A Sari State of Affairs [gatecrashing President Reagan]

Discovery News ^ | Wed Dec 02, 2009 | Charlotte Laws

[SunkenCiv]

Guest contributor Charlotte Laws says the Salahis may have made headlines by fooling Obama's security guards. But she wrote the book on party crashing. And what's wrong with that, anyway?

Been There, Done That: In the mid-1980's, Dr. Laws met U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the annual Walter Annenberg party in Palm Springs, Calif. [Charlotte Laws]

Not Guilty!

[SunkenCiv]

Charlotte Laws site:freerepublic.com

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[SunkenCiv]

Amazing how quickly unlike things become equated in the partisan media.

[justiceseeker93]

Charlotte Laws, judging from the photo, appears to be a very attractive young lady, but she can use a little history lesson.

She writes that: "The Secret Service has successfully protected the President and other officials at more than 10,000 events with 100 percent success.

I can cite at least two instances where the Secret Service was unsuccessful: the JFK assassination in Dallas in 1963 (which also involved the wounding of Texas Governor Connolly) and the gunshot wounding of President Reagan (and his assistant Brady) in 1981. Also, there was the attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami in 1933, in which Chicago Mayor Cermak was fatally wounded, but I'm not sure if the Secret Service was responsible for protecting FDR and his party at the time.

[iowamark]

She might say that the FDR attempt, JFK and Reagan shootings were public appearances on public streets, not private events.

[justiceseeker93]

She might say that the FDR attempt, JFK and Reagan shootings were public appearances on public streets, not private events.

She makes no such distinction in her broad statement. Why is it that when lefties say something that is factually incorrect (which they all too frequently do), they always spin or parse things to make themselves blameless in their narrow minds?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Smartsandy]

Actually the 10,000 number comes from that press release that the Secret Service put out. It is 10,000 events in a number of years. The Secret Service didn’t specify, but I am sure it does not go way, way back to JFK. You’ll find the press release on line. It has been quoted lots in articles.