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Sun Dec-14-08 04:46 PM
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| Well it must have happened very quickly. |
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I wonder if they will require people to remove their shoes before entering press conferences.
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| -Aside from the joking-does it scare anyone that the Secret Service let the shoe throwing happen? |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 04:40 PM |
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I had the same reaction. |
Pirate Smile |
Dec-14-08 04:43 PM |
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I responded to the thread in GDP and I totally agree. When you think about how the SS reacted when |
ogneopasno |
Dec-14-08 04:43 PM |
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There is video of that down thread. I am sure this will be highly scrutinized within the Service |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 05:01 PM |
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Are you trying to raise them in my esteem? |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-14-08 04:44 PM |
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Michael Ware was on CNN a while ago and said this incident |
alsame |
Dec-14-08 04:50 PM |
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You know the ghost of Saddam Hussein was there. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-14-08 04:55 PM |
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No, I never heard about that. Do tell, please. |
alsame |
Dec-14-08 04:56 PM |
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"Little boy who cleans out men's shoes," |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-14-08 05:05 PM |
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Wow, thanks. I always wondered why they sometimes pronounced |
alsame |
Dec-14-08 05:11 PM |
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They must be dancing in the streets... |
Amonester |
Dec-14-08 05:05 PM |
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Might as well enjoy it as much as we can, because, |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-14-08 05:06 PM |
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Reminds me of the shoes thrown at Saddam statues. |
trof |
Dec-14-08 04:45 PM |
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Well it must have happened very quickly. |
DearAbby |
Dec-14-08 04:46 PM |
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Not particularly |
Warpy |
Dec-14-08 04:46 PM |
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well..... |
katanalori |
Dec-14-08 05:23 PM |
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There was a bomb in his shoe |
Warpy |
Dec-14-08 05:36 PM |
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Or, how did they know what it was at all? |
BullGooseLoony |
Dec-14-08 07:03 PM |
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sad - but he brought it on himself |
auntsue |
Dec-14-08 04:47 PM |
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It was so fast no one could have stopped him. |
MrSlayer |
Dec-14-08 04:49 PM |
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And folks were on him before the second shoe left his hand (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Dec-14-08 04:58 PM |
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And Bush's head moved down and to the right ... down and to the right ... n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-14-08 05:01 PM |
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The guy was really quick. |
TomInTib |
Dec-14-08 04:50 PM |
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It's a horrid insult in the Arab world, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Dec-14-08 04:51 PM |
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I thought they were slow getting into the line of fire, as it were |
AchtungToddler |
Dec-14-08 04:52 PM |
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Here's a link to the youtube of the attempt on Reagan's life...the SS really move their shit here. |
ogneopasno |
Dec-14-08 04:53 PM |
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They had the POTUS and the shooter down really fast |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 04:59 PM |
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How could they NOT let it happen. |
arcadian |
Dec-14-08 04:53 PM |
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No the point isn't just stopping the guy, any guy, it is getting the POTUS down or out of the way |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 04:57 PM |
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I thought it was strange |
libnnc |
Dec-14-08 04:54 PM |
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I imagine that everyone in there had been thoroughly |
malaise |
Dec-14-08 05:16 PM |
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Do you think they like him any more than we do? eom |
rzemanfl |
Dec-14-08 05:20 PM |
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No. The thrower had no real weapons because he was thoroughly searched.. |
Kahuna |
Dec-14-08 04:56 PM |
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The SS can't prevent everything |
izquierdista |
Dec-14-08 04:57 PM |
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Whose bright idea was if for the now lame duck president who caused the destruction of an |
Lars39 |
Dec-14-08 05:00 PM |
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In THIS instance - No. In the implications regarding protecting Obama - YES. |
TankLV |
Dec-14-08 05:03 PM |
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Election night, when that mass of people demonstrated in front of the WH, |
havocmom |
Dec-14-08 05:29 PM |
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Thank you for posting that |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 06:28 PM |
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It's been an amusing afternoon, but you have a point. I agree. |
OnceUponTimeOnTheNet |
Dec-14-08 05:06 PM |
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Same here. |
SeattleGirl |
Dec-14-08 05:08 PM |
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although a security lapse couldn't happen to a more deserving piece of crap, |
leftofthedial |
Dec-14-08 05:14 PM |
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CNN just did a segment about this. Said the room had |
alsame |
Dec-14-08 05:19 PM |
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Uh-huh |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 05:31 PM |
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It makes no sense, both shoes were thrown before the secret |
merh |
Dec-14-08 07:00 PM |
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That's a pretty shitty excuse. |
BullGooseLoony |
Dec-14-08 07:11 PM |
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no. I don't think they are trained to see a shoe as a weapon |
JanMichael |
Dec-14-08 07:02 PM |
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I think they see everything as a weapon. They never consider any environment "clean" |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 08:19 PM |
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This will cause SS to tighten procedures - at just the right time |
JPZenger |
Dec-14-08 07:11 PM |
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Yeah- a little wake-up call is a good thing. |
BullGooseLoony |
Dec-14-08 07:12 PM |
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Yes this most certainly will |
underpants |
Dec-14-08 08:20 PM |
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you think the ss would have smothered junior..dove on top of him....maybe they don't like him either |
spanone |
Dec-14-08 07:14 PM |
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Sort of - but I suspect that there was a near-zero chance of any kind of |
petronius |
Dec-14-08 08:31 PM |
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