Dean points out Andrew Sullivan’s dishonesty regarding General Petraeus. Here’s Sullivan’s take on Petraeus on July 18th:

“Petraeus is either willing to be used by the Republican propaganda machine or he is part of the Republican propaganda machine. I’m beginning to suspect the latter. The only thing worse than a deeply politicized and partisan war is a deeply politicized and partisan commander. But we now know whose side Petraeus seems to be on: Cheney’s. Expect spin, not truth, in September.”

Now, the following passage is from Sullivan’s post today:

“There’s been no ’smearing’ of David Petraeus, so far as I can see.”

Ahh, no smearing of General Petraeus so far as he can see. Huh, Sullivan must have a different take on what constitutes a smear. Because, to me, calling the commanding general in Iraq a partisan hack is a smear.

Of course, none of this is really surprising. The two most self important bloggers on the left, Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Sullivan, have been on a Petraeus bashing tear ever since he gave an interview to Hugh Hewitt on air. You can find the transcript of that interview here by the way.

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