MSNBC: Man with bomb at Hillary Clinton office in Rocherster, New Hampshire. Hostages.

[Karmadillo]

Conflicting reports as to whether a hostage situation.

Update: A man claiming to have a bomb strapped to him walked into the office. Police have evacuated the area. It is a hostage situation.

Hillary, along with other Democratic candidates, is in DC today.

[K Gardner]

1. Good god almighty. n/t

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[karynnj]

59. that's uncalled for

[Buzz Clik]

93. Actually, it was called for. Edwards called me and told me to post it.

Boy, we both were wrong -- you guys can't take a joke.

[bunnies]

72. shame on you.

seriously.

[Tellurian]

88. get over yourself!

[Buzz Clik]

94. No, not seriously.

[Tellurian]

87. .Jesus, Mary and Joseph.. what next?

[Justitia]

2. Here come the fucking crazies! Hope everyone is OK! -eom

[Red Zelda]

3. Another soldier of jesus

doing the lord's work.

[quip]

30. Let's not crucify him yet shall we? nt

[asdjrocky]

4. There are nuts out there.

We had a bomb threat at Reno HQ on a day that Elizebeth Edwards showed up.

Crazy people.

[Adelante]

5. Thank God she's not there

Not that I want anyone to be in this situation. I hope the hostage speculation is false.

[bdamomma]

6. oh shit,there are alot of sick people out there.

[951-Riverside]

7. He's probably not muslim so there is noooo danger

...its cool man ...its cool ...everyone just chill.

:sarcasm:

[Turbineguy]

8. Well

if he has a bomb strapped to himself he will not be a republican. They are far to chickenshit for that sort of thing. Of course, it will be against Osama bin Laden's interest if a Democrat gets into the White House.

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[DURHAM D]

9. Time for the Rethugs (and Hillary Haters)

to claim this is a "plant".

[kestrel91316]

15. Well, see post number 10. It's starting already.

[951-Riverside]

46. Operation Northwoods n/t

[kestrel91316]

53. You aren't blaming this action on liberals, are you??

[951-Riverside]

90. Why would I? n/t

[Alexander]

73. Time for the Hillary sycophants to blame the liberals for this.

Regular as clockwork.

[LanternWaste]

80. I think everyone will get blamed-- just like clockwork... n/t

I think everyone will get blamed-- just like clockwork...

[quinnox]

11. Edited, CNN is now on the story

If this story is real, I hope they take the guy out with a sniper. Strapping a bomb to himself? Jesus.

[emilyg]

14. Fox has it.

[K Gardner]

23. Fox will blame it on Hillary. Mark my words, the bastards. n/t

[bdamomma]

29. of course Fox will

lets hope everyone will be okay.

[alfredo]

54. They said Hillary refused to speak at the Dem Convention. Refused?

Fox just has to twist everything.

[MNDemNY]

55. More likly that some DUer will blame her first.

[Sparkly]

70. Or at least: "If Hillary Clinton becomes president, we'll see this all the time."

I wouldn't put that past them.

[kestrel91316]

A sniper would not be optimal. Remember, dead men tell no tales.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

45. and a real bomber (unlikely) could have a dead-man's switch

[K Gardner]

12. Hostage situation confirmed.. man claims to have bomb strapped to chest. n/t

[Adelante]

16. Oh, no, how awful nt

[BeyondGeography]

13. MSNBC confirms hostage situation

Obama's office two doors down has been evacuated.

[flpoljunkie]

17. Very troubling.

[sufrommich]

18. I sincerly hope this ends well.

[redqueen]

20. I hope they get the bastard alive.

:grr:

[Mutley]

21. Isn't that lovely?

What the hell is wrong with some people?

[jefferson_dem]

22. LIVE news VIDEO feed here ---->

http://www.wmur.com/video/14738085/index.html

[Life Long Dem]

24. Is it a protest against her?

[jefferson_dem]

27. Nobody knows what the motivation is...

All the details they've released is that it's one man with salt and pepper hair.

[bunnies]

25. Rochester is the next town over from me.

I cant believe this.

[Jennifer C]

26. Holy shit

I hope everyone is OK, fuck...

[AlCzervik]

28. 2 people still being held.

[bdamomma]

31. geez, these people are volunteering to do a job they believe in

now what, have armed guards guarding Candidate Headquarters to protect these workers.

[K Gardner]

32. He's demanding a conversation with Hillary??

Obama admits he's had some threats as well. wtf???

Edited to add that we're going to have to have put our candidates in bulletproof body armor this year.

[Bucky]

37. People like that only deserve a very short conversation with a SWAT sniper.

If you give me a minute, I'll figure out how to blame this all on Cheney. Right now I'm just pissed that this country is turning its own democracy violent.

[flpoljunkie]

33. Politco: More detail from WMUR...plus a map of the area

UPDATE: More detail from WMUR:

ROCHESTER, N.H. -- An armed man has taken two campaign workers hostage at the Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, police said.

Officials with the campaign confirmed that there were two workers taken hostage in the office on 28 North Main St.. A woman and her baby told workers at a neighboring business that she was released by the hostage-taker.

"A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape,'" witness Lettie Tzizik said.

There are several police officers positioned across the street from the office, crouched down behind cruisers with guns drawn, according to a reported at the scene.

"I walked out and I immediately started running, and I saw that the road was blocked off. They told me run and keep going," said Cassandra Hamilton, who works in an office adjacent to the building.



http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1107/Reports_of_hostage_situation_in_Clinton_field_office.html

[butterfly77]

34. This sounds like the nut in Maine...

a 75 year old man who said if the NAACP held a meeting he was going to kill the attendees and they cancelled the meeting.

[Virginia Dare]

35. Probably a Limbaugh looney...

this has become a country full of haters....:cry:

[K Gardner]

38. Thinking the same thing n/t

[mtnsnake]

41. Same here, too

[rufus dog]

36. very sad

[AlCzervik]

39. perp is "A male, salt and pepper hair in his 40's"

[951-Riverside]

66. "A male" usually means White male n/t

[bdamomma]

40. anymore news on this horrible situation.

they need to get this guy unharmed.

[jefferson_dem]

42. Go here for LIVE VIDEO news feed --->

http://www.wmur.com/video/14738085/index.html

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

43. police requested live copter shots not be shown. FOX is showing them

and even has a headline that sharpshooters are on the roof of the office.

It's like Geraldo in Iraq.

Fox News: the best source of tactical intel for bad guys.

[rufus dog]

47. are you saying that Fox

Doesn't support law enforcement?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

49. or the troops, or the people, or the truth

[Hieronymus]

62. Some young woman on Fox couldn't even read the information they gave

her. She reported that two hostages, a man, a woman and her child were released. Then she said "A MAN" had said that a woman and her child were released.
Earlier this week, Fox confused Apple with Abu Dhabi.

[K Gardner]

51. fuck Fox, I hate those bastards n/t

[polichick]

44. He's demanding to speak to Hillary...

Hope they don't even think about letting him do that.

[mtnsnake]

52. I would think the cops will use an impersonater to "talk" to this nut, if anything

I don't think they'd let Hillary talk to him on the phone unless they felt it was the last resort in saving someone's life. That could just set up a precedent for copycats. Then again, who knows how this terrible situation will play out.

[Tellurian]

91. Not only that. it might escalate..he'll be making demands..

geeze, went to the store..and everything happens!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

48. Howard Dean announced Hillary will not be speaking as scheduled (in VA)

[sufrommich]

50. Possibly,she has been asked by the police to keep a

low profile until they know what is going on.

[mtnsnake]

56. I hope all the RW hate-radio assholes are proud. They're the ones who breed this kind of insanity

against Democrats all the fucking time.

[karynnj]

58. I agree -

This is awful. Praying that all ends peacefully. This is a nightmare.

[Virginia Dare]

60. You got that right...n/t

[Clintonista2]

61. Agreed.

[sufrommich]

64. I agree,although watch as they find a

way to blame democrats for it. If we weren't so damned anti-american,things like this wouldn't happen!

[951-Riverside]

71. I hate right-tards but we know nothing about this guy

Remember, Tim Mcveigh and Eric Rudolph did not warn, threaten or stick around with their bombs.

[AndyA]

57. I hope everyone is OK.

What is up with all these wacked out people today? I blame it on the bad example Bushco has set for this country. Bad behavior just encourages more bad behavior.

Sending good thoughts that this will end quickly with no harm to anyone.

[ronnykmarshall]

63. Schools in the area are in a "soft" lockdown

They will not let the students out until the state police clears the area.

[951-Riverside]

67. Fixed.

They will not let the students out until the police state situation ends.

I'm really interested in how they are defining "area" schools.

[Cameron27]

65. Oh no,

I just got in to see this. Horrible.

[Sparkly]

68. "Not that this is terrorism, of course -- this is a domestic situation."

That's from a guy in NH who reported to MSNBC (not sure who). I'm not saying it is or isn't terrorism, but the fact that it's "domestic" has no bearing, unless he means the guy is doing this because of issues at home or something...?

[951-Riverside]

74. Well duh... he's probably not muslim. n/t

[Vickers]

76. OMG...it's Bill Clinton???!?!?!??!?

That's the only way this could be a "domestic situation."

[Sparkly]

79. Unless he were doing it to get attention from his wife or something...

I haven't heard anything like that, so unless I missed something, the word "domestic" was used because the guy is American and therefore can't possibly do anything that'd be considered "terrorism." :eyes:

He might just be instilling terror in order to connect with a prominent political figure. Merely domestic, that's all!

[Vickers]

69. Looks like Ann and Rush and Sean and Bill have the loonies all riled up.

I hope a sharpshooter takes the guy out with no other casualties.

[951-Riverside]

81. What makes you think this has anything to do with rightwingers?

I hope this guy is taken in and put on trial where he is given an opportunity to explain himself.

[Vickers]

82. Oh, I don't know....does this sound like a liberal to you?

:shrug:

[951-Riverside]

83. No, It sounds like a nutjob to me n/t

[Vickers]

86. Like I said.

:eyes:

[jefferson_dem]

75. One of the hostages has been released.

Female was just escorted out by SWAT team member.

[jefferson_dem]

77. Now they are reporting that both hostages have been released.

Hopefully, we're seeing a peaceful resolution...

[jefferson_dem]

78. Now they are reporting that both hostages have been released.

Hopefully, we're seeing a peaceful resolution...

[jefferson_dem]

84. Description of suspect; Older man, well known in the community, history of mental illness...

Told his son to watch the news today...

According to the report.

[sufrommich]

85. That's just sad. nt

[zulchzulu]

89. Take a minute and think about how horrible this is...

...and hope all turns out OK.

My heart goes out to all on this horrible event.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

92. Sad. "Govt chip in head guy", recent divorce, road flares, not bomb