Posted on 11/27/2006 11:30:43 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
Amid a growing barrage of front-page headlines, U.S. embassy officials "strongly suggested" President Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their trip to Buenos Aires because of security issues, U.S. diplomatic and security sources tell ABC News.
But the girls have stayed on, celebrating their 25th birthday over the weekend and producing even more headlines about their activities.
Officials say the media coverage upstaged publicity plans for the new U.S. Ambassador Anthony Wayne, who had only recently arrived in the country.
Neither the White House nor the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires responded to requests for comment.
The Argentinean press blitz followed a report on "The Blotter" last week that Barbara Bush's purse and cell phone were stolen last weekend while dining at the popular San Telmo outdoor marketplace despite being guarded by the Secret Service.
Stories of the twins' visit took on wild proportions in the Argentinean press. One tabloid headline had the young women running nude in the hallway of their hotel, a report the hotel staff denied to ABC News.
According to sources, the U.S. embassy encouraged the two girls to cut their stay short because the added attention was making their security very difficult.
But to the dismay and anger of some U.S. embassy and security staff, the girls stayed on.
Thursday night, an ABC News producer was able to walk into their hotel unchecked and engage Barbara Bush in conversation while she checked her e-mail on a computer in the lobby. Jenna sat talking with friends on a sofa nearby. No Secret Service agents were anywhere to be seen in the lobby, according to ABC News' Joe Goldman.
And yesterday the Bush twins were spotted at the Sunday soccer matches, wearing team jerseys and sitting in the owner's box, watching Argentina's top team Boca Juniors compete. Several games have been canceled due to violence in the crowds this year. In fact, last weekend no spectators were allowed to attend the match other than season ticket holders.
Sources tell ABC News the twins plan to stick to their original itinerary and stay in Buenos Aires until Thursday.
It was Jenna during the campaign. Pretty funny picture.
In scanning through, there were just a handful of posts 'cheering them on.' You seem to be determined to find fault where none exists. Is there a reason for that?
Is there something seriously wrong with you? I mean it. Is there?
Can you please point out what they did that was weong? Or do you just enjoy sarcasm???
I understand it well thank you for repeating it what now 20 times.
I do like sarcasm sometimes.
But to be truthful, I am trying to figure out the all out defense of the girls. I have rarely seen pols defended so vigilantly.
It's an interesting phenom.
I understand it well thank you for repeating it what now 20 times.
On wednesdays they serve pudding...
On my local ABC network channel news, they just reported the disclaimer by the State Dept. that the twins were asked to leave .. and showed tape of them with friends, laughing and watching the soccer game ... LOL.
Perhaps you can explain sometime why then, you keep repeating something that you know is not true...
Please read post #242. There is no truth to the premise of this thread.
The Bush daughters did not get asked to leave. They are not misbehaving. What don't you get?
No I never saw it. You see I begin reading threads article first then in numerical order usually. What happened was I saw a few and where they were headed {the cheer leading for staying} and responded. I was quite mad but not because of praise for the Bush twins. I could care less about such stuff. I posted in anger because adults who should know better were cheering what looked like an irresponsible act on.
Then I did a quick check at my pings a minute or two later and saw the recent reply so I checked it intending to go back and catch up afterward. I stopped reading the thread at that point except for current post as the info had been updated.
I'm beyond caring about that -- it's the absolute, unflappable defense of them that's fascinating.
Perhaps you can explain whay a professor has so much spare time. One I know puts in 16-18 days and not on the internet either.
Perhaps you can explain whay a professor has so much spare time. One I know puts in 16-18 hour days and not on the internet either.
I give up--you really are dense.
I think you must have slept on rollers too long. Your head has dents in it.
I would tend to believe the Bush girls fish in a small pond.
There is nothing quite so effective as false accusations to rile the protective instinct of decent people.
Then again, it might be that people are so sick of those on this forum who have been so unbelieveably ruthless and cruel in their attacks on the President in the past weeks that attacking his daughters was just too much.
btw, your 'sarcasm' is bizarre. What in heaven's name did you mean by pudding? You seem like you need medication.......
The pudding thing was a joke, a poor one. Apologies.
In all seriousness. And I truly am interested. Is the defense of the girls related to the attacks on the President or do they occupy a place in pop culture that I wasn't aware of?
I have right near me papers that I have been grading throughout the day, and a final that I have been preparing to give next week.
As with most intelligent people, I am capable of multi-tasking, and responding to folks like you requires very little mental energy.
Thorough enough explanation for you?
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