Vehicle in Bush motorcade involved in accident

[deminks]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-16-motorcade-crash_N.htm?csp=34

URBANA, Md. (AP) — A vehicle in President Bush's motorcade traveling from Washington to the Camp David presidential retreat collided Friday with another car on an icy Interstate, but no one was injured.

Bush typically is flown in the Marine One helicopter from the South Lawn of the White House to Camp David near Thurmont, Md., but rain and snow prevented the flight and the president left in a motorcade a little after 2 p.m. ET.

"The president is fine and his car was not involved in the accident," White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore said.

The motorcade, fighting bumper-to-bumper traffic in rain, sleet and snow, was using the shoulder of the highway at times to move northward. At about 3 p.m., a sports utility vehicle in the motorcade slid on ice and collided with a private car, Secret Service spokeswoman Kim Bruce said. Both vehicles spun off the road into the median.

(end snips)

So, Smirky, goes on vacation again.



A support vehicle in U.S. President George W. Bush's motorcade (L) gets involved in an accident with another vehicle on Interstate 270 in Urbana, Maryland, March 16, 2007. The motorcade was transporting Bush to Camp David. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)

[niyad]

1. isn't this like the second time in just a few months that something like this has happened?

I wish der chimpenfuhrer would go on a permanent vacation--to the Hague.

[aquart]

15. That's why I was thinking. I've heard this before.

Presidential motorcades are usually awfully safe places, except in Dallas.

[cami715]

21. There was an incident in Hawaii several months ago.

[Kutjara]

2. Using the shoulder of the highway...

...in very poor visibility. God help anyone who might be broken-down on the shoulder. I guess Shrub's sense of entitlement knows no boundries. What's dangerously unsafe for a private citizen, is perfectly fine for Il Dunce.

[TomInTib]

12. Driving on the shoulder at speed

My family has ranches (real ones) around the idiot's little chunk of land outside of Crawford.

You would just not believe the speeds at which those bozos drive in those motorcades.

They shut down all of the roads and still drive like their asses are on fire.

[high density]

31. In sleet and snow, no less!!

What a bunch of idiots.

[jamesinca]

3. off in Central and South America for a week

and immediately goes to Camp David on return. Gather his thoughts on the good will tour, watch the Chavez interview on TV tonight, or go on a bender to ease the scandal pains? But mostly he is staying out of sight.

[Bitwit1234]

4. Too much catching up with him in DC he bolted.

And yes I think they did have an accident several months ago. Can't remember just when.

[w4rma]

20. A police officer (or two?) died in the previous known accident. (nt)

[AnnieBW]

5. What? He was In DC for Maybe 24 Hours

Before he's escaping to Camp David?

Maybe he's hiding from the big protest that's happening tomorrow? Little Chickenshit.

[JanusAscending]

14. He was running away from

that poor old African American man who jumped the white house fence while he was still in it! I hear they also found a suspicious package. Hmmmm........Wonder if he could be an upset Vet trying to find his way to a Doctor in Washinton for his PTSD?????

[Cha]

6. All that money and power to transport

that little toad around. I love my country but not the assholes who lie men and women into war and who bomb innocent men, women, and children so their polls can go up and their coffers can get fatter.

[nevergiveup]

7. I suspect

if the truth be known, Chimpy was driving. Was there a DUI citation?

[napi21]

8. Why the hell did he HAVE to go to Camp David ? Rational people

would just STAY HOME!

OOPS! I forgot! I said rational people, and this story is about Shrub!

[FreeStateDemocrat]

33. 75 accidents already reported in the area, they were imperiling commuters safety by

running a motorcade up the shoulder. If the idiot had waited 16 hours he could have flown up without putting normal people's lives in danger. I-270 is a gridlock ready to happen even when the weather is perfect. But, what else should we expect from a regime that is completely out of touch with the realities of this world?

[Monkeyman]

9. Dam what I tell them about Bush driving DUI

[LeftyMom]

10. Since the roads are so dangerous, why did they even take him out there?

If he wants to relax, he can stay at the White House, tell the staff not to bother him and not have to worry about endangering everybody as they speed along the shoulder of icy roads like lunatics to take him out for a weekend in the country. Is the Secret Service allowed to tell him no when he wants to do something too dangerous to be permitted, or do they have to go along with it?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

11. Chimpy's mommies . . .

. . . have to shield him from the scary protestors this weekend.

[fed-up]

13. is that a grassy knoll in the background of the pic??? nt

[Olney Blue]

16. A travel advisory was in effect- so why did he HAVE to go to Camp David?

Traveling on the shoulder puts everyone on the road at risk.

[earth mom]

27. Because * vacations more than he works.

:grr:

[POAS]

32. The headlines would be fewer and

more worthy of headline status if they stuck to: "Flash: Bush is working today".

Then we could all go into duck and cover mode.

[primavera]

17. No doubt the victim will be expected to apologize

... just like that schmuck who was so rude as to get in front of Dead Eye Dick's shotgun.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

18. or the poor bastard is already

dead somewhere

[CrazyOrangeCat]

19. !

At the least, he'll probably be in some database as a "Person of Interest" for the rest of his days.

[no_hypocrisy]

22. Heh, the ONLY time that I can imagine * being punished for anything

is the idea of him getting caught in Friday rush hour traffic on the Capitol Beltway. THAT'S hell in itself.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

24. Especially in what DC calls "snow"

OMG... the terror

[tanyev]

23. Apparently all that matters is that the President is fine.

The article doesn't say anything about the people who were actually involved in the accident.

[Robeson]

30. Why would the serfs matter? The Czar is O.K., so that'at all we...

...should be concerned about! ;)

[anotherdrew]

34. it sounds like he's not traveling with his wife, seems odd doesn't it?

there are rumors of divorce...

[krispos42]

25. Desperate to get out of DC to avoid the protesters this weekend

Or he had a serous stash of liquor for Saint Paddy's Day set up to watch basketball this weekend.

[llmart]

26. Chickenshit...

He always leaves Washington when he knows there's going to be a big protest. I went to one before the Iraq fiasco he started and he wasn't in town then either.

He's a coward and a chickenshit.

[leftofthedial]

28. "The president is fine ..."

the media is so full of bad news these days, I can hardly stand it.

[Labors of Hercules]

29. Bwahahahaha!

:rofl: oh, if only I could say what I want to without getting picked up by the Secret Service...