Sat Nov 1,11:32 AM ET
Mississippi gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour, left, his wife Marsha, center, and President Bush (news - web sites) wave to the crowd at a campaign rally in DeSoto, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Posted on 11/01/2003 9:16:52 AM PST by GWB00
Edited on 11/01/2003 9:42:06 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Update from Drudge:
"A car penetrated the security perimeter around the arena where President Bush was speaking Saturday and rammed the building. Authorities swarmed the vehicle... AUTHORITIES SHOT OUT THE TIRES; CRASHED INTO LOADING DOCK OF ARENA...
President Bush, center, is seen reflected in glass as supporters listen to him speak at a rally for Mississippi gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour in Southaven, DeSoto county, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Police escort an unidentified boy (C) after a security threat as US President George W. Bush prepared to leave a rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi(AFP/Luke Frazza)
The limousine carrying President Bush pulls out of the underground garage at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Miss., after a security scare Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003. A car ran a police checkpoint outside the arena where President Bush was speaking Saturday and rammed the building. Authorities took away the driver and at least two children who were with her. Bush was inside the building at the time and wasn't hurt. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Police search a car which crashed into the Desoto County Civic Center, where President George W. Bush was attending a political rally, in Southaven, Mississippi, November 1, 2003. Police swarmed the car and dragged a woman away. 'The president was never in any danger whatsoever,' White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters. Bush was in his limousine at the time but was not close to the car when it crashed into a loading dock area of the building. Security officials had chased the car as it headed toward the building, witnesses said, but no shots were fired. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
Don't you agree?
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - A car penetrated the security perimeter around the arena where President Bush was speaking Saturday and rammed the building. Authorities swarmed the car with weapons drawn and took away the driver, a woman, and three children who were with her.
Bush was not hurt, and no shots were fired from or at the car, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. Bush left the arena shortly afterward from an exit about 40 yards from the car. The president was in his limousine at the time of the incident, a senior Bush administration said.
"There was a vehicle that did crash into the side of the building," Duffy said, although it was "not close" to the president's car.
"The president was never in any danger and is keeping with his schedule," Duffy later told reporters aboard Air Force One as Bush flew to Paducah, Ky.
He declined to say whether Bush saw what happened or say what the president's reaction was.
The woman was not immediately identified. A witness, Linda Neeley, 40, a teacher from Horn Lake, Miss., said the children, all boys, were about 10 years old.
She and other witnesses said the woman drove a gray Toyota Camry through a parking lot on same side of the DeSoto Civic Center as the president's exit. The car jumped the curb, drove through a gate where press buses had just left and into the side of the building near a loading dock.
Police rushed the car immediately and dragged out the woman and children. She was handcuffed and all three were taken away. Local law enforcement officials detained the suspect, Duffy said.
The president's motorcade was still parked at the center, where Bush had given the first of four campaign speeches scheduled for Saturday.
With President Bush, his accent is mild all the time... Texas style drawl. Whenever he gets to talking sort of fast, his drawl really shows... to me at least. I mean, I hear that EVERYTIME he talks fast.... no matter who the audience. He doesn't really have a SOUTHERN ACCENT, it is a Texas drawl. VERY NICE!!!
Have you considered the fact that that may be their goal? I would think many in the Dem Party and in the media would applaud behind the scenes if Bush were assassinated.
With "The First Bent One", they stayed FAR, FAR WAY from the truth, as you know. They couldn't risk the public catching on with the fact that he was a MASSIVE FRAUD, in addition to being a criminal and a traitor.
Correct. Very bad news for the USSS. Thankfully not bad news for the President.
This shows us two things:
One, the USSS needs to go back to the basics. Two penetrations by auto in a few weeks is failure. Being forced into the secure package is a bad thing.
Two, the president is very vulnerable to a car bomb attack.
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