Whatever happened to ?

In article , Glenfiddich
wrote:

On 23 May 2004 21:10:46 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

From: (miso)

snip

My blood
still boils when I think of Bush reading to those kids in Florida well
after the **** hit the fan.

What would you have him do? Jump up and leave the room? That would lead
to
confusion and speculation beyond what was already going on and it would
have
upset the children in the room. Do you really think that few minutes
would have
meant anything?

And, as anyone could realise if they *thought* about the logistics, it
they would have taken _at_least_ 10 minutes to organise the motorcade
for an unscheduled departure - especially with the new security worry
of a suicide attack on the president himself

At any Presidential appearance I've ever attended -- and that's been a
fair number in getting close to 40 years in the DC area -- there is
ALWAYS a getaway team on alert -- usually one or two armored limos, a
Secret Service Suburban or the like, and local police.

The pretty well-known drill is that someone yelling "GUN!" on the Secret
Service frequency means GET HIM OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW!

At any Presidential appearance I've ever attended -- and that's been a
fair number in getting close to 40 years in the DC area -- there is
ALWAYS a getaway team on alert -- usually one or two armored limos, a
Secret Service Suburban or the like, and local police.

The pretty well-known drill is that someone yelling "GUN!" on the Secret
Service frequency means GET HIM OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW!

Too much security for a position with ceremonial duties only.