issue. middle income americans have given a lot. and they have been giving and giving and giving. just look at this war or these wars we have fought. basically the people fighting in these wars, they have come from middle income america. we are talking about people who seem not to have a vested interest in all of the sacrifices that are being made to get our economy back on track. so, the president is right where the american people like for him to be. and i hope and i feel that he will hold the line on these issues. it s great to have you on, sir. such a great man. i mean that. every time i hear you talk, i say, yes, yes, yes. congressman james clyburn, one of the leaders in the house of representatives. thank you for coming on. thank you for having me. coming up, notes on a scandal, the e-mails, the letters, if you really have to hold your ears. i don t think you will, by the way. this is getting fascinating. the phone call now, the photo, new developments all around this cra
extraordinary service. we are safer because of the work that dave petraeus has done. and my main hope right now is that he and his family are able to move on and that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career. well, we know so far is that david petraeus, the general had an affair with his biographer paula broadwell that came to light after the fbi began investigating harassing e-mails sent to jill kelley, a socialite in tampa. the fbi found out it was broadwell sending those e-mails. according to the washington post, the e-mail described kelly as a i don t know why they do this. as a seductress. accused her of having a relationship with petraeus. for more on where things stand we re joined by chief white house correspondent mike
coming up, notes on a scandal, the e-mails, the letters, if you really have to hold your ears. i don t think you will, by the way. this is getting fascinating. the phone call now, the photo, new developments all around this crazy david petraeus story involving our top general in afghanistan, most recent head in the cia, all involved in this strange quartet of relationships. liberals being liberals. how about no don t ask don t tell about being a liberal. people run now as liberals. five true blue liberals have been re-elected to the united states senate and they don t hide their colors. that s changed. the dog whistle. it s still whistling out there. listen to the co-chairs of mitt romney s wisconsin campaign saying he would have won that state if voter i.d. laws were intact. wow. think of what that s saying. by the way, president obama won wisconsin by 205,000 votes. are they saying 205,000 votes were stolen? what are they talking about out there? they are still pushing the
well, we know so far is that david petraeus, the general had an affair with his biographer paula broadwell that came to light after the fbi began investigating harassing e-mails sent to jill kelley, a socialite in tampa. the fbi found out it was broadwell sending those e-mails. according to the washington post, the e-mail described kelly as a i don t know why they do this. as a seductress. accused her of having a relationship with petraeus. for more on where things stand we re joined by chief white house correspondent mike isikoff, and of course we ve got david corn, who s on the show now from mother jones. let me talk about this, first of all. i think it was interesting of the president to give almost a complete snow white description of this guy. he referred to the affair, which is the reason he s being removed from office, as a single side
isikoff, and of course we ve got david corn, who s on the show now from mother jones. let me talk about this, first of all. i think it was interesting of the president to give almost a complete snow white description of this guy. he referred to the affair, which is the reason he s being removed from office, as a single side note. i mean, bill clinton went through he was keel hauled. yeah, yeah. this guy get a single side note. just a pesky asterisk. but, you know, politicians and presidents for years in washington have been using david petraeus as cover. if you can get underneath republicans said that name over and over. wrap yourself in the petraeus flag and you got immunity from almost anything. what is president obama worried about petraeus? i think it s i think he s being gracious now. i think maybe buyer s remorse, some people once you get into the details of this whacky situation, they re thinking maybe he should have stuck with him, maybe everything moved too