David Petraeus' wife of 38 years has threatened him with divorce after she was left 'humiliated' by his affair with his biographer, it was claimed today.
Holly Petraeus is reportedly 'furious' about the affair, which forced her husband to resign from the top of the CIA ten days ago, and is demanding to know how many other women he has shared trysts with throughout their marriage.
'She can't turn on a television, go online or open a newspaper without being bombarded by the latest revelations about his cheating,' a source told the National Enquirer. 'No wonder she's angry.
'David has been falling all over himself, apologising and begging Holly to forgive him, but she isn't listening. After all his lies, she doesn't believe anything he says anymore, and she's thinking about consulting a divorce attorney.'
The source claimed Holly has suspicions that her husband had an affair with Jill Kelley, the Florida socialite who sparked his downfall after tipping off the FBI about threatening emails from Broadwell.
While Petraeus denies they have ever been involved, Holly is uncertain and keeps demanding to know how many other women he has cheated on her with, the source said.
Wow, and I bet that General Petraeus thought his troubles were almost over after testifying about the Benghazi thing. I imagine after his wife gets finished with him he will wish he were standing before Congress spilling his guts, or perhaps even on the front line dodging bullets.
You know I am a guy and should probably show solidarity with my gender, but I just have to say that from what I know about guys in general, and guys in power specifically, if there was one affair there were probably more. In other words Holly Petraeus has every right to be suspicious and to not take her husband at his word.
I will probably lose my Men's Club super masculine decoder ring for saying that, but there you have it.
By the way I have a feeling that this story is far, far from over, and have to wonder just what new revelations will be coming down the pike.
Meh, she looks like all the nuns I had in grammar and high school. A real haircut and a due job may have helped a bit. Some women get married and basically "give up" . Not saying Dave wouldn't have cheated anyway, cause I know lots of smokin hot moms whose husbands cheat.
ReplyDeleteShe both raised a family and maintained a career. He was free to leave her with responsibly as he was running the world and needed a stable home life for occasional retreats.
DeleteGeez, Virginia Voter, you don't do that dowdy appearance rant on the men when they get divorced. Grow up!
DeleteYou are a real ass. Also, WTF is a "due" job?
DeleteWow, never figured you for an asshole, Virginia Voter, but here you are.
DeleteShe was cute then http://htgtv.tumblr.com/image/35389273141
Delete@Virginia Voter: you're a twat!
Virginia voter; yeah, mean comment, and a sexist one too. It's something Pat Robertson likes to say about cheated on women. That being said, the pile on here from people that used to agree with everything you said and now think you're a 'twat' based on one comment, is just too ludicrous and laughable to believe. There is a real group think that happens here on IM, and it isn't good. Instead of reacting like children, why can't we be the adults we are and call out the comment without resorting to the very type of insult you are professing to dislike?
DeleteVV was probably trying to make some valid point, but did it very clumsily indeed. I am aware that the readership on this site is skewed older, just from what people say are their ages it appears to appeal to baby boomers mostly. Fine. I'd say I'm one of the youngest people that read here being a Gen Yer. But, I mean come on! The hurled insults, you can almost imagine schoolyard bullies throwing stones at the gawky freckled kid (Virginia Voter) who dared to say something that didn't 100% toe the line. I love the calling out of sexism, but it is hardly regularly dealt out on this blog guys be honest!
Also on a side note; Petreus is actually a physically quite ugly man indeed. He's no oil painting to expect a beauty to step into marriage with him, particularly since he's also a loathsome human being and general, sorry, war criminal. He did well getting ANY woman to want to turn in at night to that mug!
DeleteSorry Anon @ 10:22 and 10:24, VV is a shit head for suggesting that Mrs. P's appearance has anything to do with her cheating husband (soon to be ex.)
DeleteIt doesn't matter how many of us agreed with VV in the past, he or she has shown his or herself to be an idiot who needs to THINK before they type. If VV had read his or her statement before hitting the Publish button, he or she might have more intelligently DELETED the whole thing.
Sexist, ageist, and fucking stupid. VV has all three covered, in spades.
Her dad was a general, so Petraeous probably figured she would advance his career like a good military wife...she certainly was familiar with the military life.
DeleteI hope she takes him for all she deserves plus a million or two for the humiliations galore.
Holly looks like most women in the 60s who have not Botoxed, dyed, Lipoed and dieted themselves into ridiculousness. Same with Hillary Clinton. Both are fine, intelligent, decent women.
DeleteCertain "other" women chase men of power. And these foolish men think that it's because they are so handsome and sexy. It's the power and position that is the attraction and these so-called women do not care that they are potentially destroying his career, his power and his marriage.
Personally, I hope that Holly divorces him and cleans him out so that his last years will be spent agonizing over how he lost it all for some useless piece of ass.
When they married, it would appear that the lovely young Holly put aside any preference for outward attractiveness when she chose the young David.
DeleteI think Crystal Sage has the right of it.
DeleteHolly Patraeus' appearance reminds me of me about 5-6 years ago (I'm even a few years older than her), a decade after I realized perming my hair wasn't useful or flattering any more, and I started wearing my hair naturally straight.
But I realized after seeing pictures of myself that a pageboy wasn't the most flattering hairstyle, either, and I began wearing it quite a bit shorter.
The only difference is that my hair is still 95% its natural color, not all-over gray like Holly's is. She should consider getting a hair do-over to take advantage of that evenness of color and to flatter her face more. And maybe wear some eye makeup to enhance her eyes, and a bit of lip color.
For those who think she needs more "work", just remember how much for the worse Sarah Palin has changed in the past 4 years. There's aging gracefully, and then there's Sarah.
Jeez Louise, I never said Mrs. P should get botoxed, nipped or tucked, a new set of boobs, or even lose weight, did I? I said she reminded me of the nuns from catholic school. A less severe cut, a little make up to even out the skin tone, and a rich warm color for her hair would literally transform her. The woman is married to the most high profile general in recent history, makes public appearances, and has a highly paid, very visible job in the CFPB and can afford to make herself look the part. All you self righteous holier than thou commenters can suck it, you know she looks like Patton Oswald with a weird gray wig. You all love to rag on Sarah Palin's looks, but God forbid anyone state the obvious about Holly Petraeus.
DeleteLooks have very little to do with whether a husband or wife cheats, and you are delusional if you think this was the general's first indiscretion . He just didn't realize how fucking crazy this Broadwell chick was and got caught. Spare me the faux outrage...Holly has probably known her husbands been unfaithful for years.
Well VV, you started out ok at 10:06 but you went right back down the ass hole. Let me explain a few things and show you a comparison of a "hot" grifter and a compassionate woman. First, Holly didn't trade on her sexiness to climb the political strip pole as the "hot" Palin did. Second, she has a brain and uses it to help others. Palin has and does neither. I would far rather have Holly for a friend than the Tundra Turd. Holly has just been publicly and nationally if not internationally humiliated. Here you are tearing her down for her appearance and implying she "let herself go" and it might have caused the dickwad to go astray.
DeleteFaux outrage? No the outrage is real. As a woman, I am outraged at your double standard. Looks to me like the general let himself go in more ways than one. It's very telling that all your comments were in reference to Holly and not to her husband.
BTW, it isn't a haircut or make-up or even weight loss that make a woman a good person. Nor are those things by which a life can be measured. We certainly know one "hot," thin, toxic woman who makes even Satan weep with dread every time she gets out of bed in the morning.
Virginia Voter, you're right and these people know it. Holly P. needs to do better! Jill Biden is two years older than her and looks 80 times better. There's no excuse for Holly P. looking like that.
DeleteWell, I say to Holly - you go, Girl!! None of this "stand by your man crap". Of course there were others. When you compare a picture of Petraeus in a uniform to a picture of him wearing regular street clothes, who would want him? I'm glad he is no longer part of President Obama's administration since Petraeus never liked Obama.
ReplyDeleteAnd not just a uniform, but a 4 star General with 3 pounds of medals & ribbons.
DeleteOut of roughly 561,000 people in the US Army, there are a maximum of 230 4 star generals.
To anyone familiar with military service, meeting any 4 star flag officer is like a meeting with the President.
How does that make any sense to you? There's over 200 generals so its comparable to meeting a president? What? There's only been 43 presidents and only Clinton, Bush 1 and 2, Carter and Obama are alive. That's five as opposed to 200. Hardly even similar. Particularly when one group is promoted solely on their willingness to commit war crimes to make money for private defense contracts.
Delete@8:58
DeleteAnd like our former president The Shrub, Petraeus is still a dickwad. I guess that makes him a four-star dickwad.
I can not help but have tremendous sympathy/empathy for Holly Patreus. From all accounts available, she is a remarkable woman in her own right, doing much for military families that has gotten little public attention. I think my feelings go far beyond that that I, as a female might normally have for the "wronged party"... She clearly has not signed up for this level of intrusion and I feel deeply sorry for her. I hope that somehow she might know that there are members of the public who support and feel for her. I wish her only the best.
ReplyDeleteImagine if you were Holly: raised by the superintendent of West Point on the code of honor, believing al these years that it meant something to her husband as well. And this is what she winds up with?
ReplyDeleteHis true story may never get out. But she would have access to learn more about his secrets?
DeletePetraus is a dominionist. He forced Christianity on recruits and did n ot allow any other religious services. It is good that this 'Christian' has been shown to be the fraud he is. And we are well rid of him in government, not to mention as a future Pres. candidate (although, the 'religious right' only seems to judge cheating as a sin when a Democrat is involved...remember how fast they chased Weiner out of Congress? And he didn't even cheat. But Vitter and the rest are just good old American patriots.) Blah.
ReplyDeleteHi Mister Griffin.
ReplyDeleteI'm here to collect a few things currently in your possession: These items include:
1. your decoder ring;
2. X-ray vision glasses which allow guys to see women's naked bodies through their apparel;
3. your official He-Man Woman-Haters Club Membership card;
4. your 30-year collection of Playboy Magazines, (since you are obviously no longer interested in supporting your own gender's continued objectification of women as a men's accessory and plaything.); and, finally,
5. the Trojan you've been carrying in your wallet since you bought it for a quarter at that Texaco station when you were 12 (you know, "just in case"). In fact, better just give me the entire wallet, since I'm sure the condom and your club membership card are permanently melded to it from being smushed as it has been sat upon for the past almost 40 years. Just sayin'.
Please know, Mr Griffin, that you have brought shame and dishonor to all other men with your incessant pandering to women on all of these important guy issues. I don't mean to imply that you're exactly like Todd Palin, but suffice to say, I wouldn't be surprised to see you and Todd together on the WEENIE BUS in the first seat right behind the driver.
Boney Boo Boo
P.S. New Membership Drive begins January 1st. You are eligible to continue your membership in our All New & Improved Tea Party Asshole Guys Club. For only $49.95 up front, and $7.95 a month via bank draft from your checking account thereafter, or a LIFETIME Membership for only $99.95.
P.S.S. LOTS of new porn being added DAILY to the clubhouse library, so you'll DEFINITELY want to consider the Lifetime option. And I am talking about the GOOD shit, dude.
A'ight, man, Be Cool and Don't let your Meat Loaf!
You had me laughing right up to "meat loaf", I'll never forgive that rat bastard turncoat for backing Romney.
DeleteYeah, truly a bummer, and I would've never guessed Meat was a true repug. I guess all the $$$ that the Kochs were spreading around during the campaign was too tempting for some folks to not sell out and turn down a paying gig. That "event" those guys did with Mitt was pretty bad though. Horrible, in fact. I was hoping they punked Mitt by getting smashed and showing out, but maybe they were playing it straight and should've lip-synced instead.
DeleteMy favorite pic:
http://tinyurl.com/Naw-Mitt-Aint-Too-Embarrassed
They sure sounded like they went to the punch bowl several times before they were handed a mic. Judging by the look on Owen's face, he might've been concerned Meat was gonna hurl. Mitt, with his fake laugh was terrified.
Wait Wait don't tell me.
DeleteWas it Meat that ate the live bat onstage? Or was he the one that claimed he shit his pants to avoid the draft to sell records?
Romney was so dumb allowing Meat Loaf anywhere near him. All his campaign needed to do was a quick googly goog, and they would've found the evidence that he'd humiliate them. He came here to Australia for the footy grand final last year or so, and was SO BAD he made headlines. He was falling all over the place an had to be propped up, he lip synced really really badly and was booed off essentially. The organizers got into SOOO much trouble for it! It's like our version of the super bowl and we usually have really good acts on. He ruined the day for people. It was such a train wreck. Yet they were so dumb and so desperate they either were unaware or simply didn't care. Romney had never looked so embarrassed. And for the first and only time, I actually felt a little sorry for him having to smile with that twit literally hanging off his arm drunk to his eyeballs.
DeleteIt's great to start the morning with a real belly laugh. Thanks Boney.
DeleteI believe it was Nugent who proudly pooped his pants.
DeleteMy experience in the US Army during an entire career gives me ample evidence and reason to say that many male officers cheat on their wives. If these jerks are caught in their infidelities, the officers senior to the jerks frequently do little or nothing in response to stop the behavior.
ReplyDeleteAfter I once confronted my direct supervisor about the unwanted advances of my next higher supervisor, my direct supervisor instructed me to "understand because the colonel's wife [was] not in country". During that tour in Korea, the majority of married officers virtually lived "downtown" with their Korean girlfriends. Within the "Old Boys Club", this was no big deal. Unless they got VD.
The "boys will be boys" attitude ruled the day then and now. Not one male officer at the 2nd Infantry Division received any form of punishment for acting contrary to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
If you heard Pat Robertson discuss the Parterres/Broadwell affair, then you'd have a good sense of how male officers justified their extramarital affairs then and continue to do so now.
What a lovely lady, and doesn't she look after herself well! Nice hair!
ReplyDeleteYou are a schmuck! Simple, shallow fool.
DeleteReceding hairline does not appear to be from traction alopecia since the hairline is not consistent with that, but shows a characteristic male baldness pattern of the M-shape with a tuft of hair forward front and center. Makes one wonder if steroids or other supplements are involved, which not only increase strength but also alter hair growth patterns to this classic male "M" shape of hair loss, with the persistent center tuft of hair, wider than any widow's peak.
DeleteWell, 6:31, I hope you're not the "don't judge by appearances/people you don't know" troll. From what I have heard of Mrs. Patraeus' charitable work, she sounds like a caring and admirable person.
DeleteYou, not so much.
I just feel so bad for all the families involved. Marriages can survive a lot of crap if both parties want to work together to salvage them but having it all played out in the press makes it so much harder. I so agree that the uniform along with the implied power brings the attention. Most of those guys are just geeky schmucks without the uniform.
ReplyDeleteThis is a woman who spent decades taking care of home and family while he was off serving on the other side of the world. She finally gets him home, in a safe and cushy administrative job, and she finds out that he's betrayed her in a most public and humiliating way.
ReplyDeleteClearly, years of loyalty mean little to him when his nether regions are involved.
I'd be calling the divorce lawyer too.
She looks like Annie Wilkes.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure she's a really nice woman and no one deserves to be cheated on.
Yeah, if there's been one there's bound to have been more.
ReplyDelete"... I am a guy and should probably show solidarity with my gender..."
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you meant that in jest, but it is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Well, after the plethora of stupid things Palin and Romney have said.
There are many men who are faithful to their spouse. But when a wife finds herself suddenly facing a husband's affair, it is painful; it must feel like a blow to the gut. It's no doubt like experiencing a death in the family. All those days, months, years, intimacy shared, plans made for the final retirement and wham - 38 years gone. I really feel for Mrs. Petraeus and others like her. Women at that age, who are expecting on entering an exciting phase with the spouse, have to re-create a new life without them, and it's difficult at 60. It's difficult at any age, but it's pure selfishness for the partner to want it both ways; having mistresses and a faking wonderful marriage, deceiving the wife and children.
ReplyDeleteHusbands who can't control themselves and keep it secret have to be the worse of the worst. Keeping a partner believing a lie is totally dishonorable. And I wouldn't need the National Enquirer or Daily Mail to believe how angry and hurt and distrustful she must feel.
Can you read, Idiot? Clash's accuser recanted his LIE and said that he was an adult. We would much rather hear about the Prosecution of PIMP DADDY TOAD PALIN.
ReplyDeleteOpen letter to Holly Petraeus:
ReplyDeleteYou have been wonderfully dignified by saying nothing during this whole ugly spectacle. I have read about your accomplishments and have been very impressed, and I've read between the lines and I'm even more impressed.
I say you hold all the cards right now. I say you might need some time away from your dear Lothario. If it were me, I'd go to Paris or some other fave place, stay in a good hotel, and order room service whenever I wanted. At dear Lothario's expense. Money up front, please. I'll bet you have been providing the room service all your life. So now is a good time for you to rest and think everything over.
Don't rush into any decision. Take your time. Your credit is really really good with LOTS of women, and that goes double for me. I hope you can hold that thought even when the spin doctors and critics attack, as they always do, upon all women, no matter what. Our recent GOP campaign antics are Exhibit A.
I just send my best wishes to you to take good care of yourself, your heart and your feelings. Give yourself time. You are going though a hideous ordeal, but make sure you do it on your own terms.
With best wishes,
From lots and lots and lots of us, men AND women.
i am one sending best wishes.
DeleteHere is a letter from Holly Petraeus. http://www.consumerfinance.gov/petraeus-letter/
Ok.. I'll say it. I don't give a shit what y'all think.
ReplyDeleteWhile I sympathize with Mrs. Betray-us, she could have kept her Gomer in check if she doesn't go around impersonating Matt Damon from the Bourne trilogy. Sorry, but if I came home to that, I'd probably ask her if she was suffering from amnesia and refer to her as Jason. It's no wonder the general's weapon was never at attention and he wemt awol on her.
There is a word for people like you, but my mother taught me better than to crawl down in the gutter with pigs.
DeleteAny other misogynist words of wisdom, asshole? You are a great argument for neutering males at birth.
DeleteSo, being eye candy is her most important responsibility? REALLY? If he was so aghast at her appearance, then he should have divorced her on THOSE grounds, before he started looking elsewhere for fulfillment. She seemed convinced he LOVED her, and their life together was important. If it wasn't, he had an obligation to let her know before seeking other options. You seem to be as shallow as HE is!
DeleteI suppose everyone is thinking the same thing, but they are too polite to say it.
DeleteHere's Holly in 1973
http://media.heavy.com/media/2012/11/holly-west-point-edit.jpg
Well, you sure sound like an intelligent, deep, and honorable sort. NOT!
Deletesigh... sorry folks anon 7:24 is not incorrect.
Deleteno-one wants to have sex with thier mom. its true. id go into a bigger explanation but its not worth it. pile on.
last thing- as someone in this thread mentioned, wifey may not have been as 'in the dark' as they would have you believe either. you think hillary thought bill was innocent all those years?
Would you want your grandfather to divorce your grandmother on the grounds that she looks like a grandmother now and hasn't kept herself up like Sophia Loren? Really? So no woman is allowed to get heavy and look old if she expects to keep her man? Petraus is HIDEOUS and he was a total ugly geek in that Westpoint picture--she was MUCH prettier than him when they were young. He was lucky to have gotten such a catch and probably ONLY did because he was a Westpoint student in uniform. She is attractive, albeit a little frumpy...but in your 60s a woman is not allowed to get frumpy? She's not even as fat as 2/3 of America. And really, do you think they are still having sex after 38 years no matter what she looks like?
DeleteIs that you again, Virginia Voter?
DeleteDavid was no physical prize, either. For beginners, let's talk orthodontia for that overbite.And fundies don't care what their wives look like, they know they can get some booty anytime..that's the wife's duty.
DeleteShe was cute when she was younger. She was committed to job and family and obviously is what is called LOW MAINTENANCE. Paula and the Kelley girl, on the other hand are called "HIGH MAINTENANCE". David would never ever ever be able to do a long haul with high maintenance chicks.
...and men, of course, never age.
DeleteI don't think 7:24 saw the picture of Clint Eastwood shirtless. Yikes! Ick! Hurl! That one left some optical damage.
DeleteAnonymous6:26 AM
DeleteOh yea!
I used to be a Clint Eastwood fan too :(
Hurl is right.
Any man who thinks they don't AGE and only Women do is Delusional!
David Petraeus' wife of 38 years has threatened him with divorce after she was left 'humiliated' by his affair with his biographer, it was claimed today.
ReplyDeleteI guess Todd Palin hasn't humiliated Sarah enough by not only hiring a prostitute to satisfy his needs but to pimp out as well.
Sarah Palin has 3 daughters and allows a man who pimps out women to live in her house with them.
I guess Sarah Palin has low values,low self worth and low self esteem.
Please...a military life is not good for a marriage, period. I know I lived it. To many deployments, to much time apart. And officers are cat-nip to a certain kind of kitty. As far as the wife goes, she is either an absolute idiot or lying through her teeth. Frankly, she was a general's daughter and if daddy did not give her a lecture on wayward military husbands her mother should have. I don't condone it...it is just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteThere is such a thing called loyalty and faith in a person. Maybe that is what Holly had in her husband and he betrayed her. I certainly do not blame her at all, no matter how much she believed in her husband.
DeleteIt is a shame that such a person, male or female, who has such faith is torn apart.
So sorry you couldn't manage a good marriage in the military, but millions of others have. Do not put the blame on Holly Petraeus because her husband is a dirty little cheat.
DeleteI'm not saying Holly Patraeus isn't feeling what the story suggests, or that she doesn't have reason to be angry and thinking of divorce -- but reading anything from the Daily Mail is a bit like reading Hollywood Gossip or InTouch or TMZ or even National Enquirer.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin's favorite reading matter. I'll bet she's grooving on the salaciousness and thinking, "these people don't know the first thing about how to cover up an affair...I could tell them a thing or two!"
Spot on Gryph.
ReplyDeleteNo one gets caught on their 1st affair.
Complacency leads to sloppiness...and then...BUSTED!
Petraeus claims that he never cheated before, and only cheated with Paula once he left the military. During his career in the military he was usually abroad while Holly was home. Then when he gets a job at the CIA and is able to be home at night, he decides to cheat? Don't believe it at all. What is most likely is he was having sex with Paula in Afghanistan while she clung on to his every word and was writing her notes on how great he was in her eyes.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Two WestPoint graduates in the new Murican adventure theme park called Afghanistan. Guns and bombs and danger. Can't you just smell the sex.
DeleteI totally agree with you!
DeleteO/T
ReplyDeleteGryphen, Newsflash! You're now an evil character from Lord or the Rings!. You made Nazgul!
Just about 30 minutes ago, you got mentioned in the comments section of open thread over on C4Pee
The inmates are not happy about Halcro's latest expose, but they compared you to him, and he came up wanting ;) Check out the idiocy and what passes for sour grapes @ C4pee tonight:
Palin45potus:
The left knows that Sarah Palin would be a candidate of monumental ability. They count on the cowardly and misogynistic GOP to stab her in the back if they start throwing every kitchen sink in the store at her.
This is their proven tactic. Say anything no matter ho ridiculous. Have talking heads discuss the ridiculousness of the allegations, and then declare her toxic compared to someone reasonable like Mitt Romney. Or JEB Bush.
So Andrew Halcro, as I read it, you are in the same category as Levi Johnston and Jesse Griffin. Sewer Rats trading Sarah Palin's name for money.
Narciso:
Well he's (Halcro) a mere Urukhai, compared to those Nazguls but it's the same garbage that Taibbi really circulated in the larger nutroots, although Shannyn Moore probably started it first
Gee I am so touched they still care.
DeleteI don't understand wtf that C4P quote says. That may be a good thing I guess.
DeleteAJ Billings, you seem too dedicated to stuff like this. Weren't you going to cause a disruption of service for C for P a few weeks/months ago. My memory fails as I get older but I recall you described yourselves so: We're not kids; we've X numbers of years in IT each. Should be fun.
DeleteI visited CforP site numerous times that weewkend. Yes, it did sound like fun, but it never happened.
Trading Sarah Palin's name for money?
DeleteMindless twits over there think the only reason a blog like this exists is to make money.
Gee, Gryphen, you must be a very wealthy man at this point.
I've followed this blog long enough to give you a huge pass on the decoder ring thingy. You're an asset to your gender.
ReplyDeleteIt's refreshing to see a woman open up and hold her cheating husband's - lets say "feet to the fire" and not stand there being "the good wife". She does have a valid point about that Kelley woman, and however many others there were. It's not the act, but the emotional betrayal that's hard to get over. (I watch Dr Phil)
She's basically saying "David, dear, sleep with one eye open, I have Lorena Bobbit on speed dial".
NO sorry to report Washington Post says:
ReplyDelete"By Lisa De Moraes, Tuesday, November 20, 7:37 PM
Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind “Sesame Street’s” Elmo since the early ’80s, has resigned from the show after a second man filed a lawsuit Tuesday, accusing him of a sexual relationship with an underage male and seeking $5 million in damages."
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/elmo-puppeteer-kevin-clash-resigns-from-sesame-street/2012/11/20/f77765be-335f-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html
Also see TMZ for details.
I also feel sorry for Broadwell's young husband. Both Mrs. Petreus and he let their spouses pursue their dreams betrayed by their power and climbing to power affair.
ReplyDeleteThe greastest cheating is depriving the betrayed spouses of love, passion or happiness and their children with someone else. Pretending care, loyalty to spouse and children constantly lying to them, absent from them so the cheaters can have image, professional power, fucking, dupes running the home, working, meeting offsprings needs...i.e. all about me me me is evil.
The spouses were used and publicly humiliated by the foul laundry. Petreus, Broadwell and Kelly ought to be spit on.
A bit OT, but I idly did a google search on Paula Broadwell's receding hairline, because I noticed the masculine "m-shape" of hair around her forehead. Is it a sign of steroid use? This is the first link that caught my eye:
ReplyDeletehttp://mcfartnuggets.blogspot.com/2012/11/paula-broadwells-large-forehead.html
I noticed how broad her shoulders are!! She has more shoulder muscles than a lot of men I have seen.Mrs. Patraeus, divorce him, let him go. My father cheated on my mother, even got the other woman pregnant. My parents stayed together and life was miserable for all of us after that, never a day without arguing. Divorce would have been easier on us all. I remember as a child, not knowing what the real problem was, I would cover my head with the bed covers and pray that my father wouldn't come home. Miserable, miserable life.
DeleteAnon 3:01--thanks for validating my own secret childhood guilt--I used to wish my parents *would* divorce so the arguing would quit. Any time Dad was away on business was a happy, peaceful time in our home.
DeleteWell, time passed and Mom stayed with him, in spite of his verbal abuse and humiliations. In fact, she would brag about how long they had been married and how she should give advie to others on how to have a lasting marriage. While I was wishing he would at least have the decency to die before she does, so she can have a few years of peace and contentment.
Patraeus' very public affair(s) will haunt their marriage and I think Holly would be much happier to put the General and his baggage behind her.
man, this kind of shit is so hard to tell - what is the real story?
ReplyDeleteis it really his first affair? is it his first affair where he has gotten busted by the wife? or has she known and not cared about his affairs, until they blow up and become public like this?
who the hell knows. who knows what their agreement is. seems like people can be fine with things when they're private but get pissed when things get public. and fair enough, it's for them to work out.
I've read a couple petty comments regarding Ms. Patreaus' appearance and am compelled to reply. Why limit your hateful, ignorance to just Holly? Her husband is butt fugly. But you give him a pass.
ReplyDeleteWhy the double standard?
Exactly. Petraeus looks good in uniform, but is actually quite short and homely in civilian clothes. Incidentally, none of his "other women" are much to look at either, just slim. Broadwell's husband should kick her to the curb. Let's see what SHE will look like at Holly's age.
DeleteLOL!
DeleteEdwards said he cheated on his wife only when she was in remission. I guess he didn't see why that quote was hilarious.
ReplyDeleteSome years ago, thinking I should update my look, I photoshopped some improvements upon a photo of me. I made myself thinner, made my hair fuller and a better color, erased the wrinkles, did some lovely make-up, false eyelashes, made my hair even fuller.
ReplyDeleteSomething didn't look right. I flipped back to my unadorned photo, warts and all. Then back to the tarted-up me. Aaahhh, that was the problem: my original photo showed a normal person, intelligence showing. The tarted-up version made me look like a Paula or Joy or Tammy Faye: nose jobs, botox, lots of eye paint, just a fake and trashy mask, not myself at all.
What a relief to see my plain, rather ordinary face.
I bet Holly was never asked to leave a job/program because she wasn't doing well enough. I bet Holly never put herself and her family into major debt. Holly's can-do and honesty seem VERY attractive to me, and not in a cheap way.
Did you see the photo of Holly and Dave before they were married? She was lovely, he was nerdy. Then, he worked for 38 yrs on being the peacock in the family; that would exhaust and dishearten me, and I might retreat away from the peacock-display mode.
Whatever. To those of you who think Paula and Jill are better looking than Holly: I hope you end up with someone like P or J. Leave Holly for someone who deserves more, deserves the best.
I agree with you, none of the other women look very attractive to me. Holly looks very comforting to go home to as I imagine her husband was glad to do many times. She deserves MUCH. MUCH better than that little toad. He lost a lot more if she divorces him, than she would lose in those circumstances. He gave up quality for - what?
DeleteThank you for your post.
DeleteHe wasn't just nerdy,he had the face of a horse. He is still a very unattractive man.
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ReplyDeleteI sent an email with "Tripp and Trig...." in the message. It might be news to you or maybe not. I found the picture intriguing.
I think you're right, Gryphen. There is a LOT more to this story. But the true sleazeball in this whole affair is Jill Kelley and Holly Petraeus is just a casualty. I wonder what Kelley has on all those generals.
ReplyDeleteGo TEAM HOLLY
ReplyDeleteHolly Petraeus moved her household 24 times during her husband's career. Where's her medal for heroism?
ReplyDeleteI hope she goes out to dinner for Thanksgiving and leaves her turkey of a husband at home to stew in his own juices.
"medal for heroism"? i'd prefer cash.
DeleteWatch as petraeus tries to stiff her for money in the divorce. Claiming he has "needs."
I always thought Mrs Petraeus looked like a General's Wife. Looking at the buck tooth General...I always wondered what she saw in the chipmunk...but that's just me.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this story is true...I think this story has been put out there to let folks know that General Buck Tooth had an affair with the "unpaid socialite" *cough* HOOKER named Jill Kelley...
stay tuned folks! LOL!!
Holly Petraeus shouldn't "threaten" to divorce her husband, or even allow him in the same house. She should simply kick him out and set his stuff on the curb. If the bed ends up in the street, so much the better. Close the joint accounts, with full reporting. Get a *good* lawyer and divorce him immediately.
ReplyDeleteDon't ask David if he cheated. The bankcard statements will probably reveal more than she wants to know about how much he spent on his girlfriends. Even a room service breakfast for 2 goes into the computer. A good lawyer can hire someone to check on private accounts/stashes/slush funds.
Assume that he indeed cheated while he was in the army and might face court-martial for dishonor. Assume that he knew Paula had classified information and revealed classified information privately as well as publicly, and that he might face court martial for treason. Even if he loses his military pension and bennies, he still gets a government pension and bennies because of the CIA job. There is plenty of money.
Holly is entitled to her share. Her children are grown, so there will be no need for child support; however, any judge will grant alimony. She won't need to fret over money. Even so, demand as part of the marital settlement that she gets half of ANY speaker's fees, book advances, etc., because if it wasn't for her sacrifices, he'd still be some schmuck lieutenant in a backwater rather than an internationally known "hero". If David profits from the events in his life, he ought to share those profits.
Oh, and get tested for STDs. Loverboy doesn't seem like the sort who would use a condom.
I was married for 10 years and single for the last 30. Being single is MUCH better than being married to a cheating scoundrel.
It hurts like hell at the time. Don't draw it out. The sooner she divorces him, the sooner she can start the healing process.
Well stated. My mother could not divorce my cheating dad, because there were 6 kids involved. She had no work credentials. So, they stayed together, and we ALL ended up miserable. The other woman was married, had my father's child and her husband knew he was not the father.
DeleteAmen, sister.
DeleteShe gets half of his military retirement so she will be okay. Anything else, she'll get half as well. I just hope she takes him to the fucking cleaners.
DeleteI'm not surprised by the comments about Holly Petraeus's appearance but I'm disappointed by them. It shows that many of us have still not progressed beyond making superficial judgments about women based on their appearance. This is what a normal woman her age looks like. Period. Any comments about her appearance, including those of the "christian" Pat Robertson, are merely gratuitous and small-minded.
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You people here on IM are a bunch of self righteous asses, hypocritical to the core. When Gryphen posts about Sarah or Bristol Palins looks you pile on gleefully , but when I point out the obvious about Holly Patraeus you bite my head off. The infidelity and divorce rates in military families is higher than average, and Holly knew that full well, being in a military family since childhood. She makes $187k per year with her job at the CFPB, and can certainly afford to kick her husband to the curb where he belongs, pay for a real hair cut and a box of hair dye. By the way, I say the same thing about men...there are plenty of dudes who let themselves go emotionally and physically then wonder why their wives and girlfriends cheat.
ReplyDeleteAs a professional working person, Holly Patraeus should at least put in minimal effort to look the part, as any MAN or WOMAN who was the not the wife of a four star general would have to.
I've always been bothered by the attacks on the Palin's appearances, too. There are so many legitimate reasons to dislike them without resorting to playground taunts. It's bullying and we teach our children that it's wrong, but for some reason it's okay to do it to adults?
DeleteOkay, I'll bite. While I personally haven't made comments about the appearances of the various Palins, I do recognize that when what someone is peddling their looks--as a media "star" or beauty-content wannabe--it is appropriate to comment on their appearance And given the dramatic changes in Sarah Palin's looks, one would have to be blind not to ask--what's up with that?
DeleteHolly is a private party in a very public scandal. She diidn't ask to be put on the news; she didn't sign up for a reality TV show. She looks to me 60-year-old woman who looks comfortable in her skin. That kind of beauty is worth more than dye jobs or nip-n-tucks.
The Paylumps are media whores who invite attention. Scary Paylump has tried to build her entire persona to appeal to the mouth-breathing "huh-huh-huh, she's HAWT" demographic. That they can't even manage look or dress the part they're looking to fill is their failing. Mrs. Petraeus did not ask for this attention.
Deletenot everyone wants to dump carcinogens on their head next to their brains.
Deleteand let it soak in for a 1/4 hour...that's lovely too. For what? gray or white roots show within a week and there's nothing attractive about that.
Holly looks fine.
Go Holly!
ReplyDeleteStupid jerk married you probably because your dad was a general and he thought you could advance his career, like a good little military wife.
He let you down. Go for his jugular and live out your life as you want.
Ooooh, GenY commenter; want a cookie for being the youngest? Isn't your generation all about everyone getting a trophy? Why are you supporting Virginia Voter for ragging on Petraeus's wife's appearance? Doesn't Petraeus's wife get a trophy for holding down a job, raising the family, and keeping the house together?
ReplyDeleteAnon7:29; bitch, please. The fault of the affair was MR. Betray-us, not his wife's. Period.
ReplyDeleteHere's my reflection on this tragedy, seen through the lens of a retired career infantry officer's wife. On most PCS tours, you're together. There are inconveniences if it's an underdeveloped country, such as a lack of potable water, squat toilets, etc. You deal with it so you can be together. It's easier if you don't have children at this point.
ReplyDeleteEven on some unaccompanied hardship tours you can live close by if you're willing to live on the economy. Doable, but not recommended.
During combat tours, this is not an option. Petraeus did not fight in Vietnam, in which over 58,000 U.S. Troops were killed. He luckily missed it by a few years.
The rest of his career provided him with more down time even while at war, in countries with defined combat zones, established and defended posts, and fewer and shorter fire fights. Hence the lower death tolls than Vietnam. So he had free time on his hands to consult with a gung-ho young woman, West Point grad, who wrote a "fawning" bio of him, called by one reviewer a "Valentine," to this less than stellar warrior.
It bears repeating that Petraeus could not answer questions about why he was sent to Mosul, and what the goals and objectives were. He could only answer "Yes" when asked if he was simply told to go to Mosul. His role in formation of the Iraqi death squads didn't exactly come out of the manual, but he'd prefer not to talk about that either. Same goes for the Bronze Star with V for Valor. No narrative has been documented to warrant the Valor designation.
Now in Afghanistan, just like Iraq, our troops are in line to become occupiers of an undefeated nation. So why is Petraeus hailed anywhere as a hero?
It's true, as another commenter noted, that some women go for a man in uniform, especially if he's an officer. It's a phenomenon called brass groupies. It's probably worst in poorer countries. In Daegu, Korea, in the mid 80s, I couldn't leave my husband alone for even a few minutes while I went to the ladies room, without coming back to find him surrounded by giggling business girls. When they saw me, they scrammed. Darn! There went another chance at a potential meal ticket, they must have been thinking.
I hesitate to advice Holly Petraeus what she should do. Maybe the humiliation is a reasonable trade-off for being a Four Star General's Wife.
But if I were her, I would quietly disengage from David Petraeus and let him and his groupie (and any other peculiar women who may be involved) stew and thrash in their smelly little mess. (Now Gloria Allred is hanging her face on TV, representing Natalie Khawam, Jill Kelley's sister, for what purpose I do not know.)
I think the General looks like a fucked up version of Jack McBrayer, the hilariously funny actor who plays "Kenneth" on NBC's 30 Rock. Like, if you started with someone relatively cute like Jack and then distorted the camera lens quite a lot, or looked at him through a funhouse mirror, there ya go!
ReplyDeleteI am the adult child of divorced parents. It took my mother 18 years to finally ask my father for a divorce after she learned of his infidelity, and it was only with my support and insistence that she found the strength to leave him.
ReplyDeleteSeeing what it has done to my mother, I could never, and have never stayed with a significant other who has cheated.
Have some self respect and leave the cheating bastard. While your at it, take him for everything that he's worth.
Zow. Its DC. Also too, the Wild Wild West of Iraq and Afghanistan. The Iraq war and its craziness was mandated by the public. Petreaus kept the movie alive. Sleeveless shirts and all.
ReplyDeleteWould her husband have gotten promoted so quickly in the Army if Holly's father was not a General in the Army? Would John McCain have become a senator if Cindy McCain's family did not support him with their MONEY? I think both these men owe their wife's families for their success.
ReplyDeleteTake him for every penny you can.
ReplyDeleteUntil I read it here, I did not know Petraeus was a dominionist, but I guess it makes sense, given his conduct during the Bush years and beyond.
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