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Sunday, October 28, 2007 12:00 AM

A bizarre, unsolicited e-mail from Gen. Petraeus' spokesman

An e-mail I received this morning from Col. Steven Boylan is heavy on petty insults but extremely light on the issues that actually matter.

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  • Sunday, October 28, 2007 06:38 AM

    are you sure this isn't from a freeper?

    It's from the same email address as the prior emails I received from him and has all the same adornments. Obviously, my first thought upon reading it was that it had to be fake - but it's clear, at least from everything I can see, that it is authentic.

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