talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/15/2008
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Like most of us, if I'm honest with myself, I really only know how Secret Service protection works from the movies or how, going on my own common sense, I figure it works. The folks who protect the president are professionals. So I want to be extremely tentative and cautious about ...
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 12/9/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
...Scalia adds another Obama citizenship case to the
Supreme Court's Dec. 12 docket, Wrotnowski Vs. Bysiewicz. Let...
the fun and games begin continue!...
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The Secret Service and the shoe
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Josh Marshall raises an interesting point: But watching the video of the Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at President Bush, I could not help but notice that it took an uncomfortably long period of time for anyone to get to the assailant and, even more, much longer than I would have expected for anyone who looked like Secret Service to get to the president and block his body or get him out of harm's way.Not to mention, the guy got two rounds off at the president before anyone got to him, and they still didn't get to the president by then. And as an ...
12/15: A Big Deal Or Not?
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... . So curb your enthusiasm, folks. Be grateful the ibn al-kalb wasn't hurt. And it wouldn't hurt to express a little admiration for his coolness." Meanwhile, TPM 's Josh Marshall was surprised by the apparent lack of security at the news conference: "Watching the video of the Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at President Bush, I could not help but notice that it took an uncomfortably long period of time for anyone to get to the assailant and, even more, much longer than I would have expected for anyone who looked like Secret Service to get to the president and block his ...
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