General Petraeus Fainted
 

General Petraeus fainted


June 15, 2010 04:16 PM EDT
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The commander of American forces in the Middle East, General David Patraeus appeared to faint during a period of intense questioning on Tuesday. The General was asked a question by Senator John McCain when he suddenly went limp and slumped toward the microphones.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.ac...81474978304066

Better source: http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-ga...ntly-fine.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCvVdfeH05Y

There was a joke about having to listen to John McCain made (,he made it himself), but mostly I just hope the guy's fine. Besides being dehydrated I wouldn't be surprised it if was rather warm there.

I'm sure it was rather warm and wearing a uniform never helps.

I always liked John McCain. :) He was cute in his young days and he talks exactly like one of my mentors.

WHAT he was saying to Patraeus may've been what made him faint--kind of like when Balloon Boy fainted during all of his family's interviews. Anything to distract from the issue at hand. :p

The initial reports on Yahoo! news was that he was choking!

I love the look :eek: on McCain's face. It doesn't look like he was fainting, but what could he have been choking on?

McCain looked like he was about to jump up! Love him. :)

Prolly a jolly rancher, those things can be brutal.