


Flack ... Flak ... Rhymes With ... Political Hack

Think Progress: Petraeus Falsely Claims That Six Months Ago, ‘No One Would Have Forecast’ Anbar’s Success


Big Tent Democrat: On Petraeus: The Manufacturing Of A Storyline


Think Progress - REPORT: Petraeus Spent At Least 17 Days In August Flacking For Bush’s Escalation


Jane Hamsher: No More Flack for Iraq


You Want Charts?

Kevin Drum: PETRAEUS'S DRAWDOWN...


David Kurtz: Running the Numbers


John Cole: Look At All the Pretty Colors


Tell'em What They Won, Johnny ...


Michael Abramowitz: Petraeus Leaves Large Questions Unanswered


I See ... Dead Policies ...

Glenn Greenwald: Stop the DC Establishment



I've got the world on a string ... I'm sitting on a rainbow ... Got the string around my finger ...