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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:40 PM Original message |
Aside from the joking-does it scare anyone that the Secret Service let the shoe throwing happen? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I had the same reaction. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I responded to the thread in GDP and I totally agree. When you think about how the SS reacted when |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. There is video of that down thread. I am sure this will be highly scrutinized within the Service |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are you trying to raise them in my esteem? |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Michael Ware was on CNN a while ago and said this incident |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You know the ghost of Saddam Hussein was there. |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, I never heard about that. Do tell, please. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. "Little boy who cleans out men's shoes," |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Wow, thanks. I always wondered why they sometimes pronounced |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. They must be dancing in the streets... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Might as well enjoy it as much as we can, because, |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reminds me of the shoes thrown at Saddam statues. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:46 PM Original message |
Well it must have happened very quickly. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not particularly |
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katanalori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. well..... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. There was a bomb in his shoe |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Or, how did they know what it was at all? |
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auntsue (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. sad - but he brought it on himself |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was so fast no one could have stopped him. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. And folks were on him before the second shoe left his hand (nt) |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. And Bush's head moved down and to the right ... down and to the right ... n/t |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. The guy was really quick. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's a horrid insult in the Arab world, |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I thought they were slow getting into the line of fire, as it were |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here's a link to the youtube of the attempt on Reagan's life...the SS really move their shit here. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. They had the POTUS and the shooter down really fast |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. How could they NOT let it happen. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. No the point isn't just stopping the guy, any guy, it is getting the POTUS down or out of the way |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. I thought it was strange |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. I imagine that everyone in there had been thoroughly |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Do you think they like him any more than we do? eom |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. No. The thrower had no real weapons because he was thoroughly searched.. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. The SS can't prevent everything |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Whose bright idea was if for the now lame duck president who caused the destruction of an |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. In THIS instance - No. In the implications regarding protecting Obama - YES. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Election night, when that mass of people demonstrated in front of the WH, |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Thank you for posting that |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's been an amusing afternoon, but you have a point. I agree. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Same here. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. although a security lapse couldn't happen to a more deserving piece of crap, |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. CNN just did a segment about this. Said the room had |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Uh-huh |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. It makes no sense, both shoes were thrown before the secret |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. That's a pretty shitty excuse. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. no. I don't think they are trained to see a shoe as a weapon |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I think they see everything as a weapon. They never consider any environment "clean" |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. This will cause SS to tighten procedures - at just the right time |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yeah- a little wake-up call is a good thing. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yes this most certainly will |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. you think the ss would have smothered junior..dove on top of him....maybe they don't like him either |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Sort of - but I suspect that there was a near-zero chance of any kind of |
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