McCain office in Denver receives envelope with white powder and death threat.

[Efilroft Sul]

Source: Drudge Report

No link yet, only banner at the top of his page with "developing." We'll see.

On edit, additional information found at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/21/politics/main4372096.shtml

(CBS) John McCain's campaign office in Denver, Colorado, has received a letter containing a threat and "an amount of white powder in it," a McCain campaign spokesman told CBS News' Michelle Levi.

"We immediately notified local and federal law enforcement agencies and are looking to cooperate with them," McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky said.

The city of Denver is at a heightened security level, as the Secret Service and other officials prepare for the Democratic National Convention, which is set to begin on Monday.

The Arapaho County Police Station was abuzz with activity when they were called to confirm receiving word of the threat, Levi reports. They have started a call line as officials return media calls one by one.

Read more: http://www.drudgereport.com/

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Somewhere, a Dick is tumescent.

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[wryter2000]

19. Other

Rove. He'll be bugging McCain's office next.

[cyberpj]

28. And breaking into his campaign headquarters to cover the real break-ins. SOP.

Too bad these tactics still work thanks to no real media.

[Solly Mack]

2. Oh bother

[TwilightGardener]

3. Distraction from VP pick. Will also be blamed on Ayers/Obama terrorist network.

[my3boyz]

4. Who cares! Karl Rove or his surrogates probably sent it to get sympathy for McCain. nt

[Snotcicles]

31. It is one of Roves tricks, like when he bugged his own office. nt

[Taverner]

52. sounds rovian nt

[Doctor_J]

5. I love when people post Sludge headlines here

1. It's a lie
2. It's Sludge
3. It's a lie

I'm going to put you on Ignore even though your hours here are numbered.

[Efilroft Sul]

9. Keep counting, chuckles.

I don't eat granite. I just post what's going on.

[Donnachaidh]

12. set some standards

a *drudge* post? :puke:

[Efilroft Sul]

16. Check the edited OP

Purveyor found a CBS link.

I stumbled across Drudge and found the story there first. Others found more information at other sites.

[musette_sf]

18. Grudge gets $$ every time you click

which is why i never go there.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. If it actually happened, the culprit should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

I believe it actually happened when I hear it from a reliable source.

[populistdriven]

55. What happened?

obviously the staffer opening mail was eating a powdered sugar donut and decided he wanted the day off.

[Diane R]

7. Another Rovian trick, I'm sure. It's worked in the past...sounds like he doesn't have any new ideas

[Purveyor]

8. Here is a link to the story if you care to edit it into your original post.

CBS NEWS: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/21/politics/main4372096.shtml

[Efilroft Sul]

14. Thanks for the link.

Hopefully it puts to rest all the troll concerns out there.

[Purveyor]

17. NP. There are just some things you 'don't do' on this forum without getting flamed.

You did one of them.

If Drudge happens to have something of interest, I google the keywords and find a suitable source.

You should of seen the hell I caught when a posted a Dick Morris editorial on Hillary many years ago... :)

[Efilroft Sul]

22. Heh. I caught hell here in 2004 when I linked to a Buzzflash story.

Story suggested Osama was already captured. Got the same kind of reaction as today's posting.

Peace, Purveyor.

[NJCher]

68. don't let it bother you

Shrug it off and go have lunch at the Olive Garden.



Cher

[otohara]

67. Maybe It's Cocaine, Since An Inmate Sent It

I'm going out on a limb and thinking an Inmate at Arapaho County Jail hardly have access to anthrax

[Gman]

10. They friggin' mailed it to theirselves

how stupid do they think we are?

[Donnachaidh]

11. a *drudge* post? I smell troll n/t

[Limelight]

56. I get where you're coming from...

But no... it's the real deal:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_threat_dc

I don't like the guy, but this obviously wholly inappropriate and whoever did it deserves to go to jail.

[notadmblnd]

13. it's probably just his new shipment of talcum powder

you know, to prevent his diaper rash?

[Wizard777]

23. If it's anthrax. The DOJ and FBI are in sheep dip.

[man4allcats]

35. Well, they can always claim Ivins' ghost

did it! }(

[MadrasT]

15. Its on Faux's site, too...

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/21/mccain-office-receives-envelope-with-white-powder-threat/

McCain Office Receives Envelope With White Powder, Threat

DEVELOPING …

John McCain’s Denver campaign office received an envelope containing white powder and a threatening note Thursday afternoon.

Spokesman Jeff Sadosky told FOX News the office has been evacuated and the campaign notified federal and local law enforcement, who are taking all precautions.

The letter was opened at about 5 p.m. ET.

Houses? What houses? TERRA!!!!

[NoGOPZone]

20. White powder? Is Chimpy sharing his stash with McSame? nt

[mike_c]

21. in DENVER...?

:rofl:

Look, it's a shiny object!

[truthisfreedom]

24. Bizarre.

[stillcool]

25. McCain feeling left out?

Obama probably gets threats from imbeciles ever day. But then again the Republicans just love to roll out the anthrax!

[dipsydoodle]

26. Probably a freebee to treat a fungal infection

His head.

[Mz Pip]

32. Or diaper rash?

:shrug:

[tannybogus]

27. It was BC powder.

It's for Cindy! She can use it for pain relief.


http://www.bcpowder.com/products_original.aspx

[Jefferson23]

29. So will this open up the anthrax case?

[FVZA_Colonel]

30. Well, this... is quite convenient.

A day before the VP announcement, and right after he's been getting hammered on the "house" gaff.

I wonder how long it will be before it is linked to an "Obama supporter..." :sarcasm:

[ingac70]

33. Is that Freeper that got arrested for this same offense....

out of jail now?

[CitizenPatriot]

34. some men bring roses

listen, if mccain is into coke, that's fine -- personally, I don't need to "go" there. he was probably just getting it for Cindy, as an apology for that wrist thing.

leave the poor guy alone:-)

(and check your back -- this has rove all over it, so either they have just threatened someone in our party and want to distract us, or they are going to try soon -- just saying)

[santamargarita]

36. President Obama is about to announce his VP...

...so John McAsshole and the un-elected asshole, Bush, will start using their color coded crap to steal attention.

[pipi_k]

37. Probably an irate 14 year old boy sending him

some leftover jock itch powder

sigh....the drama....

:7

[NYC Liberal]

38. Yeah, right. Remember when Rove bugged his own office in TX?

[FVZA_Colonel]

39. I know it is Fox News, but now it's being reported that a similar envelope has turned up

in the McCain offices in Manchester, New Hampshire: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/21/mccain-office-receives-envelope-with-white-powder-threat/

[progressivebydesign]

40. the weird thing is that it's most likely from a right winger...

McWealthy is hardly popular with the hardcore right wingers... and that kind of crap seems like a creepy freeper move. And it's totally screwed up to put anyone at risk like that. Geez. it's only politics.

[Sailing]

47. Exactly. We probably need to check up...

on the whereabouts of the Parlock family. Remember them?

see #4 at http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/04/171.html

[yy4me]

41. No matter what, I will never believe this. The whole story seems

made up to deflect the "news" due about Obama's VP choice. Now all the news networks will be covering this pseudo news. Baloney, I say!

[redirish28]

42. OH JOY!!!! bringing fear and terror to the campaign... Mcinsane

must know he can't win without the fear card....


INTERESTING how this happens on the EVE of Obama's VP nom......

[MetaTrope]

43. With all those Democrats gathering in Denver now, is anyone surprised?

[Kablooie]

44. Probably came from a McCain supporter who wants to make Dems look evil.

[Fridays Child]

45. How Rovian.

eom

[AntiFascist]

46. Reuters: several people went to the hospital...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_threat_dc

[hedgehog]

48. What's going to happen at the hospital?

What are you here for?

Uh, someone mailed an envelope of white powder to the office.

Well, what was the powder?

Uh, don't know.

Well, did you eat the powder?

No

Did you sniff the powder?

No

Any symptoms? Shortness of breath, wooziness, nausea, difficulty seeing, itching?

No

Well, when you have some symptoms, get back to me. Right now I have an elderly lady who tried to cut back on her insulin to make it last through the month, another guy with a pneumonia who should have seen a doctor a week ago but didn't have the money and another guy in extreme hypertension because he couldn't afford a refill on his pills!

[AntiFascist]

50. If it turns out to be a sophisticated bioweapon...

will it be viewed as just another lone nutty scientist?

[LiberalLovinLug]

49. They went to the hospital to get checked out

Nowhere does it say that anyone suffered as a result of this. It is clearly a sympathy move by Rove and company. They will spin it as proof that the terr'ists are afraid of McCain and his tough talk of chasing Bin Laden to the 'gates of hell'. They'll look at B. Hussein Obama and say "na na na na na we got an envelope and you didn't". These guys will try ANYTHING and EVERYTHING and these kinds of tricks are only going to increase until election day.

[AntiFascist]

51. It depends on how the CIA instructs the media to spin this...

I would think that people following the Ivins case might start wondering if there really is a government-related conspiracy out there.

[FVZA_Colonel]

53. I have no doubt the Repugs will try and make McCain look like a tough "terrist fiter!"

because of this.

[populistdriven]

54. the staffer opening mail was eating a powdered sugar donut and decided he wanted the day off

[AntiFascist]

57. wbztv: it was a false alarm

http://wbztv.com/local/john.mccain.campaign.2.800565.html

ok, continue with DUzies.

[mitchum]

58. This is series11!

[WhiteTara]

59. my thought..yeah, yeah then I saw the byline

Drudge and now I'm really saying, Yeah, yeah, yeah. not to be confused with YEA!

[JaneQPublic]

60. No doubt the "white powder" was Gold Bond Powder

...meant as a gift for McCain. He gets really crochety when his feet get hot and itchy.

[Arugula Latte]

61. How conveeeeeenient.

[Blue Poppy]

62. OK, I was just watching Fox31 here...

they said an inmate sent it and the envelope was sent from the Arapahoe County Jail. Huh?
Don't they check incoming/outgoing mail in prisons?
Here is the link:
http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7262103&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1
:crazy:

[hedgehog]

63. DId he put a return address on the envelope?

[Blue Poppy]

64. I could have sworn they said that on the newscast...I just flipped over

to see the end of the football game and caught that snippet.

[bullwinkle428]

65. Fuckin' A! This has the stink of Dick 'n Rove all over it!

[goforit]

75. bada bing!!!!

[bitchkitty]

66. BULLSHIT n/t

[sofa king]

69. Not Rovian. Freepian.

The difference being that Karl Rove and company send actual anthrax letters. The Freepers can only plan fake false flag attacks.

Why? Because they don't know their biology, of course.

[Javaman]

70. so mcthuselah gets his metamusil in the mail and everyone goes apeshit. nt

[BreweryYardRat]

71. Rovian op.

Guarantee it.

[ryanmuegge]

72. Oh my God! It's the VC. Next thing you you know, he'll be taken "captive" again

and get freed in time for a dramatic speech the RNC! I'm joking of course, but it would make for some awesome (ly lame) TV. Maybe Chuck Norris will free him ala Missing in Action, and he'll announce Colonel Braddock as his running mate. Now that's a way to overshadow our convention.

Seriously. That POW shit is all he's got.

[No Elephants]

73. Don't they know he's a POW?

[goforit]

74. I guess the FBI NEVER caught the REAL Anthrax man!!!