Bush Comes to Aid of Secret Service Agent

[Rose Siding]

SANTIAGO, Chile -- President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.

Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush.
Abandoning the other three, Bush walked over to the agents, reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum.

The president, looking irritated, walked away with the agent. The incident was shown on APEC television.

"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Secret Service from accompanying him," said White House deputy press secretary Claire Buchan. "He told them they were with him and the issue was resolved."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-bush-security-fracas,0,6042462.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

You can clean 'em up but you can't let 'em leave the country.

[Roland99]

1. Walker, Texas Ranger!

[Ima]

82. What happened later

State Dinner Canceled

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2733559

[acmavm]

2. Oh man, now bush* is Barney Badass. Too bad he didn't have any

cojones during the Viet Nam war. Maybe he'd have done his time in the TANG.

[Benhurst]

3. BFD! Like anybody's going to do any thing to America's

little Hitler.

[54anickel]

4. Ewww, he's sooooo "Macho" - what a hero! I'm sure Repukes will be

swooning all over this one. :puke:

[madaboutharry]

5. This will be the headline on Faux:

"Hero President saves life of Secret Service agent about to be attacked by out of control Chiliean security agents! Thank God Kerry didn't win the election or God only knows what would happen to all the Secret Service agents in our great country!!!"

[havocmom]

15. In reality, he saved no one but himself. The SS agent is his security

blanket. That was not heroics, it was panic, as in 'Holy shit, where's the guy who is suppose to take a bullet for me if anything goes wrong in here?'

One wonders how the hosts' people forgot to let the SS detail in. Make ya think the puppet emperor will be a bit shy to leave the barn in the future. He knows the 'mandate' is a hoax and the natives all over the globe are restless.

[VegasWolf]

6. god can't be hurt, he invincible.

[Rose Siding]

7. Pix here

Looks more like the woman in front of him broke it up.

[Ducks In A Row]

9. looks like ** was in the back the whole time

I can hear him now "let me in, let me in, uh, no, no, that's ok, the lady in the red coat is handling it"

what a moran is he.

[maxudargo]

8. Is it just me?

Or is the President of the United States not really supposed to get involved in scuffles? Seems to me it would be beneath the dignity of the office.

[Rose Siding]

10. Looks like there were 10 or 12 close enough to clock him....

if they'd wanted. How did the SS let this transpire?

And yes, it's undignified but it was even stranger that the hosts hadn't worked out who would be coming in with him.

[jhain]

33. *WAS* the guy supposed to go?

who knows???

[StopThief]

50. I know.

There is no way that the POTUS is going to ANY event without the Secret Service present.

[Benhurst]

11. Nothing has been beneath the dignity of that office

since January 20, 2001.

[Octafish]

17. OT: Who knows Solaristics?

Welcome to DU, maxudargo. Like the picture of Burton. I know the, um, feeling.

[maxudargo]

19. Is that Gibarian?

[Octafish]

23. In the non-neutrino flesh.

Post-22 November 1963, I know how he "feels" too.

[Generic Other]

70. It's supposed to be the reason he has bodyguards

to prevent such things from occurring.

I guess we shouldn't be surprised if we see him sporting a swollen lip or a black eye tomorrow?

And if you are Chile, hoo boy, let's just hope you don't have much oil.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Something is just not right about that....

Could the incident perhaps have been about something else? I just have a hard time believing they did not know who the President's men were.

[RamboLiberal]

13. NBC News showed it tonight

Really seemed weird. That's the kind of thing you'd expect to be worked out in advance.

I can't even fault Bush on this one. I'd expect Secret Service to be by the side of any U.S. President when he's at an event anywhere.

[tblue37]

54. Exactly.

As much as I despise Bush, the fact is that no POTUS goes without SS protection. And there is no way the security detail at that affair didn't know this. Something truly weird is going on there.

[ilovenicepeople]

69. I think they were going to try to serve bUSH with Chimpeachment

papers if they could of seperated him from his security guard blanket.


ON EDIT:I guess it's going to be up to Canada to serve him Impeachment papers next week,WELCOME TO CANADA YOU EVIL BASTARD!!

[msgadget]

79. He was right not to go on without the agent

since it looked like they were deliberately cut off from each other. This was a good time for him not to consider manners or dignity, imo.

[sweetladybug]

14. Oh Jesus Bush is our hero. Gosh, instead of the secret service men

protecting him, he is protecting them. What a hero. I don't know how our country ever survived without him protecting us. See if only he (Jesus Bush) had gone to Vietnam he could have protected all of our soldiers that were there and the south Vietnameese people.

[buff2]

30. Praise his Holy Name......Jesus Bu$h

Everybody get down on their knees and praise him...."THANK YOU FATHER FOR SAVING THAT SS MAN'S LIFE. WE WORSHIP YOU,YOU ARE OUR SAVIOR. WHO IS THAT BEARDED MAN UP IN THE CLOUDS? WE KNOW IT ISN'T YOU JESUS BU$H,YOU ARE DOWN HERE ON EARTH PROTECTING US." :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[LiberalFighter]

62. Then gw* doesn't need to bother with secret service protection

[stlsaxman]

49. One of their guys might have called * a moron, dictator...

or a lyin'-ass bitch! then the SS dudes got into it with 'em. George notices the lady in the red jacket going to intervene and thinks "she's got me covered, here's my chance to be the hero!"

[AngryOldDem]

53. That's what I'm wondering

There HAS to be more to this.

[sattahipdeep]

55. More....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/041120/photos_ts/mdf761311&e=7

[lexicon089]

68. In all honesty... SOMETHING is FISHY

In all honesty, I hate shrub too but in the history of the civilized world, visiting digintaries have been allowed to bring their security with them wherever they went.. In my belief there is only one reason that they would try to distract the presidential security detail.. without them there would be NOBODY with the SPECIFIC job of protecting the POTUS. something is fishy in south america and I honestly think the POTUS did the right thing..Something is very fishy down there, I am 100% against president Bush, but 110% against a foriegn country assasinating a US president.

[DS1]

16. I think the real screwup is Bush was the one barred from the dinner

The Secret Service being invited ;-)

[pinkpops]

18. Pulled his agent by the scrotum?

[Name removed]

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[Name removed]

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[Dem2theMax]

34. I sure hope that was sarcasm. Otherwise,

what ARE you smoking? * hot? :puke:

[symbolman]

38. Like when he wouldn't show up for a piss test

in the Texas Air National Guard?

This looks more like a guy reaching for a lifesaver when he's man overboard..

Macho asshole bs.

[peekaloo]

21. Bu$h broke up a perfectly good rugby game so he wouldn't be late

for dinner?

[jtb33]

22. Pic

[Octafish]

25. Typical. Pushes a woman out of the way...

... blindsiding her in the process.



A crook and a NAZI turd.

[Mabus]

44. Where's the bulge from his "flak jacket"?

Doesn't he wear protective vests in other countries. Or is that just reserved for debates?

Guess he changed tailors.

[saigon68]

47. The AWOL CHIMPANZEE IN ACTION

What a street fighter.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

24. LMAO Now the cowardly deserter wants to pretend to be a cowboy

.

[leesa]

26. Bush was probably just lifting his wallet.

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

27. Add this to the growing evidence of frontal lobe damage...

Impulsive, ego-centric, and downright STUPID for a sitting President to do something like this. I bet the security detail was HORRIFIED during this incident. Shrub moved right into an unsecure situation and was open to an assailant.

[kedrys]

29. Exactly what I was thinking

If someone had been intent on cutting him down, they'd have had 20 times as much time as they needed. SS must be freaking.

[wildwww2]

61. When someone is as high on drugs as Bu$h is. They can do dumb stuff.

And Bu$h personifies dumb. And always looks stoned to the freaking bone.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[buff2]

32. He knows no one is going to hurt him.

That freakin moron is UNTOUCHABLE.

[dhinojosa]

37. Was it an assassination attempt to keep Secret Service occupied?

I am smelling a set up.

[alarcojon]

28. Looks like just the kind of thing

the Murkan people love about their fearless, decisive leader.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

35. ..

:eyes:

[Califooyah Operative]

36. Hey They're with me! hahahahahhaha nt

[GingerSnaps]

39. * isn't a hero he was pulling his boyfriend out of the crowd

:evilgrin:

[DoNotRefill]

42. nice anti-gay message there....

eom

[GingerSnaps]

43. Read the article in the link that I provided

You haven't heard about * and his boyfriend :shrug:

http://www.rense.com/general57/newbook.htm

[DoNotRefill]

45. Are you saying Rense is credible?

eom

[GingerSnaps]

46. Do a search on DU

Find out how many times it's been discussed on DU. Indy-media was a credible source but they are no longer around.

BTW This is part of the article that was removed from the Internet.

Kitty Kelly Bush Book Rumors
by Abe
Fri Sep 3rd, 2004 at 22:30:36 PST

The Kitty Kelly Bush family book is coming in less then two weeks, and the rumors dem spreading. Wild, unsubstantiated rumors. Just the way I like them. The juiciest might be about Dubya's 'special friend' a mayor of an unnamed Tennessee city and of unnamed gender...

Read them all in the extended entry and treat as utterly suspect. And feel free to speculate on the book's impact. Kelly tends to bring out the scandal and make it sell bucketloads, I'm hearing 600,000 first printing...

Diaries :: Abe's diary ::

From an unsourced Indymedia post. (how is that for unsubstantiated!?)

Slash-and-burn celebrity biographer who revealed Sinatra's mother performed coathanger abortions and Lady Di was a pushover, is set to demolish Anti-Christ George W. Bush with Sept. 14 release of Bush Family biography.
The biography is obviously unauathorized.

It reveals alleged sex offenses against minors by Dubya's father.

It reveals the use of the White House by male hookers.

It reveals crooked business deals by every member of the Bush clan, including the oh-so-holy first lady, Laura "Round Heels" Bush.

It reveals how former first lady Babs Bush is almost a practicing witch.

It reveals how Dubya has had a very special friend in the mayor of a Tennessee city, who has has cohabited the Texas ranch many times.

It reveals the details of embarassing photographs of Bush that actually caused U.S. Govt. agents to perpetrate the anthrax mailings to destroy the building of National Enquirer and kill photo editor Stevens.

It reveals how you can get surprisingly close to America's Darth Vader.

It reveals the incredible relationship between Dubya and some famous televangelist

[merh]

59. The rense article is discussing the Kitty Kelly book

which contains the info on his relationships.

just a little fyi.


Your signature is the kid in the deliverance movie, right? If you get the chance to watch the movie again, notice how much Ned Betty looks like the weed. It is pretty freaky.

[NVMojo]

40. HE-MAN!!! Master of the Universe!!!

[flordehinojos]

41. those dumb ass chileans, don't they know 'twas god's angels they were

preventing from accompanying god? ... well, god set them straight!

[Old Mouse]

48. had ta grab him

He's the one with the bottle

[Name removed]

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[AngryOldDem]

52. AP account said Bush walked away, shaking his head

and "muttering under his breath" -- God only knows what.

Our Fearless Leader.

[rudlop]

56. Toby Keith just got a new song idea...

This is the kind of shit that GWB's lemmings love! Toby Keith probably spent last night trying to find away to incorporate "Pussy Chilean Security Officers" into his next truck commercial.

[merh]

57. Oh goodie, now the weed that would be king is making photo

ops that make the SOS look bad. What other agency will he try to shame for his own publicity and in the same breath, piss off? What an idiot, tell the world that the SOS didn't save the pres, the pres saved the SOS. Makes them look like whimps and failures - it's not enough that they have to deal with his drunken/drugged ass - betcha they really love this man. (NOT)

[tblue37]

84. SOS? n/t

[marmadogg]

58. I know this has been writing already but....

The President should have asked one of his handlers to take care of the situation.

Pathetic.

I wish an errant punch would have landed on Shrub's chimp face!

[Massachusetts]

60. The emperor has

no clothes, balls, intelligence, ethics, morals........

Why does the media keep propping up this clown?:grr:

[LiberalFighter]

63. How could the Chilean security not know they were with gw*?

[SodoffBush]

64. Reminds me of when Cheney's SS got in a fist fight in a San Diego bar

Everything about the Bushies smells of "two bit thug."

[Coltrane]

65. Bush Comes to Aid of Secret Service Video clip

I just watched it at http://www.crooksandliars.com/
Reminded me of the good old days, trying to get into Studio 54.
What was the agent doing behind the president in the first place?
It's indicative of the Bush doctrine. Forget your security force and just attack!

[VolcanoJen]

66. Video clip here, too

http://www.dailyrecycler.com/blog/

[SodoffBush]

67. Hilarious to see the Spanish version

w/Chimp and Mrs. Stepford being photographed while the fracas was going on behind them.

And then, on top of that, dinner was canceled! LOL!

What bumbling fucks these Bushies are, every day muddying just a little more, the world's view of America as "leader."

[Contrary1]

73. I can't get this one to play...

It says "closed". Was it the same as the other,
or did it show junior in an unflattering manner?

[struggle4progress]

74. Both videos seem to be unavailable now.

I don't know why. I wonder if the old lady hitting back at the secret service agent with her crutch was too visible.

[Coltrane]

75. Video is working

Crooks and liars is working!

[Contrary1]

71. "The president, looking irritated, walked away with the agent."

Well of course he was pissed. The Dim Bulb hates any situation
he cannot completely control. What an arrogant asshole.

[grace0418]

72. gack

I'm sure his flock will love that story. Give me a break.

[MaineDem]

76. Why would he walk INTO a fight?

That wasn't a smart move on his part. He had no idea WHAT was going on there.

This could have been a very serious situation. I can't stand the fuckwit but I don't want to see him hurt in Chile.

[Democat]

77. If Clinton did this, the media would call it an "outburst" or worse!

Check this thread to compare how the media treats Clinton and Bush:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1006800&mesg_id=1006800

[four more wars]

78. Can ypu imagine the leader of any other country

behaving like that?

how does this portray America to the World?

the man is an Idiot

[InhaleToTheChief]

80. No bulge...

...in the pictures...did he get a new tailor? ;)

[ckramer]

81. Look! He's breaking up a street fight!

[ramapo]

83. Major media whoring alert

It's being played like Bush saved the agent's life. Our steadfast leader faced down the foreign security agents while pulling his owen protector to safety. Yahoo

[sattahipdeep]

85. Payback time

U.S. officials said Chilean police had been chafing for a week
about a demand by Secret Service agents that they control the president's
space, even when he was on sovereign turf. Now, it was payback time.

....
Bush and the first lady walked into the beaux-arts banquet hall, and
Chilean officers, who appeared to be waiting for the moment, stepped in
front of Trotta, blocking him from entering.

....
In the fracas that ensued, amid a flurry of half nelsons, one Secret
Service agent wound up jammed against a wall. "You're not stopping me!
You're not stopping me! I'm with the president!" an unidentified agent can
be heard yelling on videotape of the mayhem.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&ncid=1802&e=2&u=/washpost/20041122/ts_washpost/a2550_2004nov21

[Nihil]

86. Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Oh for one, just one, security guard in that fracas to object to the
chimp's arm reaching across and smack him in the mouth with an elbow!

There are times when life just isn't fair :-)

(On a more serious note, all it would have taken is one person with
a knife ... but Bush has never been known for his intelligence has he?)