Eggplants @ 142: “Unfortunately I’m not convinced that having Patraeus as Lord Protector is a “good thing”. It’ll just be a slightly better version of “bad”.”

Agreed that the Lord Protector route should not be anyone’s first choice; back in Cromwell’s day, it really did not work out so well for the English, and was fairly devastating for the Welsh, Irish & Scots.

On the other hand, there is sometimes a Cincinnatus or a George Washington who does what needs to be done and then goes back to his plow. Here today, I would rather take my chances with Lord Protector Petraeus than with unindicted traitor Barack Hussein Obama.