King Bush will have 103 I REPEAT 103 Full Time Secret Service Agents when he leaves office

[wakeme2008]

From the WP article posted on Rawstory

http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F05%2F28%2FAR2007052801159_pf.html

And while the 2008 campaign gets going, the service is also gearing up for January 2009, when President Bush is set to leave office; officials are mindful of the 1993 assassination effort by Iraq against his father, former president George H.W. Bush. The service has begun training agents to fill 103 full-time slots as to be part of the current president's retirement detail.

Also it sounds like Rove and friends have their own Secret Service protection. I wonder if they will have them when King Bush leaves office.


103 Agents to protect a retired president Bubble Boy still wants his bubble.. :grr:

[librechik]

1. when the whole truth comes out, he will need them. n/t

[acmavm]

3. Crap, you beat me to it.

[doggyboy]

2. That's all?

I assumed we were gonna have to buy him another country, and empty it out in order to keep him safe

[bdamomma]

7. how about Iraq, he's managing to "ethic cleanse" the country.

[doggyboy]

17. You must be a mind reader....nt

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[sandrakae]

4. Does he even have that many now?

[bdamomma]

5. ummm........protecting his ass huh?

another cowardly act. get someone else to protect his bubble.

[Kikosexy2]

29. The 3 Dumb Blondes

possee aka Britney, Paris & Lindsey's security boys weren't available...???

[peacetalksforall]

6. My, my 103 tax paid employees that he can play video games with

and tell stupid jokes to followed by snorting and sucking up air (i.e., laughing at his own jokes) and slapping their backs or eating in front of them or with them with his mouth open.

[YOY]

9. He wouldn't play video games

He couldn't figure them out. The f***er didn't know how to use the internet for crissakes.

[Lisa]

57. they'd better find "pull my finger" hilarious, even after the 5000th time! (n/t)

[YOY]

8. I fully expect him to not leave the sanctity of his home often

He won't find it as easy to cull the crowds of those who would dare speak against him. He might venture out to trusted associates but will not leave often thereby rendering most of them useless.

Then again, we're going to see a lot of pissed off Iraq War Vets who want answers. They've been there and seen the shit that he created to make the Military Industrial Complex/Haliburtons rich. They won't be anywhere as civil as Cindy is/was. He may need them.

Personally I find it a waste of agents and money. That's over 10 Million a year to protect his worthless hide.

[xultar]

10. He's the worst and most hated president in our history domestically and internationally.

Yes, he'll need them and maybe more if he keeps fuckin the world up @ this rate.

[tanyev]

11. They'd better be fully trained in the Heimlich maneuver.

Gotta watch out for those sleeper cells of terrorist pretzels.

[Cha]

52. Then they better know how

to hide his Jim Beam bottles where that the fucker can't find 'em when he gets that unquenchable thirst to drown his ugly self.

[MaineDem]

12. For comparison, I wonder how many Poppy and Clinton have? n/t

[whistle]

13. Are they paid $125,000.00 each if so that is $12,875,000.00 per year

...and should he live to 85 years of age that would be $321,875,000.00 just for secret service agents. I wonder if Laura and the twins would have their own agents as well?

[wakeme2008]

18. You could double that with travel. King Bush plans to travel after leaving

office. :grr:

[bdamomma]

37. no country will want him to visit.

[Auntie Bush]

60. Isn't he going to Paraguay?

That's the only place he'll feel safe. I hope he isn't safe anywhere on this earth. We can't afford the damn fool.

[HughBeaumont]

28. What do you WANT those tax dollars to go towards, edjycayshun?

More guns, more pertecshin, more war! YEEEEEEHAW!

[Contrary1]

46. It will cost a hell of a lot more than that...

Are they going to relocate all the agents and their families, or are they going to be
flying back and forth to the boy king's new ranch in Paraguay?

Is there enough brush in Paraguay to keep the asshole entertained for a few decades?

[Turbineguy]

14. But he only

gets that protection for 10 years. He'll still need it after then, but he'll have to pay for it himself or have the Swifboaters pay it for him.

On Edit: Shame Jeffrey Dahmer is dead. I wouldn't mind seeing him get one of those jobs.:evilgrin:

[hlthe2b]

15. Only for 10 years.... And none for Cheney unless they change it...

(which, given probable threat assessments, I'd assume they would)

Clinton is the last President to be given life-term protection... So the BushBot will either have to pay his own after 10 years or live with Poppy.

[Rydz777]

22. Cheney provides his own protection. He is armed and ready. eom

[hlthe2b]

35. Plus he emits a wide circle of nastiness as a major deterrent...

Would any of us want to approach sheer evil? :shrug:

[Cha]

53. Dead eye dick of Death..

Has he signed up for any firearm training yet?

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Frankie Pentangeli

[sharp_stick]

19. Imagine how boring that job must be?

You train your ass off to protect Presidents and wind up following a geriatric around on walks. That would be more than enough to cause me to quit.

[onehandle]

20. He can afford his own damn protection.

SS protection should be pro-rated based on the wealth of a former President.

The mountains in Paraguay will do most of the work of protecting him.

[glitch]

21. Recruiting from Regent University, I hope. nt

[Captain Hilts]

23. Well, you need a minimum of three shifts of guards for every day, Plus back ups, etc.

It's a lot of people.

They all have good sized security details. I think Clinton's is a bit smaller because he does not accept the offer of daily intelligence briefings that all former presidents are entitled to. So, he's not as up-to-date on hush hush stuff.

[MonkeyFunk]

36. Really? Clinton doesn't take the

daily briefing? That seems unlike him - he's always so involved in the issues. Plus, with his wife running for President, you'd think he'd want to be as up-to-date as anyone.

[Captain Hilts]

38. He's either smart enough to appreciate that he doesn't 'need to know', or

knows have the responsibility of that knowledge would entail greater restrictions on his movements, OR he just doesn't have the ego to want it.

[MonkeyFunk]

40. It just surprises me...

I know *I* would want it, given the opportunity. And he's more of a current-affairs junkie than I'll ever hope to be.

[Captain Hilts]

44. I agree, but there are a lot of strings attached to having that knowledge.

Your freedom of movement is more closely monitored and protected, etc.

This is why during WWII Eleanor Roosevelt avoided knowing a lot of the skinny. The minute she learned about The Bomb her security detail was upped.

Same thing here. You lose something for what you gain.

[MonkeyFunk]

45. That makes sense...

thanks for the explanation.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

48. How many SS agents will be assigned to ex-First Lady Pickles

after she divorces the Boy King?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

49. Self-delete

Don't know why this posted thrice.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

50. Self-delete

My computer must be stuttering...

[AZBlue]

65. Plus, couldn't it be a conflict of interest with Hillary running for the WH?

And, I do see why he wouldn't want his freedom limited - he's very passionate about his work with his foundation and it doesn't always take him to the nicest neighborhoods, so to speak.

[JDPriestly]

59. I would not want it.

I can understand that Clinton wants to be free from the pressure of knowing all that stuff. It would be depressing to know what was going on and be unable to do anything about it. Ignorance is bliss.

Clinton is a lot freer in terms of what he says and does because he does not listen to all that stuff. Besides, Clinton is probably smart enough to know a lot of what they would say in those reports without listening to the reports. He knows the world, the people involved, the situations. What more does he need to know? After all, he is much more intelligent than anyone in the current government. He would be miserable if he were second-guessing them as they make their many, many mistakes.

[momster]

24. Small Wonder He's So Preoccupied These Days....

He's got to come up with 103 stupid nicknames. The pressure....

[Lisa]

58. he'll probably go with "Security Guy", "Bald Security Guy", "Short Security Guy", etc.

They're all interchangeable, to him (he's been known to double up on press pool nicknames too, like "Stretch" and "Little Stretch").

As long as he gets to call himself "Commander Guy", "The Decider", or whatever else strikes his fancy.

[blm]

25. That 1993 "assassination attempt" was an act the BFEE used to rope Clinton into

seeing things THEIR WAY. Once he got roped into that oil pit, he was.......stuck.

[Cha]

54. Really...I'm not buying any

"assassination attempt" on bushitI just because the bushits say so.

I feel sorry for those SS that have to protect the monkey's ass.

[blm]

55. heh - exactly - I will no longer buy what they are selling even when they use

so-called Dems to do their selling.

[Cha]

61. I feel like there's a

conspiracy right now with certain dlc types and neoCons to keep this misbegotten War On Iraq going so they can get the rights to the oil and build permenant bases for their ME Wars.

We're going to be the big losers if we don't stop it.

[kestrel91316]

26. Only for ten years. I can't wait.

[formercia]

27. From what I hear, Rove gets protection from Dewey Clarridge's gang

remember that black bagger from Iran Contra?

[Fresh_Start]

30. cost cutting measure after Bush leaves, eliminate SS for formers

let him experience the joy of his policies without the tax payers protecting him

[hootinholler]

31. I think the Dept of Corrections can provide better security for him.

Much better than the SS can.

-Hoot

[wakeme2008]

32. Plus less travel $$$

:rofl:

[DKRC]

33. I feel for these guys and their families.

Can you imagine being expected to take a bullet for this waste of space?

[Hubert Flottz]

34. He already has them waiting at Leavenworth!

Where he belongs.

[LibDemAlways]

39. And some day, when he dies of old age, the

taxpayers will probably get stuck paying for extra protection for his gravesite to prevent the multitudes from pissing on it.

[tinymontgomery]

41. scarbough was on the other day

complaining about Pres Clinton having an office and such, wonder if he'll say anything about the boy king .

[JDPriestly]

42. A lot of people hate Bush.

Fortunately for him, most of the people in America who hate him are pacifists. They are not going to harm him or anyone else. As long as he stays in this country, he will be safe (unless some really angry Iraq vet who he taught to kill gets near him). He might need protection if he tries to go to a Muslim country, but he'll be safe here.


Mostly only the right-wingers are violent. That's why most of the victims of political assassinations in the U.S. are liberals.

Bush has never succeeded at anything except as figurehead for a baseball team. He will probably just fade into oblivion after he leaves office. That will become very evident after his term ends. Bush can't even speak well. He will get speaking engagements in the beginning and then people will see him for what he is -- a total awkward rather stupid, self-centered bore. I hope these new secret service people enjoy riding bicycles because their main task will probably be participating in amateur bicycle races with Bush. Oh -- and clearing brush. Bush will probably end up watching a lot of TV and playing with his dogs. What a bunch of hype.

[sabbat hunter]

43. how many other do other former presidents have

how many do bush I, Clinton have?

just so i can get a little basis for comparison.

[Brassballs]

47. 103 may not be enough to protect him ......eom

[Cha]

51. As long bush leaves the

the gawddamn office..I don't care if he has shit load of SS watching his lyin' fuckin' ass.

[jcrew2001]

56. Can he just move to Paraguay and leave us alone?

nt

[warrior1]

62. what if, be still my heart,

he's in prison?

[libodem]

63. He needs to be FIRED!

And loose all of those perks. I dream of him being exiled. He is a National disgrace. A shame upon our Country. A blight upon this Nation. A crime against humanity. A sin against God. A skidmark in the shorts of postmodern History. The guy is a bum. Send him to Siberia. A nice cold bunker. He can have the Embassy they are building in Iraq and be THEIR bastion of Democracy, Freedom and Liberty. He'll never be able to set foot outside. :) Ahhhh, this fantasy life of mine.

[ooga booga]

64. 2 quick thoughts on this

(1) If this is true, it's WAY, WAY more expensive than anyone's haircuts. After John Edwards took a major hit on his choice to have $400 haircuts that HE PAYS FOR HIMSELF, I think this hefty expense should draw LOTS of criticism.

(2) The next President is highly likely to be a Democrat, and I doubt that he or she would stand for this. If a Republican does get elected instead, I think that he'll be equally unable to stomach this. Dubya is already finding his fellow Republicans less and less willing to go along with his nonsense.

[Kahuna]

66. Are you surprised? I'm not.

nt

[DFW]

67. I ran into Bill Clinton last October, and he didn't have 103 agents

He didn't even have ten of them. This was at a private rally for then-candidate
Jim Webb in Virginia, so they knew he'd be among friends. For Bush, the "among
friends" scenario would play out as: Gonzo, Condi and Cheney, so he'd have a ten
to one ratio of agents to friends, even if they are all there.

And after all, how many Secret Service agents do you need to protect you from
getting spit on, anyway?

[nolabels]

68. Much similar to nuclear waste

and quote "Radioactive waste are waste types containing radioactive chemical elements that do not have a practical purpose."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_waste

The only things they could ever be good for those people with evil intent