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In reply to the discussion: The President is not safe. [View all]RobinA
(9,894 posts)136. This Surprises
me as well as a regular American citizen who knows nothing about SS operations. Can't quite buy the SS conspiracy nonsense, though. I do know that the SS, especially those around the President, take huge pride in their work. I would think that, if nothing else, as a matter of institutional and personal pride they wouldn't want a dead President to coming tumbling out of an elevator when the doors opened.
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Not for this President. He must be favored by God and the universe that he is still with us con-
kelliekat44
Sep 2014
#53
It's hard not to be stunned by the frequency of this type of mistake starting with earliest I recall
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#70
People are stupid if they're claiming the Secret Service wants the President dead
Xipe Totec
Oct 2014
#164
It surely is partly that, but the fact that he is trying his best to represent the regular person
LawDeeDah
Sep 2014
#115
And, unfortunately, someone armed with only a knife can be horrifyingly lethal
calimary
Sep 2014
#22
But with her track record, I wouldn't want her in a supervisory position of any sort
calimary
Sep 2014
#41
Why should she? Here's the reason why security wasn't increased, but decreased:
freshwest
Sep 2014
#92
It is mighty suspicious.. this just keeps happening over and over and over again
Peacetrain
Sep 2014
#9
Maybe we can understand why he is afraid to fire Gen Clapper. His and his family's security is in
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#12
SS complicit in "security lapses" that could endanger the President? Too much of this stuff going on
AlinPA
Sep 2014
#23
Technically, but it really only answered to itself. Once HS swallowed it up, it went downhill.
catbyte
Sep 2014
#54
I'm glad that contractor was fired on the spot. The Secret Service officer should have been too. n
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#45
Recently the President's photos show a man whose skin looks gray. No wonder, she. nt
Hekate
Sep 2014
#106
My friend yesterday asked had I watched the 60 minutes interview the other night.
sheshe2
Sep 2014
#108
The Secret Service cannot and should not stop someone from taping the president. nt
Logical
Sep 2014
#50
Obama's in an elevator, with an uncleared, armed man, the SS doesn't know he has a gun...
SidDithers
Sep 2014
#85
I bet the problems lie between the rank and file and the director. I believe middle and upper
mulsh
Sep 2014
#51
All they have to say is, "Stand aside, we'll take it from here." Don't let any stranger on.
NBachers
Sep 2014
#82
Is this incompetance or is it intentional? If it's the former that's bad enough,
totodeinhere
Sep 2014
#65
This is the RW meme. Who do we want protecting him, Blackwater's newest incarnation?
freshwest
Sep 2014
#90
You want every single person in every single building under total survelliance? This came out after.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#105
That is what the facts show, despite this diversion in ther month prior to November.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#120
I'm left bewildered by the fact that Bush AND Cheney always had a small army of security
Rex
Sep 2014
#93
Gawd damn, Jay Z and Beyonce have more security guards around them than this!
Major Hogwash
Oct 2014
#122
I know.. Just saw this on another site.. Not that I understand what this has to do with the
Cha
Sep 2014
#104
Granted, the SS has had to work triple overtime since we elected a black president, but dang!
DamnYankeeInHouston
Sep 2014
#102
Thanks for context, freshwest. I'm with you. I see it as a variation of protection rackets as old
ancianita
Oct 2014
#121
Yes, they could. They need to be totally replaced and separated from Homeland Security.
ancianita
Oct 2014
#134
The President is a black Democrat, and most cops are white conservative Republican men.
Zorra
Oct 2014
#150
It's either a veiled threat or establishing a norm to lower our expectations and skepticism to
GoneFishin
Oct 2014
#153