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scarletwoman

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7. No, obviously NOT Patraeus's wife - think about it.

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:41 PM

Nov 2012

The FBI wouldn't have "stumbled" onto the connection with Patraeus if it had been his wife who called them in. And do you really think that the wife of the CIA Director would have called the FBI? That seems illogical to me.

The unnamed woman who called the FBI about the threatening emails wouldn't necessarily have to be another lover, either. If Broadwell was nuts enough to send threatening emails, she could be nuts enough and deluded enough to simply perceive that the other woman represented a threat to her relationship with Patraeus.

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Was Paula Broadwell threatening Patraeus' wife? [View all] malaise Nov 2012 OP

I vote for 2 + n alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #1

Very true malaise Nov 2012 #4

That's true. It happened to me a little after 40. :) aletier_v Nov 2012 #12

It starts at 14 or 40 alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #22

It Is Called Swamp Dick HangOnKids Nov 2012 #47

Perhaps both. DURHAM D Nov 2012 #2

I think Miss Paula knew she had some competition. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #3

Still she must have suspected something malaise Nov 2012 #8

Hell hath no fury rocktivity Nov 2012 #5

Love this!!!!!! DryHump Nov 2012 #40

Stupid self absorbed females......fighting for a stupid self absorbed man.... Gin Nov 2012 #6

Only the names change malaise Nov 2012 #10

Petraeus is not stupid, to the contrary Inuca Nov 2012 #11

No it's really stupid malaise Nov 2012 #13

Albert Einstein disagrees. aletier_v Nov 2012 #18

I don't think he even cared what his wife or anyone else thought, based on what I've read... CTyankee Nov 2012 #23

LOL malaise Nov 2012 #25

No, I was mostly joking. aletier_v Nov 2012 #26

I think he was an opportunist form the beginning. He wooed the daughter of West Point's CTyankee Nov 2012 #32

"Why are we even surprised?" aletier_v Nov 2012 #37

Well, if you mean that others became jealous of both her and him, yes, I can see that. CTyankee Nov 2012 #39

Not just the money but the recognition aletier_v Nov 2012 #41

Oh, I dunno. It's a pretty glamorous situation, better than the wife's surely. CTyankee Nov 2012 #43

Read up on Monica Lewinsky aletier_v Nov 2012 #45

She may be. But what was she going to be anyway? CTyankee Nov 2012 #48

Did you know Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #28

... Louisiana1976 Nov 2012 #34

Thank you, thank you Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #36

++++ Whisp Nov 2012 #19

I stand with malaise on this one. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #21

You're right. But Paula Whats-Her-Name did a stupid thing too. randome Nov 2012 #33

No, obviously NOT Patraeus's wife - think about it. scarletwoman Nov 2012 #7

Valid points malaise Nov 2012 #9

"Too many power driven nuts" - Amen! scarletwoman Nov 2012 #15

Yes, she may have projected herself onto another woman aletier_v Nov 2012 #14

My initial thought, too. She prolly thought the other woman was "encroaching" on what she CTyankee Nov 2012 #20

no, she was using Petraeus' email account for those threats. Whisp Nov 2012 #16

I may be wrong, but this would not be "impeachable" or whatever in Europe, right? libdem4life Nov 2012 #17

Petraeus didn't resign because of an affair. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #24

Exactly. How do people keep missing that and thinking only of sex? nt redqueen Nov 2012 #30

because that's what we think about most! aletier_v Nov 2012 #31

Well there is no impeachment in Europe but I'm sure affairs are not tolerated malaise Nov 2012 #27

yes, especially for Reverse CowGirl. aletier_v Nov 2012 #29

I laugh here at my keyboard! DryHump Nov 2012 #42

Enough British MPs and other government officials would tend to agree... regnaD kciN Nov 2012 #44

Found this on the web....about her husband..did he write this? Gin Nov 2012 #35

No. That has been debunked. Someone else wrote the letter. Caroline-Vivienne Nov 2012 #46

He watched too many James Bond movies? FarCenter Nov 2012 #38

Face it. The US is still stuck in the Victorian Age. Affairs=sex=bribable offense. Europe, libdem4life Nov 2012 #49