Standoff at Clinton campaign office ends: suspect now in custody

http://www.thebostonchannel.com ^ | 11/30/07 | WCVB-TV 5

[raccoonradio]

"A man is holding hostages in the Hillary Clinton for President Headquarters in Rochester NH"--just reported by Susan Wornick on WCVB TV in Boston

[Sacajaweau]

Too cold to go shopping. Stocked up on milk and coffee and entering my hibernation period.

[quark]

How long before he is named to Hillary’s health care steering committee and appears at the next CNN YouTube Republican debate? Over/under?

[RobbyS]

I’m not going thru all these postings, but did anyone else notice that Snuffanopoulus tried to turn this into a Thatcher moment for his heroine?

[the_slayer]

an "diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic" who has not been taking his meds I saw that on Fox, but haven't seen that claim on CNN or MSNBC

[fatima]

That would be scary.So what happen to the Stanley guy.His family was there.Leeland E. Eisenberg was arrested and he was formally know as Ralph E. Woodward.I am all mixed up.

[ConservativeJen]

A man (apparently a mentally ill liberal) took 4 people hostage at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in Rochester NH. During the course of the afternoon he released the hostages, and he was arrested this evening, with nobody hurt. His goal was to protest the lack of govt supplied mental health care in the US

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/30/clinton.office/index.html

[libertygirl]

FOX was talking about a guy named Troy Stanley but MSNBC & CNN were reporting it was Leeland Eisenberg which ended up being correct.

[Rte66]

LOL, Sac - it was a *cannery* - not a fish-based leather factory!

[shadeaud]

Hillary is now demanding refund of a month’s rent for the evacuation of her campaign office plus the trauma and loss of concentration her ‘’volunteers’’ will surely suffer from this episode. She and her hubby may put the contents of the headquarters on EBay or just take the whole thing as a write off if they donate the volunteer’s underwear to charity.

[McGruff]

I just got home and am not thrilled about going thru 1500 H posts to find out what happened? Anyone up to an update?

Here's a summary and something I hadn't heard Now Revealed: Eisenberg, Hostage Taker at Clinton Office, Called CNN During the Crisis

[freekitty]

Hillary is already a spinning.

[jacquej]

Nope, cheap white chablis here...

[Ann Archy]

So he’s a Stalker, 4/3 to 4/9 police blotter) and also had a lawsuit against Cardinal Law according to Google.

[freekitty]

Well, she found another way to place attention on herself.

This woman has cried wolf so many times; it’s just hard to believe what she says anymore.

[yorkie]

>>> “Looks like she got all made up for the camera.” <<<

I thought the same thing - full Hollywood style make-up job.

Did anyone else see her on CNN? Cut into quarters? (I tried the other chanels and she got full (un-chopped) exposure.)

[Diogenesis]

The perps (plant?) suit is here(pdf)

So the question remains, did Ralph E. Woodward/Eisenberg support the DNC in general? .... and Hillary in particular?

[Fishtalk]

Hmmm. Interesting. Very interesting.

Why is it that I think there’s more to this story?

[Dinah Lord]

OMG - I’m watching Hillary on CNN now - she’s trying to look presidential and I’m going to be sick.

Cindy Dawg - Fox News was reporting it was some guy named Troy Stanley all day - going so far as to interview family members. They trotted out all Troy’s ugly secrets 72 hr bender, paranoid schizophrenic off his meds, living in the woods, taking hostages with a bomb (flares)strapped to his body... and now it’s looking like it was some character named Leeland Eisenberg as reported by CNN/MSNBC. CNN is now reporting that he was upset with the mental health services in this country...

Hostages were slowly released throughout the afternoon and they finally took the guy down about an hour ago.

And I would like to smack Lou Dobbs - just in case anyone wondered.

[Ann Archy]

He;s going to be the “special Guest” at her State of the Union Speech!

[counterpunch]

Yeah, now the big question: is Leeland Eisenberg a registered Democrat?
A declared Hillary Clinton supporter?
This is what we now must find out.

Chances are yes, according to the latest Gallup survey.