Mystery deepens around alleged Bush poisoning incident

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kpete  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jun-21-10 06:19 PM
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Mystery deepens around alleged Bush poisoning incident   Updated at 8:29 PM
   
Source: Yahoo News

Did former First Lady Laura Bush hype a stomach flu (or some other virus) into a mythical assassination attempt in order to sell books? When Bush's memoir, "Spoken From the Heart," was released last month, dozens of headlines blasted out its most tantalizing tidbit: Bush suspected that a mysterious illness that befell her, her husband and their staff during the 2007 G8 summit in Germany may have been the result of an attempt to kill or incapacitate the 43rd president.

"Exceedingly alarmed" by the illness, Bush wrote, "the Secret Service went on full alert, combing the resort for potential poisons. In the past year, there had been several high-profile poisonings, including one with suspected nuclear material, in and around Europe. The overriding fear was that terrorists had gotten control of a dangerous substance and planted it at the resort. e never learned if any other delegations became ill, or if ours, mysteriously, was the only one."

That's the sort of shadowy intrigue that's landed many a book on the bestseller list — just ask Dan Brown. However, there's no record of the episode ever happening, at least according to the Secret Service. Yahoo! News filed a Freedom of Information Act request looking for any documents — e-mails, investigation reports, incident reports, etc. — related to the alleged incident. In reply, the Secret Service informed us Monday that its review of records "indicates that there are no records or documents pertaining to your request in files."

The voice of actual reason  :

HereSince1628  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jun-21-10 06:40 PM
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6. Even if true, I can't imagine the SS providing any confirmation
   
Even if it's false I can't imagine the SS providing any statement confirming that.

I can imagine a zillion schizoid conspiracy addicts eating it up like popcorn.
   
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Jun-21-10 06:51 PM
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8. I can't, either
   
And it would be extremely prudent of them to suspect any condition that was suffered by a President while outside their usual protected bubbles to have a possible malevolent cause or intent.

I'm glad they are professionals, and protect President Obama in the same fashion.

The DUmp norm:

Xipe Totec  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jun-21-10 06:22 PM
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2. Good cover story for a hangover nt
   
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Jun-21-10 06:24 PM
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3. Or Alcohol Poisoning   Updated at 7:39 AM
   
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Jun-21-10 06:27 PM
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4. That's my guess
   
The oaf was blotto.

sam sarrha  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jun-21-10 06:33 PM
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5. did the puke smell like Jack Daniel's..??

seafan  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Jun-21-10 06:46 PM
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7. Bet it was that Jack Daniels fella. *smirk*   Updated at 6:47 PM
   
Mystery deepens around alleged Bush poisoning incident...Followed by pics of ex-Pres. Bush drinking water or non-alcholic beer...

But our current President...

What and when President Obama likes to drink

...On a date night with the first lady in New York at Blue Hill, a West Village eatery, Obama opted for a wine that accompanied the five-course tasting menu, while Michelle sipped on two martinis.

...On a night out in May at the D.C. restaurant Citronelle, the first couple turned down the restaurant’s famous and seemingly endless list of fine wines and instead ordered matching martinis, straight up.

...On the night he won the presidential election, Obama cracked open a bottle of Graham Beck Brut NV

...Obama stopped by one of his favorite Chicago haunts, Topolobampo, and ordered wine pairings with the $90 “celebration” tasting menu. But, restaurant manager Kevin Casey says, Obama and the first lady have a history of ordering up a round of margaritas at the restaurant.

...Obama was seen with beer in hand at the Wizards game...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25043.html


And this is why we consider the DUmp denizens to be such fine examples of "rational thought."   

[Randy]

What and when President Obama likes to drink

...On a date night with the first lady in New York at Blue Hill, a West Village eatery, Obama opted for a wine that accompanied the five-course tasting menu, while Michelle sipped on two martinis.

...On a night out in May at the D.C. restaurant Citronelle, the first couple turned down the restaurant’s famous and seemingly endless list of fine wines and instead ordered matching martinis, straight up.

...On the night he won the presidential election, Obama cracked open a bottle of Graham Beck Brut NV

...Obama stopped by one of his favorite Chicago haunts, Topolobampo, and ordered wine pairings with the $90 “celebration” tasting menu. But, restaurant manager Kevin Casey says, Obama and the first lady have a history of ordering up a round of margaritas at the restaurant.

...Obama was seen with beer in hand at the Wizards game...

Nights he's home chillin' or State Dinnerin' he's poundin' back a few foeties.
DUmmies conveniently forget that this President of theirs is the one who was told to knock off the drinking by his staff of Doctors, not the last one.