I don’t know why General Petraeus didn’t just give the friggin speech. And did you know there are 36 countries fighting with us in Iraq? 1 guy from Poland, 2 guys from Peru……… WTF is he talking about? Why oh why oh why oh do I even listen to this guy? I’ll have a commentary on the whole dirty speech later in the week……but for now, here’s the transcript. Get the Pepto out prior to listening. You’ll need it. I have chalky lips as I type this…….

Transcript of speech here

Transcript of Democratic response by Jack Reed here

Transcript of John Edwards commercial response here