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In reply to the discussion: lets call this shit by the right name. assassination attempts. [View all]mopinko
(73,761 posts)10. anybody who didnt see rachel last night needs to go watch the whole segment.
starting with the freaks that snuck into the first state dinner, the sign language interpreter at mandela's funeral, to where the guys who should have been stationed by the guy who landed bullets on the FUCKING TRUMAN BALCONY.
this is not one or 2 lapses. this is a STRING. of the sort that, were it looked at in light of a dead president, would, i believe, have profound repercussions, none of them good.
heads better roll. and i agree w lawrence o'donnell, the head of the ss should have tendered her resignation. that omission alone is reason to FIRE HER ASS.
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Sure, SS slackers losing their jobs is worse than the Obama's losing their safety.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#20
I'm just wondering if in the past you were a general supporter of President Obama.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#28
A valid point. The past presidential detail could rotate out to the normal Secret Service details.
LiberalArkie
Oct 2014
#35
Attempts, or warnings? Security breachs by design? In a broken democracy, same shit, different
mother earth
Oct 2014
#38
And if Gonzalez mysteriously dies, we know that he's being hushed. (Tin foil hat on!)
mfcorey1
Oct 2014
#53