Yes, and???
Posted on 05/23/2011 2:35:50 PM PDT by traumer
It's designed to protect the President from terror attacks but Barack Obama was left red-faced after one of his armour-plated Cadillacs was brought to a halt as it left the U.S. Embassy in Dublin. The gigantic bomb-proof General Motors vehicle, with eight-inch thick steel on its door, didn't even make it as far as the road outside the consulate. The car had to be abandoned after the collision in front of waving crowds while Mr Obama and his wife were en route to his ancestral home in County Offaly.
Embarrassing: One of Barack Obama's fleet of armoured cars gets stuck on the ramp of the exit of the U.S embassy in Ballsbridge Co.Dublin Luckily, the vehicle that broke down was the spare limo used by the President's Secret Service protection team. Mechanics rushed in to rescue the vehicle which was lodged helplessly on the ramp, while onlookers stood and watched - some of whom took video footage and photos.
The cars, worth over $1million, is 18ft in length, weighs 8 tons and 8in thick armour plating on its doors. When the President is riding in one, the vehicle is officially known as Cadillac One. However, it's more apt nickname is 'The Beast'. Specially built for Mr Obama, the General Motors GM.N vehiclse boasts its own oxygen supply in case of chemical attack and puncture resistant, run-flat tyres with kevlar. However none of this, it appears, could overcome the might of a lowly speed hump.
Secret Service spokesman Robert Novy said: 'A Secret Service spare limousine, carrying staff and support personnel only, bottomed out at the top of the driveway rendering the vehicle inoperable. 'Occupants were relocated into other vehicles and the motorcade departed out another exit without further incident. There were no injuries.
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Thanks - good angle....
I like the crowd !
Thanks - good angle....
I like the crowd !
HAHAHAHAHA!! Oooops, watch out for speed bumps with a car that weighs 3 times more than a normal one...
Yes, and???
how did previous presidents pass there? is michele that much heavier?
How stupid!! No tow truck was needed. All that had to be done was get Michelle out of the back seat into the front seat. Problem solved.
Yeah, but while The Beast was only temporarily stuck on a ramp, our Dear Leader is PERMANENTLY “Stuck on Stooooopid!”
You can be sure that if this were the Bush Administration this video would be on every news program in the country.
Arrest the bigots who put it there! Tea Party in Ireland?
Nuther one of them dog whistle, code word messages! Ramp: v, To act threateningly or violently; rage. To assume a threatening stance.
“Yeah, but while The Beast was only temporarily stuck on a ramp..” What? I thought Moochelle was inside the car.
As El Rushbo commented today:”Obama’s Limo Bottomed-Out Just Like His Policies”!What a LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today....it just funny.
It was the American Embassy. It had to have been their driveway configuration. The Beast was just too heavy.
A “low rider” doesn’t always work out so well I guess.
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