US agents 'fail Bush's daughter'

[William]

US agents 'fail Bush's daughter'

Twins Barbara (L) and Jenna Bush are holidaying in the country

One of the twin daughters of President George W Bush has been robbed of her handbag in Argentina despite protection by US Secret Service agents.
Barbara Bush, 24, lost her mobile phone and credit cards in the robbery in a restaurant in the capital, Buenos Aires - but she was not hurt.
She was dining with her twin sister Jenna at the time.
ABC News in the US says the robbery went unnoticed by the heavy secret service force protecting the family.
US officials in Buenos Aires and Washington have declined to comment on the incident.
The BBC's Daniel Schweimler in Buenos Aires says it is highly embarrassing for the protection force. The Bush daughters have been on holiday in the city for the past three weeks. Our correspondent says that although Buenos Aires, a popular tourist destination, remains one of the safest cities in Latin America, petty crime is on the increase - whether you are protected by the US Secret Service or not.


BBC NEWS | Americas | US agents 'fail Bush's daughter'

[William]

love to be a fly on the wall when they [secret service] explain that one away

[raycarey]

they're both alcoholics (especially the blonde fat one)----just like dad.

btw, it must be nice to be on vacation in buenos aires for three weeks.....i guess they're too busy to go to iraq and fight in their father's war.

[raycarey]

love to be a fly on the wall when they [secret service] explain that one away

c'mon, this is the bush administration....fucking up is the quickest way up the ladder.

the agents in question will get promoted and/or some kind of medal.

[Boon Mee]

btw, it must be nice to be on vacation in buenos aires for three weeks.....i guess they're too busy to go to iraq and fight in their father's war.

A litttle note of jealousy detected there, ray?
Can't get away even to Pattaya on the bus very often on those TEFLer wages, eh?

[stroller]

btw, it must be nice to be on vacation in buenos aires for three weeks.....i guess they're too busy to go to iraq and fight in their father's war.

Huhh? Now you're expecting Bush's daughters to do duty in Iraq?
Jees, the 'quality' of comments in here recently...

...and Boon Mee, thanks for yet another sterling contribution.

[Camel Toe]

Wasn't it about two years ago that the guy who hands out diplomas every graduation day of Rajabhat's students adopted son was kidnapped and the kids body guards were put to death?

[Eliminator]

they're both alcoholics (especially the blonde fat one)----just like dad.

btw, it must be nice to be on vacation in buenos aires for three weeks.....i guess they're too busy to go to iraq and fight in their father's war.

What proof do have to make these comments?

[raycarey]

proof?

well, ol' GWB has admitted he's a lush....actually, that might make an interesting thread.

the girls drink like fish...and one actually got arrested for drinking underage.

and they're clearly not in iraq because they're on holiday in argentina!.

how's that?

btw, did anyone see that some flunky in the administration got the shit beaten out of him in hawaii the other day...and how about the secret service agent that got the shit beaten out of him argentina.
what a shame.

The Blotter
Bush eats with GIs in Hawaii, heads home - Yahoo! News

[stroller]

and they're clearly not in iraq because they're on holiday in argentina!.

Why would they want to be in Iraq?
Oh, I get it now, Mr. "Deathwish".

I suspect this thread might get cleaned up a bit, it's for 'serious' discourse, after all.

[raycarey]

clearly up to you, but i think it is a valid point to ask how these two debutants can drink margaritas and mojitos in buenos aires, while 'poor' kids are getting their legs blown off in iraq?

good god, there father claims it is an honorable and just war, and that civilization hangs in the balance...but they clearly have other priorities.







(in the interest of full disclosure, i have to admit i stole the 'other priorities' line from dick cheney..... he used it to explain his 5 (that's right 5) vietnam era deferments.)

[raycarey]

Amid a growing barrage of front-page headlines, U.S. embassy officials "strongly suggested" President Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their trip to Buenos Aires because of security issues, U.S. diplomatic and security sources tell ABC News. But the girls have stayed on, celebrating their 25th birthday over the weekend and producing even more headlines about their activities.

The Blotter

how many US soldiers died in iraq before their 25th birthday?

[raycarey]

it's hard to understand why this isn't a bigger issue.

As the deaths and injuries mount, more and more people are touched by the war—and become understandably resentful of those who are not. Bush, in his speeches, is eloquent about what no one doubts—the sacrifice—but banal about what most people have come to doubt: the purpose.But no amount of eloquence can overcome the bald contrast between that rhetoric and how his own family lives. His daughters are over 21, and he can't control them, but that doesn't let them off the hook. They are now independent moral actors, and their situation requires that they either publicly oppose their father's war or do something to support it. Is it unfair to expect Jenna and Barbara to shape their lives around their father's folly? Of course it's unfair. If this is war, then unfairness comes with the territory.

How Bush's family life opposes his rhetoric. - By Michael Kinsley - Slate Magazine