Posted on 03/30/2005 8:56:07 AM PST by MatrixMetaphore
Interesting how Nobody seems to recall THAT BUSH AND HINCKLEY HAD DINNER PLANS THAT NIGHT
He is currently undergoing emergency surgery at George Washington University Hospital but there are unconfirmed reports he walked in unaided.
Initial reports claim he may have a punctured lung.
Five to six shots were fired as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel where he had been addressing a union convention, about one mile from the White House.
A man, firing at close range, also wounded White House Press Secretary James Brady in the head.
A Secret Service official and a Washington policeman were also injured before the gunman was pushed to the ground by police.
The president had appeared from the hotel smiling and walked towards his limousine turning momentarily to acknowledge calls from the waiting press.
A burst of gunfire was then heard before the president was bundled into a bullet proof limousine and whisked away.
First Lady Nancy Reagan is understood to be on her way to the hospital to visit her 70-year-old husband.
The attacker is described as being in his twenties and blonde.
He was pinned to the wall by secret service agents and he has now been arrested.
The assassination attempt has sent shock waves around the country where memories of the murder of president John F Kennedy remain vivid.
President Reagan has only been in office for 69 days and the attack leaves the running of the country in some confusion as his vice-president George Bush is currently on his way back from Texas.
Until the arrival of Vice-President Bush it is unclear who is in charge.
The American Stock Exchange has stopped trading and the Academy Awards have been postponed until tomorrow night in the wake of the attacks.
I forgot to link to a page re Bush and Hinkly. Here is the URL:
http://www.hereinreality.com/hinckley.html
I was waiting in line at the PX on Camp Pendleton/Mainside when the news came over the radio....seems like yesterday.
ZOT ALERT!
Your point being...?
Oooh, oooh, I get to be the first!: What's an "assination," per the headline? Is that when the bad guy tries to shoot you in the a$$?
If you have to ask that then clearly you have no idea what's going on.
So their friend's date's brother was a nutjob? What is your point? Maybe you and Bill Bradley should take a vacation, or get some mental health counseling. You are both having a bad day.
Scott (not John) Hinkley had dinner plans with Neal (not George) Bush.
But you knew that, right?
And what's an ASSination, btw?
I smell an unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
Well, I was half right. Sigh. I'm no good at conspiracy theories.
Sniff-Sniff?
Gee, pretty much my entire family on both sides is from Lubbock. Two of my uncles went to Texas Tech, and one of my first cousins was at Tech in 1978.
Interesting how we've been able to deflect suspicion onto others for the past 24 years, isn't it?
"Interesting how Nobody seems to recall THAT BUSH AND HINCKLEY HAD DINNER PLANS THAT NIGHT"
Scott (not John) Hinkley had dinner plans with Neal (not George) Bush.
But you knew that, right?
And what's an ASSination, btw?
I smell an unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
Well thanks for clearing that up, Mr. Mojo.
MatrixMetaphore, are you trying to stir stuff up here today?
Holy Mother Jones! That is one crazy conspiracy theory!
Repost link from #2:
http://www.hereinreality.com/hinckley.html
A Zot is good for you come back and have more it might help that imbalance you seem to have.
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