Obama: 'Angry' if Secret Service allegations true

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By JIM KUHNHENN

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - President Barack Obama, speaking for the first time about allegations that Secret Service agents hired prostitutes, said Sunday that "of course I'll be angry" if those accusations are proven true by an investigation.

Obama said the agents represent the United States and are supposed to conduct themselves with the highest levels of dignity anywhere in the world. "Obviously, what's been reported doesn't match up to those standards," Obama said in a news conference wrapping his appearance at a Latin America summit.

The president never directly mentioned that the specific accusations, confirmed by media outlets, that agents were cavorting with prostitutes before the president arrived in Colombia.

The Secret Service sent 11 agents home and placed them on leave for misconduct as the agency reviews what happened.


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President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos during the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

[Iliyah]

1. On Fake News and CNN

he partied with them, oh wait, he wasn't there? Who cares blame him anyway.

[PSPS]

2. Ain't that the truth. Another "controversy" manufactured by our partisan "press."

[Drale]

3. A lesson to us all,

Bad things happen when you refuse to pay your hookers.

[SaltyBro]

4. I hope none of those hookers were honey traps

working for our adversaries.

[MrSlayer]

5. Just pay the people providing the services.

And this doesn't happen. Bunch of fools.

[Grassy Knoll]

6. Flush Lumpy will say.....

oink,unk,oink, Obama, oink,oink, Obama Secret Service, oink,er burp, oink
belch,oink, This little BOY, oink, ripp, er burp, Hookers & Obama, erp, derp,belch,
slop,slop,embpohh,choke, Folks, cough, cough, oink, Obama can't control, emphh,
errr, blaaafff,choke,oinky,doinky, didily,oinky......

[freshwest]

21. You left out the panting, grunting and squealing. That's part of his charm.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. FUBAR at it's greatest.

These glory boys just left our President wide open for a hit. Not serious,this is a bigtime breach of safety. Notice how our President handled the press,what a professional,watch the Pukes squeal this week.

[emulatorloo]

11. At least we won't have to hear about Mom-gate any more.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. What I find interesting

is that prior to this trip, there were articles out about how this trip may benefit President Obama politically and then after this scandal broke, there were articles about how this scandal was overshadowing the President's trip. Without knowing all the facts, I'm not prone to make any suppositions about all this coming out but.......................

[justgamma]

9. There will be investigations

so sayeth Congressman Peter King. Right after the pubs give them a standing ovation. Oh wait, that was for one of them. Vitter.

[DRoseDARs]

10. If only hed b angry over real problems that cant b dismissed w/termination papers & final paycheck.

Instead, we get pithy words and watered-down proposals (that are often rehashes of old Republican ideas) that get mercilessly attacked by conservatives until the President and Congressional Democrats fold like cheap cards and the bills are more diluted than magic homeopathic wooter. Obama being "angry" is like watching a kitten roar: So cute and not the least bit threatening... great for YouTube but not something you want in a president, and certainly not if he or she is *supposed* to be on the same side of the political spectrum as yourself.

[99th_Monkey]

12. So when Prez. Obama's security is breached by horny over-weened SS goons

who want to party but stiff the hookers, rather than do their jobs,

and it's somehow Obama's fault? Get real.

Better yet, you my want to find a more appropriate place
to post such nonsense, like Free Republic.

[DRoseDARs]

13. "and it's somehow Obama's fault? Get real." You said it, not me. That's an internal SS problem, not

President Obama's, but good luck pointing out anywhere where I blamed him for it.

[99th_Monkey]

16. Your whole post was a rant against Obama

and Dems in Congress, much of which I actually agree with (just so you know),
rather than about the incident cited in the OP.

Granted you didn't say anywhere "I blame Obama!", but yet you did in a way
because there's a clearly visible thread of blaming energy in your post and in
what you chose to focus on, rather than the OP (i.e. how the SS fucked up big
time).

[RobinA]

14. Gotta Say,

I don't get this so-called controversy. SS hired hookers. Who cares? Is anybody surprised? Buncha guys in a foreign contry with time to kill. Do people really believe that stiff-necked, suited, sunglassed, humerless, wire-in-the-ear act?

[Lurks Often]

15. I do understand the controversy

those Secret Service agents and other personnel involved are directly or indirectly responsible for the security of the President and his family, in addition to any other diplomatic personnel present. By behaving as they did, they could have potentially compromised the safety of the President in addition to the bad press, rightly or wrongly, that this has generated.

[marshall]

17. They were engaging in a legal activity

Prostitution is legal and is a valid career choice in that country.

Are there specific rules about agents hiring prositutes in countries where that profession is legal?

If not, then what's the "anger" about? Refusing to pay for services rendered?

[Lurks Often]

19. I don't think this is about whether it was legal or not, but

about whether or not they were in compliance with Secret Service rules and the poor judgement they showed. They are responsible for the safety of the President and his family, which means they get held to a higher standard of conduct. If they are not willing to follow that higher standard, then they should have transferred out of the Presidential detail, which as far as I know, is a voluntary assignment.

[woo me with science]

18. Fake news.

Meanwhile, in real news, drone attacks, impoverishment of Americans, and construction of the police state continue apace...

[polichick]

20. He should be angry - what a load of idiots!