Report: First Daughter Barbara Bush Robbed

[RamboLiberal]

http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1562214,00.html

One of president Bush's twin daughters, Barbara Bush, was robbed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ABC News reports.

The first daughter had her purse and cell phone stolen while dining in the city's picturesque San Telmo neighborhood – even though Secret Service agents were guarding her, says ABC News citing law enforcement reports.

According to the reports, the Secret Service failed to notice the incident. The alleged robbery happened during Barbara's first night in town.

The Secret Service had no comment. The First Lady's press secretary, Susan Whitson, was unavailable for comment.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/first_daughter_.html

First Daughter Barbara Bush had her purse and cell phone stolen as she had dinner in a restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, even though she was being guarded by a detail of Secret Service agents, according to law enforcement reports made available to ABC News.

It was not the only mishap on the two-week trip to Argentina by Barbara and her twin sister Jenna.

A Secret Service agent on the advance detail got into an "altercation" with someone after a night out and was badly beaten, according to the law enforcement reports. The Secret Service said today the incident was an attempted mugging that occurred while the agent was on his own time. The agent is doing fine.

The purse snatching took place on Barbara's first night in town while she was dining in the picturesque San Telmo neighborhood. According to the reports, the Secret Service agents failed to notice the incident.

Geez, the Secret Service is having a bit of a bad week. First daughter robbed, agent beaten up and an agent shot in a mall shooting.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. She's gotten good at . . .

. . . giving her guards the slip . . .

:smoke: :beer:

[pnwmom]

67. I wonder how much the taxpayers are paying for protection abroad

for the Bush girls.

Doesn't sound like we're getting much value, if they can't protect her from a common purse-snatcher.

[Blaq Dem]

88. Do these heffa's have jobs??????

It doesn't seem like it. Even Chelsea Clinton has a job right now.

[jeff30997]

2. Oooh poor little thing!

This is an outrage ! Lets start a nucular war !!!

[Greeby]

3. Ha-ha!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

5. Exactly!

:rofl:


Now draft those two into the Navy if they want to see the world . . .

:dunce: :dunce:

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. This isn't supposed to happen if you've got SS protection

someone should get their ass handed to them.

I bet the Bush girls do whatever they want and they've cowed their SS detail into letting them.

[journalist3072]

53. Remember Jenna set her SS agents to fetch her drunk boyfriend out of jail

[anotherdrew]

6. hmmm, the bushes getting ready to run to their hacienda in the sun?

what's she doing down there? Remember the reports that he's buying land next to the moonies holdings?

[David Zephyr]

11. Bingo.

That's the story here. We find out that she's in South America.

Sort of like how we found out that Mary Cheney was on the border of Iraq right before her father's illegal invasion of that country. Some foolishly thought she was on a "peace" mission. Nope.

With these monstrous people and their offspring its always all about one thing: money.

[Anakin Skywalker]

31. Maybe She's Shopping for a Hot, Latino Boyfriend?

Heh heh.

[Ian David]

7. Note to Barbara's Secret Service Detail

How many times must we remind you:

Do Not Play Quarters With The First Daughters-- "Turquoise" and "Twinkle" Will ALWAYS Win!

[Blaq Dem]

89. Are they smoking cigarettes????

Now they really look like a bunch of dirty prostitutes. lol

[sugapablo]

8. Cell Phone, huh?

Think there's any "classified" direct line phone numbers on there?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

12. ha! good point!

Maybe they'll dial up Poppy and Barbara's scary namesake, in the middle of the nite . . .

[Ian David]

17. "Hey, I think we robbed someone important. They have Jeff Gannon on speed-dial." n/t

[SpiralHawk]

83. Jeff Gannon? You mean the Bush White House male prostitute?

The guy the corporate media never tells America about?

That is really kinky -- a male prostitue visiting George AWOL Bush's white House over 100 times, according to the official Secret Service records.

[EVDebs]

19. Dumb crooks...the phone's got to have an RFID or GPS chip

so they won't be hanging onto it for long. Makes you wonder why 6' tall Saudi with kidney disease hasn't been tracked thru his equipment yet, huh ?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

39. you take out the battery, and you are fine.

then, go to a clean room, farraday cage, really, and download all the numbers.
piece o cake.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

9. She should be in Iraq with her other sister

[Jed Dilligan]

10. I wonder

If they took her hostage, would Bush be consistent in his policy of not negotiating with terrorists?

[Ian David]

16. You mean unless those hostages are Fox "News" Employees. n/t

[Greyskye]

13. Way to go Secret Service!

They can arrest a guy who says that Cheney is 'reprehensible' to his face, but they can't keep a First Daughter from being mugged.
:crazy:

[OneBlueSky]

14. was she there buying land? . . .

just in case the Paraguay purchase isn't sufficient for their needs, don'tch know . . . n/t

[greenbriar]

15. poor baby...millions of AMERICAN citizens get robbed every day

and worse

[stlsaxman]

52. yes- by her Dad, his boss Dick and their cronies....

this is hardly payback.

Hope she had at least a couple hundred in her purse.

[Ian David]

18. The agent in the mall shooting was a hero. Let's not forget that.

It's not like he was waiting in line for a PS3.

[RamboLiberal]

20. I'm not putting him down - just saying the Service is having

a bit of a bad week - 2 agents get injured off the job and now Bush girl gets robbed. You don't usually see the Secret Service in the news.

[Ian David]

21. Were the Secret Service the guys on the motorcycles that wiped-out in Hawaii? n/t

[RamboLiberal]

25. Nah that would be local police

I remember reading something last week about a hex being put on Bush - maybe it bounced off and hit those around him.

Three police motorcycle officers were injured when they crashed on slick pavement while escorting his motorcade on Tuesday. Two were taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where one was described as in serious condition and another was described as stable.

Members of the White House medical team — including an ambulance — were cut loose from the motorcade to help, said Dr. Richard Tubb, Bush's doctor. Local ambulance and fire units were sent, too.

Also, acting White House Travel Office Director Gregg Pitts was beaten and robbed by at least two men while out in Honolulu Monday night. Pitts suffered head and other injuries in the attack. He was awake and alert but remained behind at a Honolulu hospital because of a possible concussion, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

[smb]

77. Bad Day For Those Guys

You don't usually see the Secret Service in the news.

No, but I think you will see certain Secret Service agents assigned to the middle of Idaho.

[MidwestTransplant]

22. I wonder if the thief used the phone to prank Bush.

[shanti]

23. somebody's badunkadunk is going to be handed to them

and it won't be pretty!

[Sapphocrat]

24. Another one of those subject lines...

...that made me wonder, as I was clicking the link...

Report: First Daughter Barbara Bush Robbed

Me: Who'd she rob?

[Anakin Skywalker]

33. The Bushies Have Robbed ALL OF US!

[Kermitt Gribble]

26. I think she's hot

too bad her father is such a poor excuse for a human being.

[Binka]

72. Your Taste Is Questionable

If one were to look at her overall character and her appearance she is an odious creep. She is a poor excuse for a human being, now you can recognize that about Daddy but not Barb, why?

[Lochloosa]

76. Calling it like it is as usual.

Good morning beautiful....:pals:

[TheWatcher]

82. Wow. Just Wow.

Yet another member with a scintillating judge of character, and an IQ lower than their Post Count.

[superconnected]

27. I hear the money in it was blood money got by

collusive business deals that stole from the American people's tax dollars.

[ckramer]

28. Could it be no sex no protection?

LOL

[spotbird]

49. No Secret Service

agent would risk catching the skank diseases those girls must carry. They likely leave when the girls try to get it from them.

[Strelnikov_]

29. Guess Employment Has Taken A Backseat To 'Other Priorities'

"Two-week trip to Argentina by Barbara and her twin sister Jenna. "

[proud2BlibKansan]

59. Ah the life of the idle rich

[against all enemies]

30. The secret service now has george w's work ethic - they don't

give a crap about work.

[AIJ Alom]

32. I think it was Jenna. Isn't she in South America too?

Needed the dough for a hit.

Either that or they'll blame it on Chavez and start a war.

[DesertRat]

36. According to the ABC blog site, both girls are in Argentina

On a 2 week trip. Hmmmm....

[AIJ Alom]

40. This story is getting more interesting by the second. n/t

[spotbird]

34. The truth is she tried shake her

Secret Service detail, succeeded, and found out why they were assigned to her in the first place.

[texanwitch]

37. Beat me to it.

She was nowhere near the SS.

:toast:

No telling what she was doing.

[spotbird]

46. Shopping for nose candy to share with

her daddy for Christmas perhaps? We'll never know, but the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Early in the administration there were press reports of the twins efforts to slip the Secret Service, those all disappeared with what was left of a free press, but it's clear the girls haven't changed.

[DesertRat]

35. Bomb Buenos Aires! n/t

[RamboLiberal]

38. Local report for those of you who can read Spanish

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/informaciongeneral/nota.asp?nota_id=860913

Let us know anything juicy!

[Gin]

42. talk about a HEX...I heard on NPR that 6 tires blew out on air force 1 on landing

I don't recall where...but NPR reported one is not unusual...but 6 is very unusual.

[beltanefauve]

61. six blowouts

in Indonesia. Sounds like some sort of a hex to me!

[Gregorian]

48. Hahaha! Barbarian Bush.

I kid you not. Using Google language translation, it came up with that.

An official source, that requested not to be identified, confirmed state agency Télam that the episode happened when Barbarian Bush last night was surprised by delinquents who removed the portfolio to him.


And apparently she got into some nasty exchange with some locals. I wonder how that happened-

The ABC note News, that mentions a report of the secret service, in addition indicated that a secret agent that she had arrived previously by the visit at the country of the daughter of the American president underwent “an argument” with strangers.

[nealmhughes]

65. Nothing juicy, an anonymous "official source" and Jenna is travelling

incognito with her -- with local and Secret Service protection. They are on their way to Paraguay for a UNICEF project...!Paraguay and los Bush otra vez! !Ay, Dios mio!

[RamboLiberal]

41. Story of WH staffer beaten in Hawaii and motorcycle accident

The acting director of the White House Travel Office was robbed and beaten in Waikiki early on Tuesday morning outside a nightclub, according to Honolulu police.

Three men mugged Greg Pitts at about 2 a.m. while he was walking through the International Marketplace near Bobby G's Dance Club, police said.

Pitts accompanied President George W. Bush on a brief visit to Hawaii. The stop came after an eight-day trip to Asia.

While Bush stayed at Hickam Air Force Base, White House staff, crew from the airplane and reporters stayed at Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/10373190/detail.html

Two of the three Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers involved in a crash while escorting President George W. Bush to Hickam Air Force Base are in serious condition at The Queen's Medical Center.
The motorcycles reportedly slipped indvidually on a rain-slicked roadway at about 7:10 a.m near the base entry area.

City Emergency Services transported two of the officers to the medical center. Police officials said that by mid-morning two of the officers were in serious condition and the other was in good condition.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/21/br/br5187469032.html

[superconnected]

44. The country is so much safer with bush.

[spotbird]

43. War Crimes Hide and Seek

From Wonkette:

Bush Twins Spread Trademark Chaos in Latin America

(skip)

Both twins are in Argentina, though no one will say why. Across America, normal families of rich white people are heading home to celebrate our victory over the savage Indians with a commemorative feast, but the Bush family is apparently dispatching two of its more disposal members to find South American hiding places should the indictments start coming down.

[Demeter]

56. THAT I'll Believe!

Anyone seen the Silver Fox lately? Or Doro?

[earth mom]

68. There is something fishy about the twins being in South America...

:tinfoilhat:

[Doremus]

45. Cronyism in the SS too? Did they fire all the smart guys

and replace them with GOP donors like all the other agencies?

[spotbird]

47. It would be hell for a Secret Service agent

to be assigned the Bush Brats. Have pitty on them.

[superconnected]

51. Considering the Bush familys ill gotten gains it would be hard to want

to stop the thief. Bet whoever the thief was, he's one of the most honest people to get a hold of a piece of that nazi fortune.

[jasmeel]

50. Can you imagine the pictures on THAT cell phone--oh my. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

54. wow, way to go Secret Service

Talk about not being on your game.

[No Exit]

55. Was it that same cocaine dealer who turned up with Jenna's wallet that time?

Geez... for people with Secret Service protection, these two sure get robbed a lot. It's almost like they were, you know, ordinary peons or something...

[Alpharetta]

57. The SS must look other way when Jen and Barb spark up

Anyone read the story about the SS having to get Jenna from a party at Ashton Kutchner's a few years ago? The party was foggy with the smell of weed.

When Jen and Barbara want to spark up, the SS has to look the other way so they can claim not witnessing it. Barbara was on a "smoke break" when she got robbed.

[peekaloo]

58. TFB. Her old man has been robbing the middle class for six years.

in broad daylight.

[jgraz]

60. Mike Malloy says she got her purse back

"Apparently the thief wasn't interested in six bottles of grappa and a half-empty box of trojans."

:rofl:

[Election]

66. You make it sound like protected sex is a bad thing

n/t

[Binka]

73. Give It A Rest Pal

No one is biting. Better go back to the "concern" chapter of the handbook.

[Tiggeroshii]

62. WTF?

There is no reason the Secret Service should have let that happen... Were they just too far away or something?

[shanti]

64. yes, this story does not pass the sniff test n/t.

[daleo]

63. Maybe someone's sending a message to the Bushes

Spats among elite super-crime families can get pretty ugly, at least in the movies. Maybe in real life too.

[Bhaisahab]

69. something similar from a couple years back:

(as someone pointed out in wonkette)


http://www.thefirsttwins.com/refs/ap20040615.html
Jenna Bush's Bodyguards Rumble in Spain
AP news
June 15, 2004

MADRID, Spain (AP)--Bodyguards for President Bush's daughter were entangled in a fist fight with two men trying to steal a cell phone in southern Spain, a U.S. Embassy official said Tuesday.
The fight happened last Thursday while Jenna Bush was vacationing with some friends in the coastal city of Tarifa, continental Europe's southernmost point and a famous destination for wind surfers, embassy spokesman John Law said.
The 22-year-old Bush was sitting at a hotel terrace when two men tried to steal a cell phone on a nearby table. Law said it wasn't clear to whom the cell phone belonged, but Bush's bodyguards reacted immediately.

[Gman]

70. Damn good thieves

[MiniMe]

71. Hope they didn't get the keys to the White House

:evilgrin:

[Joe Bacon]

74. Did she sing "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"?

Like her idol Evita would?

[fujiyama]

81. Do the Bush twins strike you as that ambitious

They're more on the level of Paris Hilton - extremely shallow and superficial.

[Joe Bacon]

84. Did the thief find the condoms and Morning After pills in her purse too?

:evilgrin:

[noonwitch]

75. I'm glad she's all right, but jeez, what's up with the Secret Service?

They should have done a better job protecting her.

[kayice]

86. Are they suppose to protect her purse or her?

It depends on how many were with her. If they took after the purse snatcher, she's left unguarded. (Did she watch her purse and phone or leave it lay around?) If the SS agent took off after a robber, someone could have nabbed little Babs.

It could also be someone in the world that Daddy has clearly p.o.'d, (gee, who hasn't he? most likely one of his buziness dealings) and maybe a threatening message is being sent.

[eppur_se_muova]

78. First she loses big in the genetic lottery ... now this.

Poor baby. :alligatortears:

[wishlist]

79. Per ABC news, the girls will not come home until Saturday (their 25th bday)

Sounds like they are partying down during Thanksgiving 'break' rather than spending quality time with the family.

[Minnesota_Lib]

80. Drug deal gone bad, Barbara?

[Zorra]

85. I'll pay ten grand cash for the cellphone, no questions asked.

:evilgrin:

[Orsino]

87. ...of any chance at a healthy childhood or useful adulthood. n/t

[stepnw1f]

90. Usually it's a Bush Stealing from Everyone Else (nt)