Secret Service Takes Down Woman at LAX

[Kadie]

Secret Service Takes Down Woman at LAX



All Brenda Lee (not that Brenda Lee) wanted to do was give President Obama a letter this morning at LAX. That ended up being a big fat nope.com from the Secret Service.

Anyway, Obama was in town for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser, which prompted protests outside it at the Beverly Hilton. Among those who paid over $30,000 for a pair of dinner tickets included "Seth Rogen, Ron Howard, Kiefer Sutherland and Tyler Perry and politically active industry types like Chris Albrecht, Bruce Cohen, Bryan Lourd. Peter and Megan Chernin, Ron and Kelly Meyer, Skip Paul and Alan and Cindy Horn, according to Variety.


http://laist.com/2009/05/28/uh_maam_that_is_not_what_she_said.php

[hlthe2b]

1. I thought this was a joke, at first...

It looks so staged, I thought, ONION~!

Well, I'm glad the SS is alert, but Brenda Lee won't soon forget her little run-in...

[CoffeeCat]

2. I handed the Secret Service a letter...

...and a column that I wrote--for them to give to Bill Clinton. He wrote me a letter back!

I wonder why the SS didn't just say that they'd give the letter to President Obama?

LAX is tough though. They confiscated by chocolate pudding cups that I had packed for the kids. No joke.

[Pirate Smile]

3. Well, if the Secret Service tell you not to do something or go somewhere, it is best to listen.

It doesn't really give an explanation of what happened but she must not have followed their directions in some way.

[janx]

6. She looks very well dressed!

She was probably someone who was very sincere in wanting to give a note to the president--but maybe a little overzealous? ;-)

[Pirate Smile]

7. That what I think probably happened too.

[damntexdem]

19. Probably better to be poorly dressed and not overzealous.

[EFerrari]

22. She was dressed as a "Catholic priestess" and she seems sincerely

off her meds. Poor lady.

[damntexdem]

18. Maybe she should have had pudding cups.

They might be nicer if they've had confiscated pudding cups to eat. ;-)

[onehandle]

4. She's so close to the plane. She could have hit him with a shoe...

...if this was another President.

No average Americans were allowed to come this close to Bush.

[jehovas_waitress]

8. She doesn't look very close to me..

look at the agents/cops at the rear staircase of the aircraft.

Air Force one is a HUGE airplane.

[onehandle]

10. I exaggerated for humor.

But she would have never gotten that close to Bush.

[Stevenmarc]

5. That will teach her, next time pony up the $30,000 for tickets.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. This must be so humilating for her. Very sad.

[Ian David]

11. Black dress and rosary beads. Gee, I wonder what the letter was about. n/t

[L0oniX]

12. This is what happens when you give women a fishing license.

[janx]

13. Should I be worried about my own future behavior then?

(And yeah, I saw the "fisherman" license thread but I still have no idea what that was about.) ;-)

[mnhtnbb]

14. Update on the link indicates it was LAX Airport police taking her down--she held press credentials.

[Kadie]

16. Whoops!

AP made another boo boo.

Thanks for informing us of the update! I wonder what the problem was.

[janx]

17. That's terrible.

AP just gets worse and worse...

[AspenRose]

15. The facial expressions on the folks in the background are rather amusing

[Blue_Tires]

20. LOL WHUT

said in another story she had a WH press pass...has anyone checked to see if it was legit yet?

either way, she is a major nutbar

[Beacool]

21. Gee, why go through all that stress

when the only thing she had to do was show up with a $30,000 donation and she could have given Obama all the letters she wanted.

:7

[MiniMe]

23. She claims she is a Roman Catholic Priestess and refused to give the letter to WH staff

WTF is a Roman Catholic Priestess? Is that a self-appointed position?