8:49 pm - 11/21/2012
Lindsay Lohan Challenges David Gregory On Public's Right To Know About Petraeus Affair
NBC's David Gregory on Tuesday appeared to make the case that the public really didn't need to know about former CIA Director David Petraeus's affair with biographer Paula Broadwell.
Appearing with him on NBC's Tonight Show was Lindsay Lohan who surprisingly challenged the Meet the Press host on this point (video follows with transcript and commentary):
"DAVID GREGORY: I was surprised. I mean, he’s, look, he’s an amazing military leader. That’s not going to change. This was a terrible mistake. You know, it's one of these situations where do we really want to know all of this?
LINDSAY LOHAN: Yes.
GREGORY: And I think a lot of people are, yeah, right, you said…
LOHAN: Yes,
GREGORY: ...do we really want to know these things?
LOHAN: Yes, please.
GREGORY: You do? Okay.
LOHAN: I'd like to know."
It's interesting how when a sex scandal rocks a Democratic White House, the press get squeamish about reporting it.
Remember that Newsweek initially refused to publish former President Bill Clinton's sexual escapades with Monica Lewinsky.
By contrast, Republican scandals get an astonishing amount of attention.
In 2006, the media turned an unknown Florida Congressman's electronic messages to male pages into the poster child of the so-called "Republican Culture of Corruption."
As such, it makes you wonder if Gregory would be asking if we needed to know about the Petraeus affair if the former CIA director had been serving a Republican president.
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Appearing with him on NBC's Tonight Show was Lindsay Lohan who surprisingly challenged the Meet the Press host on this point (video follows with transcript and commentary):
"DAVID GREGORY: I was surprised. I mean, he’s, look, he’s an amazing military leader. That’s not going to change. This was a terrible mistake. You know, it's one of these situations where do we really want to know all of this?
LINDSAY LOHAN: Yes.
GREGORY: And I think a lot of people are, yeah, right, you said…
LOHAN: Yes,
GREGORY: ...do we really want to know these things?
LOHAN: Yes, please.
GREGORY: You do? Okay.
LOHAN: I'd like to know."
It's interesting how when a sex scandal rocks a Democratic White House, the press get squeamish about reporting it.
Remember that Newsweek initially refused to publish former President Bill Clinton's sexual escapades with Monica Lewinsky.
By contrast, Republican scandals get an astonishing amount of attention.
In 2006, the media turned an unknown Florida Congressman's electronic messages to male pages into the poster child of the so-called "Republican Culture of Corruption."
As such, it makes you wonder if Gregory would be asking if we needed to know about the Petraeus affair if the former CIA director had been serving a Republican president.
Source
✰ "Liz & Dick", starring Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor, premieres Sunday, November 25, at 9 PM on Lifetime. ✰
Oh give me a break, these guys don't make it a habit to resign or have their careers utterly ruined. And they're from the party of family values and personal responsibility.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's affairs were kept secret, so he never had to pay for anything. David Vitter resigned only to end up in the senate. It took John Ensign nearly two years to resign. Rudi Giuliani, Newt Gingrich. etc.
Meanwhile people have barely heard a peep from Edwards, Weiner, Jim McGreevey, or Spitzer. Don't even get me started on the impeachment.
I won't lie, it kind of makes me happy when a Republican gets caught up in a sex scandal because of how hypocritical conservatives are.
So she wants the media to stay out of her life but wants to know all the details about Gen. Petraeus. hmmm
Petraeus is a republican so this point is invalid. And why would they hide it under Obama's account? It's not like he had anything to do with Petraes cheating on his wife.