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.
I'm sure almost every person in that country, and around the world, believes those girls are running naked in the hallways.
It is very selfish of them to stay and very foolish of the President to allow it.
Oh, that makes it right, LOL.
"How did the purse get stolen?"
That really bothers me if true. I'm trying to keep an open mind knowing how things get filtered through the new media.
I didn't attack you personally. I thought we were talking about politics. Never mind.
They can't attend a soccer game because there was violence at some earlier soccer games?
"It is very selfish of them to stay and very foolish of the President to allow it."
Why? Are you worried that the image of the US suffers? The "world" has such a poor opinion of us, it doesn't even matter. Who cares!?
As free people they are entitled to travel around, stay as they please and enjoy themselves. They are no representatives of the USA, but the daughters of the the President. It's a family matter.
The quote: "Sources say.... " broadcast by ABC gives me pause that it is pure conjecture to gain interest on a totally dull news day.
ABC needs to get some credibility - they proably have forgotten what it means.
Who hasn't?
A very pleasant recurring dream for me...
>>It is very selfish of them to stay and very foolish of the President to allow it.<<
Wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?
Give me a break! They have done nothing wrong, and would give the jerk media credibility if they came home!
Why would that be? Because they have a long record of doing just that? Because the hotel confirmed it?
Or because you obviously have some pent-up hostility that you're suggesting everyone else shares?
Anthony Wayne...I thought he was buried in Erie, PA....and Connecticut(?).
And Boca, no doubt---I wonder if now they are honorary members of "La 12"?
If it's a family matter, they can call off the secret service coverage.
I think the Bush daughters are making their father's job more difficult while the nation is at war. I don't apprciate it.
They should, instead, visit the troops in Iraq if they feel like taking risks and offending people.
By going on vacation? Have you gone on vacation while the nation is a war?
Do you know how petty and jealous you sound?
You need to stop reading Das Capital and I think you need to go to DU, they will love your socialist views.
My, aren't you the catty one!
Ugly American
One entry found for Ugly American.
Main Entry: Ugly American
Function: noun
Etymology: The Ugly American (1958), collection of stories by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer American authors
: an American in a foreign country whose behavior is offensive to the people of that country
I woke up to the creepy Brian Ross saying an "anonymous" source reported the girls were running in the hotel naked! Is this a news story? First an anonymous source and second who in their right mind would believe that?! But then this is the Brian Ross who coudn't get away from the sex in the Foley story!
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