NICE OF THEM – AT 9:39 A.M. ET:  From NewsBusters:

In a classic example of liberal hypocrisy, the far-left leaning, George Soros-funded group MoveOn.org has removed its controversial "General Betray Us" ad from its website.

For those that have forgotten, shortly after General David Petraeus issued his report to Congress in September 2007 concerning the condition of the war in Iraq and the success of that March's troop surge, MoveOn placed a full-page ad in the New York Times with the headline, "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"

This created quite a firestorm with media outlets on both sides of the aisle circling the wagons to either defend or berate both the Times and MoveOn.

Now that President Obama has appointed Petraeus to replace the outgoing Gen. Stanley McChrystal to lead the war effort in Afghanistan, the folks on the far-left that castigated Petraeus when he worked for George W. Bush have to sing a different tune.

With that in mind, the ad, which has been at MoveOn's website for years, was unceremoniously removed on Wednesday as reported by our friends at Weasel Zippers.

COMMENT:  They're kind of like the old Leninists.  Things and people just disappear.

There's much buzz tonight, although I can't confirm it, that Obama himself chose Petraeus for the Afghanistan assignment, even though Petraeus wasn't on the list of generals recommended by Secretary of Defense Gates.  That raises all kinds of questions as to what Obama's motive is.  Did he simply decide to pick the best man?  Does he want to wrap an Afghanistan failure around Petraeus's neck?  Is he trying to sideline Petraeus as a possible 2012 presidential nominee?

We may never find out, but, as we noted earlier today, Petraeus is politically savvy, and it's unlikely he'd allow himself to fall into a political trap. 

The coming Petraeus-Obama relationship will be one of the most intriguing, I would imagine, that we've seen in recent years. 

Petraeus is said to be a "Rockefeller Republican."  Hmm.  I'm just throwing this out:  Will we see an Obama-Petraeus ticket in 2012, and Petraeus, as a Democrat, in 2016?  I don't think so, but it's juicy.

June 24, 2010