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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:44 AM
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Armed Man Near President's Daughter Questioned, Released
There were some tense moments last week involving an armed man and the president's daughter, according to a published report.

Secret Service agents assigned to Barbara Bush, 21, at Yale, briefly detained a man with a gun, the New Haven Register reported Tuesday.

The newspaper, quoting law enforcment sources, said the man was questioned then released after authoritioes determined he had a permit to carry the weapon.

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The newspaper said the incident occurred in downtown New Haven late last week as Bush was walking down the street, with Secret Service escorts nearby.

Agents noticed a man watching the president's daughter and, a some point, feeling the man had shown an unusual amount of interest in her, agents confronted and frisked him, discovering he was carrying a gun, the newspaper reported.

When the man consented to let them search his car, agents found a cache of ammunition and other items in the trunk. After being questioned, he was released.

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/apwire/story.cfm?xla=apwire&xlb=1&xlc=1076013
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theivoryqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:46 AM
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1. cache of ammo and they let him go????
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Racenut20 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:48 AM
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3. That story would never be told, if
the White House didn't think there would be a political positive response to it.
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leetrisck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:51 AM
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7. You're so right - these stories are never let out
The threats against the Clinton's and their daughter were astronomical and they never said a word about it.
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 11:09 AM
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13. Yeah, gotta shore up your base with a token shakedown and
release of an armed man possibly stalking your daughter. It's a nudge, nudge, wink, wink to the freepertypes with the second amendment to let them know he has to go left to be a viable candidate but reveal his true intentions at the same time.

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:49 AM
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4. obviously, right-wing gun nuts are ok in AshKKKroft's 'Murika
if he had a joint, they would have sent him to Gitmo.

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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:52 AM
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8. If I was detained under the same circumnstances
and they searched my car they'd find a cache of ammo - I shoot competition shoots and for range practice I have probably at least a thousand rounds in my vehicle. But I don't think I'm suspicious. :evilgrin:

If you have CCW's it's unavoidable if the Bush daughters are in public that there will be armed people around besides the SService.

And wouldn't they maybe attract attention with their entourage?

Still I feel sorry for the Bush daughters that for a long time they will have to live their life under such protection.

The TV West Wing episodes a few weeks ago that showed the President's daughter being kidnapped I found chilling and I did think of the Bush girls and Chelsea Clinton.

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CarinKaryn Donating Member (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:03 PM
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20. I can't believe this
They find someone with a "cache" of weapons near the *resident's daughter and they let him go? Who does he love more - his NRA cronies or his children?
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leetrisck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:47 AM
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2. "Armed President's Daughter near man"
Guess I misread that.
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sistersofmercy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:49 AM
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5. Well I guess I know one thing that will be mentioned in the 11:15 EST
press conference by bush*.
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Kinkistyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:50 AM
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6. Was it Moses?
Maybe the President of the NRA wanted to shake the girl's hand, you know.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:52 AM
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9. Nothing to worry about...just a Hinkley family member...
...they only target people with the last name of Reagan.

Besides, he was on his way to the airport with a one-way ticket.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:54 AM
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10. phew, at least he had a permit
move along now, nothing to see here...
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Maeve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 10:57 AM
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11. NRA get out of jail free card?
:shrug:

"He seemed like such a NICE boy..." all the neighbors said later.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 11:08 AM
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12. Hey, that gun totin' guy is Shrubs type of peep!
They should have extended an invitation to dinner. IF that is the America the Gun lobbyist want they can have it. I'm movin to the UK, France or Canada!
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Romulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 11:55 AM
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16. don't let the door hit you
where the sun don't shine . . .
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denverbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 11:10 AM
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14. Wow. Cool. Looking at the President's daughter is probable cause.
He wouldn't have taken an unusual interest in her due to the fact that she was surrounded by men in dark sunglasses with walkie-talkies or the fact that he recognized her from pictures of her falling on her ass drunk in Texas.

I do find it rather humorous that Bush is being bitten on the ass by concealed carry here. Bush now knows his daughter can be surrounded by armed citizens, any one of which could go wacko at any time, and there isn't a damned thing the SS can do about it.
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 11:23 AM
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15. "Armed" man? Must not be an Iraqi
They've had most of their arms (and legs) blown off.

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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 12:06 PM
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17. He must've been white.
When the man consented to let them search his car, agents found a cache of ammunition and other items in the trunk. After being questioned, he was released.

Or carrying a bunch of Bibles, or Left Behind books . . .
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 12:10 PM
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18. That "Bush/Cheney '04" sticker saved his ass...
"other items" what? vibrator dildoes?
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:21 PM
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22. Either that, or he's a Wackenhutt employee.
This sort of reminds me of how one of the 9-11 hijackers was stopped for speading and running his ID didn't set off any alarms.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 01:24 PM
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19. this is their ace in the hole
I've always said that the ultimate shield for Bush will be some kind of victimization of his family. Public opinion would turn in his favor in a heartbeat.

Looks to me as if Karl Rove has been watching West Wing.
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:12 PM
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21. I cant imagine that after the previous
twins news stories, that the public is very concerned about the twins.
After all, their parents aren't.
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fizzana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:25 PM
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23. Was he a "one-armed" man?
n/t
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:41 PM
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24. Barbara Bush is a student at YALE?...
Jesus effing Christ on a crutch. There's really no end to the ethical vacuity of that institution. They're as bad as Harvard Business School.
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denverbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 04:09 PM
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25. Affirmative action for upper-crust politically powerful whites.
They obviously need all the help they can get, otherwise, they'll be fighting minorities for all the good combat jobs in the next big war.

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