Grenade tossed on stage w. Bush; the grenade did not explode. Details fort

[missouri dem 2]

http://www.legitgov.org/

MSNBC Breaking: Grenade tossed on stage w. Bush; the grenade did not explode. Details forthcoming.

[Hobarticus]

1. Where? Link?

[maddezmom]

113. links here: ABC, MSNBC and AP

http://www.katu.com/stories/77045.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7781473

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_GRENADE?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

but the story still stinks :eyes:

[foxy]

139. Was he reading children a story? eom

[salin]

175. and after all the reports of a finally "warm" welcome for bush

after his whole euro visit - all the reports were of his finally (my word not theirs) getting a warm reception in Georgia. I guess warm means that while not throwing verbal grenades, the only grenade thrown was a literal one, but a dud.

Sarcasm aside, I do hope that this is a false story. It is very frightening that a grenade, even a dud, could be lobbed at the president of the United States. Attempted assassination is no laughing matter. Regardless of how one feels about the administration... this is seriously frightening. I am glad it was a dud, and that the president is safe. I don't think this country would make it through in one piece through the chaos that would follow at this point in history.

[rzemanfl]

2. Is this bullshit or not? If true I feel sorry for whoever washes the

royal undies.

[babylonsister]

3. MSNBC's Coast to Coast just announced it. nt

[missouri dem 2]

6. It's not up on their website yet

[katmondoo]

5. Just came in on MSNBC

[goddess40]

165. Bush didn't even see it nor did the secret service - another lie!

Bush and his SS weren't even aware of it until after they left the country - there is no way that chicken man would be allowed to get that close to real danger without his babysitters knowing about it.

Just another stunt to keep the fear alive.

[TahitiNut]

4. A dud. Just like him.

:shrug: How many of his "loyal supporters" threw themselves on it? :eyes: Laura? Condi? Karl? (Thought not.)

[n2mark]

10. I thought he was on his way back to the US.

[Roland99]

58. Retroactively reporting threats are they?

[skypilot]

171. Just like with his dad.

Remember when we bombed Iraq because there had supposedly been a plot to assassinate Bush Sr. during a visit there after the Gulf War. Not an assassination attempt, mind you, but a plot.

[Voltaire99]

154. LOL! (nt)

[Brooklyn Michael]

174. To be more specific...

...it was a "dummy" grenade, used in training excercises.

But it's STILL friggin' appropriate...

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[Massacure]

8. Bush is one lucky son of a bitch.

First the pretzel, now this???

[katty]

119. bush surrounded by his captains - price on his head not OBL

[LiberalFighter]

145. The odds are against him...

slip ups are a matter of human nature

If slip ups work out right then very minor consequences. But slip ups involve more than one variable.

[notadmblnd]

9. But they love him there

must have been candy and flowers

[Warren Stupidity]

136. Georgia is the birthplace of Uncle Joe

Somehow traipsing around dissing the soviet union's WWII efforts to defeat Hitler probably was not too good an idea when visiting the homeland of Stalin. I've heard that the miserable tyrant is having quite the revival lately. Plus everybody in the former USSR lost at least one relative in the war. Somebody should have told * to STFU.

[LiberalFighter]

146. He doesn't have to worry about any attempts...

he is wearing the body armor that his troops are wearing.

[lies and propaganda]

156. i am sure that you meant "aren't..."

n.t

[MaineDem]

11. For real???

Wow.

[geek tragedy]

12. Something smells here--probably a false alarm.

The ceremony went on uninterrupted and nobody seemed concerned.

Had that thing been for real--even if a dud-- they would have whisked him away.

[central scrutinizer]

64. I agree

I suspect Karl Rove's fingerprints are on this - they are desperate for something to raise the poll numbers.

[zann725]

151. I agree. Smells like a Rove spin to me.

n/t

[Roland99]

65. But the media pounced on it right away while they ignore the British memo

Fuckers.

[kath]

114. What British memo??? <<bitter sarcasm>>

[flygal]

152. Ha

**slitting wrists**

[gtar100]

173. Anything the media *jumps on* has got to be RW hackery

[Deja Q]

71. Bingo

n/t

[struggle4progress]

111. Yep. eom

[Virginian]

135. Seems fishy -- Bushco bombs memo

Georgia security called Secret Service to tell them about it -- two hours after they left. Secret Service did NOT know anything about it.

Grenade hit someone 100 yards from stage. Pin was out, it didn't explode.
Tell me who wouldn't look to see what hit them? If a grenade is in a crowd isn't the crowd going to react? If a crowd reacts, Secret Service notices. That's their job.

Something here doesn't add up.

It's like after 9/11 when Bush KNEW one of the planes was headed for the White House. How did he know? Who told him? As far as I have heard, the hijackers didn't file flight plans.

edited to Add:
This is because of that Brittish memo. It is starting to creep into the MSM so they come up with a grenade to deflect it. This is starting to make sense now. Bushco bombed the memo.

[anitar1]

141. Whiaked him away to chamge his pants--n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

161. You're in a crowd. Something flies through the air and hits you....

You look down and you see a hand grenade.

What do you do?

Now maybe people in Georgia are so polite that even with death staring them in the face, they'd never, never interrupt a speech, even to scream a warning to everyone around them.

I really doubt that. If someone had actually thrown a grenade, and someone saw what it was, people would have been panicking all over the place and security would have been all over them.

You're right this does sound fishy.

[gtar100]

176. Yet will any MSM *journalist* ask these questions?

I doubt it. MSM *journalists* are Repeaters, not reporters. These people truly suck.

[Straight Shooter]

13. Revenge of the frogs. Did it land near his butt? eom

[BeHereNow]

14. Yes, they hate us

for our free-to-be-dumbs...
LOL!
BHN

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[KarenS]

16. I got this CLG email too,,,,

turned on MSNBC and they were reporting it,,,, apparently it was during a speech,,,,

[neuvocat]

21. Smells REALLY fishy.

I'm just not buying it.

[wakeme2008]

17. IMHO there has been more attempts on his life that this

Remember the photo of him wearing the bullet proof vest on his ranch walking with the President of Mexico...

I just do not think MSM covers them. In this case they would have to because of the foreign press.

[Nevernose]

84. You make good sense (n/t)

[MaineDem]

18. It's after midnight over there

Unless he's speaking to people in his PJs this has to be old news...or no news.

[undeterred]

59. Apparently it happened earlier today- the Bush people were not told of it

until a few hours later. The grenade was not very close to him.

[ldf]

128. cbs news said

the grenade was "found" AFTER bush had already left.

now it has morphed into "being thrown at bush", and then into "being thrown on stage".

yet there was no panic by the crowd, nor the immediate removal of bush?

i hope the reporters dig until they find it just another hoax, like so many others put out by rovie boy to divert attention from the real news.

[Javaman]

130. first it was....

Thrown at bush, then thrown at state, an explosive device, then a grenade...

I bet when all is said and done and reported truthfully on page 20 of your local rag, it will be a paragraph long stating it was nothing more than a child's balloon that floated on stage.

It's good to know that his security is just as strong now as it was on 9/11

[IChing]

19. Was this a plant for a terror alert?

We shall find out if was another psy-ops operation or real.
Cheney runs the country anyway

[Stand and Fight]

20. I'm glad it was nothing. Glad he's still alive. This story is odd...

Do you want this man to become a martyr? We'd never hear the end of it. Assassination is not the way that I want Bush to go. I doubt this is even real -- sounds fake. Wouldn't they have gotten him off stage and by now Fox would be all over it, right?

[hyphenate]

30. I agree

We don't want George the II to die from an assassin. After all, we'd be stuck with the Dickhead then.

[Stand and Fight]

37. Precisely...

However, I do think screaming boo loudly enough in a large crowd could case Crash-Cart to have an attack of the heart.

[frylock]

70. i hate to break this to you, but..

the Dickhead is the man behind the curtain. We ARE stuck with him. Best to have him out in the open rather than calling the shots from his "undisclosed location".

[Ian David]

83. If dickead became president, maybe the pressure would give him a coronary

FOX has the story now as their top "news"

[left is right]

127. I agree I don't want * to become a martyr

I pray on a regular basis that he remains safe and healthy until the day he is indicted for crimes against humanity and high treason

[surrey405]

163. i guess

you are right. he should be assasinated in his own country if it comes to that. if somwehre outside, they will definitely make him a martyr.

[Ian David]

22. Must be the same shitty grenades we're giving our troops

Freedom is really on the march, I guess.

[elehhhhna]

23. Not buying 'til I see the telltale Prezidential Pee-stain

[kliljedahl]

24. No linky, No believey

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Ian David]

31. I'm not seeing it yet either n/t

I've been doing google news searches and looking at CNN/MSNBC/Fox.

I tend to trust Citizens for Legitimate Government, but we should have heard something by now.

[kliljedahl]

56. Me too, & I know how to Google

Nothing.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[proud2BlibKansan]

124. Keith O reporting it now

on Countdown.

[Nite Owl]

25. So are they going to use this as their excuse for

screening all his town halls? Don't believe this just 'happened'.

[neuvocat]

29. Or maybe to excuse attacking Social Security.

"If you don't change Social Security, the Georgian terrorists will have won."

[Nite Owl]

Any thing is a possibility with

this administration! lol

[Renew Deal]

26. Freeptards don't have this story yet.

So is it for real, or are they all watching fox?

[BrightKnight]

148. They are still in the foxhole. - n/t

[d_b]

27. Lucky bastard.

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[Horse with no Name]

32. I thought they were all flowers and giggles?

Guess they all weren't as dumb as we thought.

[shadowknows69]

34. if this is true

the right wing lunatics will just see it as further proof of his "divine mandate" the burnings could begin soon after.

[CubsFan1982]

33. I take it back

NBC just covered it.

[CatholicEdHead]

36. NBC just covered it.

[catnhatnh]

39. Something Smells....

>>>But I DID hear it on msnbc at 6:15 eastern...

[TacticalPeek]

35. Pete Williams on MSNBC now on it.

I'd love to see the glances exchanged by the guys in his Secret Service detail.

:evilgrin:



(Sounds like it was over 100 feet away.)

[wakeme2008]

38. Link on ABC

http://abcnews.go.com

[Roland99]

47. Staged to increase support for the Propagandist?

[Stand and Fight]

57. Entirely likely -- just think they've done this before.

Remember the supposed assassination attempt in Columbia that was later quietly disclaimed?

[Stand and Fight]

48. All it says is:

SECRET SERVICE SAYS GRENADE WAS THROWN IN FRONT OF BUSH IN GEORGIA -- NO ONE HURT

[hippiegranny]

55. but...but...but...

everybody LOVES him there. Or so we're told.

[Stand and Fight]

60. I know, I know...

Why do they hate 'Murka? :evilgrin:

[mcscajun]

66. "The Secret Service said it was unaware of any disturbance...

...until it was informed of the incident by Georgian police."


http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=745667&page=1

[Ian David]

80. You almost think they don't care what happens to him, don't you?

"Grenade? What grenade, Mister President? No, you can't play with my gun. No, Special Agent Smith did NOT say it's ok. Yes, we did let your daddy play with out guns, but he was a veteran."

[EvolvedChimp]

143. I bet they feed him choclate bars to shut up

[Ian David]

160. "If you're good, we'll take you to a petting zoo, Mister President."

"No, not a heavy petting zoo."

[EvolvedChimp]

180. If your good. . .

We'll let you watch Nick at Night. I know you love "Bewitched" Please Mr. President stop wrinkling your nose. The cameras are on us.

[Stand and Fight]

40. On CNN Headline News now...

As breaking news... SS heading back to Georgia to investigate.

[neuvocat]

53. Let's assume this is true for a moment:

How badly does someone have to hate you that they'll be desparate enough to throw a grenade at you and not care who else they take out?

[ET Awful]

62. Well, they don't have to hate you very much at all . . .

there are all kinds of cases of innocent bystanders being killed in an attempt to take out one person. It's not rare.

[Virginian]

137. Yeah, look at Iraq. n/t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

132. Or bad enough to bomb Baghdad to take out one man?

[babylonsister]

41. Ironic that Georgia was the MOST successful stop

on his whirlwind tour! Yeah, right. :eyes:

[sniffa]

42. i didn't know he needed another reichstag fire

siLLy me

[Gman]

43. This could NEVER happen

Bush is so loved throughout the world.

[cruadin]

44. This story smells like manure.

<sp.>

[mom cat]

51. or like a rovian plot to boost ratings.

[cruadin]

54. I can's find ANY mention of it on any wire service.

Is there a link?

[Stand and Fight]

52. M-a-n-u-r-e.

This story does smell like manure -- I agree with you 100%.

[Zorra]

45. Didja ever see the Eddie Murphy spoof of the Reagan "shooting"?

Rove probably thought this up as some kind PR stunt to get sympathy for Bush, or it's a staged event to say, "see, more terrorists! Now do you understand why it is important for you to give away all your civil liberties?"

[unhappycamper]

46. I see nothing about this on yahoo, aljeezera or bbc. This smells........

[Roland99]

50. Nothing on FAUX either

[warrior1]

49. So did they catch the person

or is this a fake story for bush.

[slackmaster]

61. I'd bet on "mock grenade" if that

If it didn't explode we can assume it wasn't a real grenade. Real military grenades are very reliable.

[NuttyFluffers]

116. grenade probably made of chocolate.

something to dip his pretzels into, i guess. he really is well loved in georgia, they think of everything to keep our prez comfy. wonder if it had a caramel center...

[BrklynLiberal]

63. Smells like Rove to me. Remember the phony "bug" in his candidate's

office early on in Rove's career? Same Shit, Different Decade.

[ldf]

129. ding ding ding. we have a winner!

exactly. a karl rove special event.

[qanda]

67. Did anyone see The Interpreter?

I won't give it away, but it certainly makes you think.

[dave29]

68. Link

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=745667&page=1

[RamboLiberal]

69. ABC Link

A grenade was thrown within 100 feet of the stage where President Bush was giving a speech today in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, local authorities told the U.S. Secret Service.

The device did not go off and no one was hurt, the Secret Service said.

Local police told the Secret Service the device was thrown as Bush spoke in Freedom Square in Tblisi, the Georgian capital. The device hit someone and fell to the ground about 100 feet away from the stage, the Secret Service said.

The Secret Service said it was unaware of any disturbance until it was informed of the incident by Georgian police.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=745667&page=1

[54anickel]

72. WTF? 100 ft away and the SS was unaware? I dunno, if I got hit by

a grenade, I think I'd make a bit of a ruckus try to GET THE HELL AWAY! Yet the SS saw nothing, only 100 ft away from the idiot?

[noshenanigans]

73. How is that possible?

When a man is guarded by a cadre of people whose entire existence is predicated upon knowing if someone so much as sneezes on him, how could a freaking hand grenade be lobbed near a stage and no one notices? All holy hell would have broken loose, don't you think?

Edited the location- I got carried away with my puzzlement, but I still feel it's a very valid question.

[RamboLiberal]

76. It wasn't on the stage from ABC report but 100 feet from stage

in the crowd. Still amazing the Secret Service didn't know till Georgian police told them.

[Ian David]

74. Just saw it confirmed on FOX News

Nothing online yet.

They're going to follow-up on it right after they talk about Michael Jackson.

[chiffon]

75. CNN's Anderson Cooper covering now....

hmmmmmm

[RamboLiberal]

77. MSNBC Link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7781473/

A device, possibly a hand grenade, was thrown toward the stage on which President Bush addressed 300,000 cheering Georgians on Tuesday, but it was not discovered until after the president's appearance, NBC News has learned.

<snip>

The incident happened while the president was speaking in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The event was heavily secured, with agents keeping watch from rooftops.

According to U.S. law enforcement officials, someone threw a hand grenade that landed with 100 feet of the stage where the president was speaking.

Secret Service didn't see device
NBC’s Pete Williams, reporting from Washington, said none of the Secret Service agents accompanying the president saw the device. A Georgian security official working the crowd saw it, picked it up and took it away.

[Ian David]

78. ABC Report: Grenade thrown near President (Prior story had no link)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1460803

[BamaLefty]

133. Too Damn Fishy

I can't wait to hear Hannity spin it tommorow!

I never listen to RW radio... by I will tommorow by damn. It'll be too frickin comical to miss!! :eyes:

[daleo]

147. Someone could throw a grenade within 100 feet of the stage?

And then not be noticed? This all sounds peculiar. It sounds like it wasn't thrown at all, if it existed. Maybe dropped, and probably an intentional dud. Maybe someone in Georgia was sending a message to Bush and the neo-cons, maybe Putin even. Alternatively, it could all be a bit of political theater cooked up by Bushco and the Georgian government to show what a brave leader Bush is. I can't believe Bush would get on a stage that had unscreened people within a thousand feet, let alone a hundred.

[nittygritty]

79. Why were the SS not notified immediately???

Reports are saying that Georgian authorities did not notify SS until later?:shrug:

edit for something very smelly about this story...

[RamboLiberal]

81. Figure there would be a ruckus in the crowd

Like trying to flee and yelling grenade or somthing! That's what I would've been doing. And a police officer just calmly carries it off and doesn't call a bomb squad?

Wonder if they have those hollowed out grenades in Georgia like you can get here in a Surplus store?

[Nevernose]

82. He really DOES have a deal w/ Satan!

It's the only possible explanation for his incredible luck. Either that or it's just another Rove non-story attention-getter.

[gardenista]

85. No way SS would not react immediately. And 100' away?

If a grenade was thrown, if it landed 100' away, then Booosh was not the target.

Are we being primed for Bush to hunker down and not leave the US for the rest of his term? I think so.....

"Them hateful Ruskies er tryin' tu keel me."

And after Putie-Pute let him drive his cool car 'n all....

[RamboLiberal]

112. Or Jebbie taking us to another war with cries of

They tried to kill my bro!

[gardenista]

142. LOL!

[Megahurtz]

86. In a Red State?

Oh no, it can't be.:sarcasm:

[d_b]

88. Former Soviet republic.

[Nevernose]

90. Which would still technically be a "red" state

At least if you've watched enough Rambo movies.

[d_b]

110. ...MURDOCK....YOUR ASS IS MINE!

or something like that.

[IChing]

91. Stalin's home state

[Megahurtz]

109. Oooops - wrong "State"...

now I get it.:blush:

[Bossy Monkey]

87. Finally, the AP:

May 10, 7:16 PM EDT

Agents Check Report of Grenade Near Bush
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service was investigating a report Tuesday that a hand grenade was thrown at the stage during President Bush's speech in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

After Bush left Georgia on Tuesday, the Secret Service was informed by Georgian authorities of a report that a device, possibly a hand grenade, had been thrown within 100 feet of the stage during Bush's speech, hit someone in the crowd and fell to the ground, Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry said.

According to the report, a Georgian security officer picked up the device and removed it from the area. The Secret Service had not seen the device as of Tuesday evening, Cherry said. It has agents in Tbilisi working with the FBI, State Department and Georgian authorities to investigate the report.

Cherry said he couldn't characterize the source of the report.
(slightly more)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_GRENADE?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Nevernose]

89. Someone in the crowd threw something at another crowd member?

And this is a hand grenade aimed at the president HOW? Gauranteed thre point ratings boost by tomorrow -- it'll be all anyone's talking about at most people's work.

[Ian David]

92. ABC Report: Grenade thrown near President (Prior story had no link)

GEORGIA - According to a report by ABC News, a grenade was thrown near a stage in the former Soviet republic of Georgia where President Bush was giving a speech.

According to the report, after President Bush left, the Secret Service was informed by Georgian authorities that during his speech, someone threw a device within 100 feet from the stage.

The device hit someone and fell to the ground, but did not go off. It was later determined that the device was a grenade. The Secret Service is investigating.

More:
http://www.katu.com/stories/77045.html

Related story:

Bush Hails Democracy in Georgia
http://tinyurl.com/a7alo

(Prior story in LBN had no link. That makes me the "real" first, right?)

[RamboLiberal]

93. MSNBC Link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7781473 /

A device, possibly a hand grenade, was thrown toward the stage on which President Bush addressed 300,000 cheering Georgians on Tuesday, but it was not discovered until after the president's appearance, NBC News has learned.

<snip>

The incident happened while the president was speaking in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The event was heavily secured, with agents keeping watch from rooftops.

According to U.S. law enforcement officials, someone threw a hand grenade that landed with 100 feet of the stage where the president was speaking.

Secret Service didn't see device
NBC’s Pete Williams, reporting from Washington, said none of the Secret Service agents accompanying the president saw the device. A Georgian security official working the crowd saw it, picked it up and took it away.

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[Pachamama]

150. No Kidding! Thank Gawd! We'd have FUCheney as Prez!

That's even scarier! :scared:

WAIT! FUCheney already IS the President!.... :eyes:

[noshenanigans]

100. Curiouser and curiouser

"A Georgian security official working the crowd saw it, picked it up and took it away."

Yes, because the first instinct of a security official when they see a grenade fly near the stage of an event featuring world leaders is to pick it up.

Something's reeeeeeally weird with all this.

[Ian David]

106. Can we blame this one on Richard Jewel?

"In its rush to show the world how quickly it could get its man, the FBI trampled on my rights as a citizen." (October 28, 1996)

--Richard Jewel, exonerated Olympic bomber suspect

More:
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive/speech_461.html

[Fire Walk With Me]

102. What exactly were they cheering?

[neuvocat]

94. Still stinks.

"According to the report, after President Bush left, the Secret Service was informed by Georgian authorities that during his speech, someone threw a device within 100 feet from the stage."

And no one noticed that it was thrown at the stage until after he left? Yeah, right.

[atreides1]

97. Sounds to me

Like one of the Georgian security personnel dropped his grenade, and
to keep from being embarassed they said that someone threw it.

It could happen.

[RamboLiberal]

101. I doubt security personnel would be carrying grenades

unless a smoke grenade or some kind of mace/pepper spray for crowd control.

[Cooley Hurd]

99. "...and. he fell off his bike after the rain-swolen earth gave way."

...although it hadn't rained in weeks.;)

I think this story stinks, too...:thumbsdown:

[BrklynLiberal]

103. Yup. Let's see how Rove makes it into a national security scare.

[MaineDem]

96. I see links on the other thread. (nt)

:shrug:

[RamboLiberal]

98. Yeah but you had to scroll down to find MSM links

And on a dialup that's tough on a Big Thread. Mods will move if they want.

[NVMojo]

104. Did DeLay do it?

[woosh]

105. What would happen if they got him?

I'm just curious how the US would have reacted. We would invade somewhere, right? Couldn't pass up the opportunity...

[RamboLiberal]

107. Oh Lord - Imagine Cheney in charge - I'm glad it was a dud

With Bunker Boy it would be endless war for sure. The Fundies would've gotten their Rapture.

[woosh]

108. You mean he isn't in charge?

[genieroze]

120. It was a dud huh?

I guess it takes one to know one.

[acmavm]

115. Oh bull. This is just like on 9/11 when he had to run and hide here in

Nebraska, what was that whopper, someone had the coordinates of Air Force One?

And then there was the 'British Air Force jet' that almost blew his surprise visit to a mess tent in Iraq (fake turkey and all).

Then there were the WMDs that we KNEW were there and we KNEW where they were at.

Then there was that brave young heroine, Jessica Lynch, who singlehandedly fought off a whole division of crazed Iraqi soldiers.

And then... (you get the picture).

[moondust]

117. Probably a toy. Staged to make him look like a hero. nt

[Solly Mack]

118. I remain, dubious

[slackmaster]

122. A little doobie would be good right about now

I want to be doobious too.

:smoke:

[Solly Mack]

123. lol! certainly would add needed perspective, for sure

doobie doobie doooo la-la la-la-la

[medeak]

121. Some Georgians saying it was a lie

Secret Service wasn't notified for two hours.. very strange

[HeeBGBz]

126. That is quite strange

This story reeks.

[MaineDem]

166. WCBS on its 11pm news said the Georgians were denying it happened

Who the heck knows at this point!

[Gyre]

125. It's BS

What are the chances that somebody would risk death to kill chimpy and use shit-grenades?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

131. Karl Rove always comes up with something new and original

IMAGINE...our own Lord Bunnypants, basking in the glow of "tens of thousands" of people who L-O-V-E him, and all of a sudden some crazed terrorist tosses a grenade at him.

But being the war hero that he is, President Bush survives the attack unscathed, and goes on to spread democracy throughout the world.

PLEASE tell us another story, Unca Karl...I'm not sleepy yet.

[lateo]

134. I bet he pooped his pants...

I wonder what SS agent got tasked with cleaning up the mess?

[Rex]

138. Did Rove throw it?

Wow, the Georgians save El Chimpster and without any tangible evidence or witnesses? Can we hear from the person who got hit by the grenade? I bet they have a lot to say. OTOH, why would it surprise anyone here that someone tosses a grenade at him? EVERYONE around the world hates his guts!

[IChing]

140. Psy ops, PsY OpS, PSY OPS

Georgia is rated 117th in the world in free press by The Center for Media and Democracy
This is a bullshit media manipulation by Psy Ops corp

http://www.prwatch.org/node/3638

[neuvocat]

144. Some terror president.

The guy didn't even know that something was thrown at him even though it supposedly hit someone on the way to the ground.

[darkism]

149. Something about the pic in the story looks REALLY fake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7781473/

[fleabert]

155. I agree. I saw video and there were a lot of people there, but I think

something was done to the pic.

[bklyncowgirl]

159. Anyone catch Karl Rove in those crowd shots yet?

I'm joking, of course. Rove would have hired someone else to do his dirty work. But seriously, was this a real assassination attempt?

The grenade was apparently a demolition grenade--not the sort that shatters shrapnel all over the place and it was disarmed after being dropped a pretty good distance from the stage.

Was it a rather inept assassin?

Was it a manufactured excuse by the government of Georgia to crack down on dissidents?

Or, given Bush's taking poll ratings, was it an attempt to rally Americans behind our President by faking an assassination attempt? Will they try and pin it on Iran?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[gtar100]

179. Well that leaves out CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC.......

RE: "Inquiring minds want to know."

And soon to be added to this distinguished group of pansies...PBS!!

[0rganism]

153. If the terrists don't take out Uncle Dick first, we're all in deep trouble

Seriously, in a world of children mangled by cluster bombs and poisoned by depleted uranium ammunition, how hard can it be to find a single live grenade to chuck? This story STINKS of Karl Rove.

[pinniped]

157. And all last night the stupid news kept talking about the Georgian...

dancers and how the country welcomed the POS with open arms. Phooey!

There is no doubt, * is the most hated POS in the world.

Nothing would've changed, the vp POS always had his hand up *'s ass anyways.

[Skypilot 18]

158. They don't make em like they used to

They just don't make hand grenades like they used to. I hope the person who threw it got their money back from the manufacturer.

[surrey405]

162. good one

nice.

[Scurrilous]

164. Georgian official: Grenade found where Bush spoke in Tbilisi was dud

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/575174.html

<snip>

"Georgian security officials discovered a grenade close to U.S. President George W. Bush as he hailed the country's new democracy before a rapturous crowd on Tuesday.

Officials in the former Soviet republic, which had hosted a serving U.S. president for the first time, were at pains to play down the incident, saying it was a dud that could not explode.

Georgia's security chief, speaking to journalists on Wednesday, did not confirm an earlier report from Washington that said the device had been thrown within 30 meters (100 feet) of Bush during his speech on Tbilisi's Freedom Square.

"A (Soviet-made) RPG-5 hand grenade was found at the square," Gela Bezhuashvili, secretary of Georgia's Security Council, said. It had been discovered 50 meters (160 feet) from where Bush stood, he said, but he gave no more precise details.

"It was not in working condition. In fact there was no chance it could explode. I think the aim was to scare people and attract attention," he said."

[symbolman]

167. So NOW it's 160 feet instead of 100...

Fish story if I ever heard one.."Honest it was THIS BIG.." A WHOPPER..

Even Wiley Coyote does a better job with his ACME explosives, at least HE gets blown up..

of course the first thing you do when someone drops a grenade is "pick it up".. what was it, a party favor?

Maybe over there they throw them around like the big inflatable Earth Ball at Earth Day festivals - Whee! Keep it in the Air Comradski! Keep it going!

If there's any truth to it at all Bush is probably still staining his sheets, well, OUR sheets, since the White House belongs to the people..

What's next, "A car narrowly almost hit the pResident today, only it didn't start that morning and it was located in Nebraska, but with his catlike reflexes he dodged it by tripping over Condi's shoelace and falling into a tree which was badly damaged by his steely and manly skull.." and that's the news..

No, not the way for this guy to go, I have a vision of him being impeached, leaving for the chopper on the WHite House lawn, ala Nixxon, turning to the crowd and giving them the big Three Fingers that make "W's" with both hands then as he climbs the stairs to the chopper he hits his head and falls backwards down the ramp - Clunk, Clink, Clunkty Clunk..

and NO ONE PICKS HIM UP or offers any assistance.

One can dream.. :)

[TalkingDog]

177. Hee Hee....you funny. n/t

[Roland99]

169. Why am I reminded of this Beatles' tune?

Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better

[cascadiance]

168. Thou didn'st count to three!

'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'

Thou didn'st count to three!

[jerryman814]

170. Kinda like how Hitler eluded the attempts at his life...

Hitler escaped a rigged airplane, a bomb going off in an underground bunker, and other assasination attempts only to die by his own hand.... Hopefully history repeats itself, before 55 million people die.

[cascadiance]

172. And if Bush goes in the same way....

hopefully Cheney's going down with him in that bunker too...

[Lori Price CLG]

178. MSNBC: 'The intended target is not known at this time,' LOL... uh...

... that's a hard one to figure out. Let us get the detectives from Law & Order: Criminal Intent on the case.

Lori Price

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

181. why would someone throw a "Dud" grenade that won't explode?

If I were going to throw a grenade, you'd better believe that baby would explode!

No way this "really" happened--I just don't see what the gain is from the story.

It doesn't make Chimp look good, or Russia look bad.

[TheLastMohican]

182. Not Russia. Georgia

Don't confuse people around here. The president of Georgia is in bed with Bushco so this is a kiss from the allies.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

183. No, Russia --->read again

No,
I said doesn't make ** "Chimp look good" / "Russia look bad"---> (for the "Georgian audience"to which Chimp was addressing in his speech)
**no correction needed.

try not to confuse my question for others--

I 'm asking if anyone knows who gains by this "fake" grenade action.