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Strange. It sounds like Obama is trying to get a piece of ass on the side, without the Media knowing about it. Hmmm. My first thoughts too, thinking of the last time a different Executive disappeared without telling anyone ...
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Posted on 04/10/2010 12:16:38 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama quietly breached years of protocol on Saturday morning by leaving the White House without the press with him.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
source???
Thanks for the ping.
Not sure if it’s a true security threat to President Bush or just an excuse. If it’s a security thing, why is Obama still sending our troops and some of our own top military brass to march in RED SQUARE for ‘Victory Day’ next month?
I shudder to think.....
*sigh*...why is it sometimes I feel like I have the only working version of google...
You cant use a search engine? sheesh... HERE:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/01/04/58949/bush-first-ex-prez-to-face-limit.html
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush’s “after-life,” as Laura Bush calls the post-presidency, is shaping up to be pretty comfortable, with a Dallas office, staffers, Secret Service protection, a travel budget, medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension, all at taxpayers’ expense. However, Bush will be the first president not to benefit from one former lifetime benefit: Secret Service protection. “He’ll be the first one to receive it for 10 years,” said Malcolm Wiley, Secret Service spokesman. Congress changed the law in the 1990s so that any president elected after Jan. 1, 1997, and his or her spouse will receive the federal protection for only 10 years.
Bush loses SS protection in 2018...
GAH format fubar!
“He did it when he first came into office if I remember correctly.”
I hadn’t heard this, but it wouldn’t surprise me for him to *threaten* to do it (don’t think he can *legally*). Yes, he is nothing but a lying Chicago thug.
It was something that happened in Dallas. It might have been the Dallas Police department threatening to take the police off duty at Bush’s home(now that I think about it). Something about the feds and the Secret Service were not re-imbursing the Dallas PD for their work and they were suppose to. Not sure what happened. It was posted here on FR early last year.
Now that you mention the Dallas PD, that sounds vaguely familiar. It does seem there was a conflict about pay. Thanks for the reminder.
That’s right!
I can’t find any mention of it.
WIOD is a pretty big station in Miami,
What was this thread about originally? LOL.
Oh yeah. The Marxist left the WH without the sycophants.
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Strange. It sounds like Obama is trying to get a piece of ass on the side, without the Media knowing about it. Hmmm. My first thoughts too, thinking of the last time a different Executive disappeared without telling anyone ...
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From the Secret Service website
* The president, the vice president, (or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President), the president-elect and vice president-elect
* The immediate families of the above individuals
* Former presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes, except when the spouse remarries. In 1997, Congressional legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former presidents for a period of not more than 10 years from the date the former president leaves office
* Children of former presidents until age 16
* Visiting heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States, and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad
* Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election
* Other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President
* National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
http://www.secretservice.gov/protection.shtml
Thanks, porter_knorr!
That should resolve all questions!
Can anyone find a link to this!!! Please? I need it!
Crack house visit.
“Just Kidding”
Hi Starwise. Secret Service protection for former presidents and first ladies is established by law. Not that O wouldn't dream of breaking the law [dripping sarcasm here], but still...he isn't supposed to have any say in the matter.
Also, former President and Mrs. Bush are private citizens. Obama can't tell private citizens whether or not they can attend a funeral, for heaven's sake. We aren't that far gone. So IF this report is true, I sure hope conservatives in the media make a HUGE stink about it.
They helped turn the public against GWB after his reelection just to boost their own ratings and pump up their own book sales. So as far as I'm concerned, they owe him. He was ALWAYS gracious with all of them, conservative and liberal alike. Obama spits all over the media (figuratively speaking).
He and Massa were going to a rave.
What happened to the gal that was sent to St Martinque to have the baby. Maybe he wanted to see his son.
WHere IS the NE when you need it?
The thing is, the protection used to be for a lifetime. It was changed so that Bush will be the first to lose protection, IIRC, after 10 years.
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