Comments on: No Secret Service Protection For McCain

Washington Post: GOP Candidate Must Request Such Protection And Has Not Done So

[bookout2]

Well, what do you expect of CBS? Katie Couric will
stoop as low as she has to get a story. Ethics?
Fairness? Give me a break. Its no wonder CBS is
so low in the ratings.
If Barack Obama wins the democratic nomination, I will
vote for tough guy John McCain.

[jumkey]

"CBS should be ashamed of themselves for running this story but it doesn''''t surprise me. Your putting his life in danger."

"Now that its out there, I think McCain is a bad *** and its quite a statement"

Yeah, the statement is that Republicans drool over that Jack Bauer schtick - even though it''s complete nonsense and campaign fluff. McCain isn''t a "bada$$", he''s almost 72. He''s an old man and he''s not kicking anyone''s "a$$".

"I bet part of his rational is that he is universally liked even by the dems"

Uh, guess again. McCain is universally disliked by "dems" and other thinking people. McCain is an empty suit with no ideas of his own and the natural successor to the miserable failure and war-monger Bush. Do you like economic collapse and 100 year of war? Then vote McCain.

Me, I''m voting for what''s good for this country, and it''s certainly not another Bushbot

[ramos937]

I am a Democrat and will support the Democratic nominee. But, I honor and respect McCain''s war service and feel he is a patriotic American. McCain is making a big mistake by not asking for Secret Service protection. There are crazies out that that for one reason or another would be happy to sacrifice themselves to harm him. I hope his people bring him to ask for that protection.

[awithoff]

hopefully McCain''s private security is BLACKWATER..!!!

...just to rile up all the radical liberals....

[awithoff]

the article stated, "McCain does have private bodyguards who accompany him to events. When he travels on charter planes, reporters and staffers are screened by private security each time they board."



.....McCain shows that he doesn''t believe in big govt paying for every little thing..

[walt1944-2009]

It has been learned that John "The Great Pretender" McCain has not requested Secret Service protection, perhaps in an effort of trying to show the public that he is trying to save the government money, or perhaps, believing he is INVINCIBLE!

Neocon Fascist Nazis throughout the country are worried that some liberal "fruitcake" might attempt to "take out" the Great Pretender, which would throw the neocon world into chaos bordering on SANITY!

It is suspected, however, that "Bagdad John" is getting his protection from "other sources" some candidates named being the military (Delta Force, Navy Seals, Green Berets, etc.) or even that the "Rambo" mercenaries of Blackwater are providing it.

Whoever is providing it, there is little doubt that McCain would walk around "unprotected" despite his "tough guy" persona. Anyone who would need 1,000 fully armed troops and 5 heliocopters to protect him in the "friendly confines" of the Bagdad bazaars would have to have a small army surrounding him wherever he goes.

Just try to speak to him or shake his hand the next time "Bagdad John" visits you (if ever!) and see what happens!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, more of the same McCain!!!!

[Dunestrider]

Good for him! That''s so much better than Bush: remember his "bring it on!" taunt to terrorists, which put our front-line troops in danger? While Dubya hides in the White House?

[jedi08]

CBS should be ashamed of themselves for running this story but it doesn''t surprise me. Your putting his life in danger.

Now that its out there, I think McCain is a bad *** and its quite a statement. Even though I''m not sure if I''m for him or Obama yet I hope the man is ok and no sicko''s try anything stupid.

I bet part of his rational is that he is universally liked even by the dems.

[jumkey]

Yeah, you''re right notblue, CBS News is conspiring to get McCain assassinated.

I''m sorry you haven''t figured it out yet from the fawning coverage of McCain he is a media darling - the one the vapid, insipid, childish press corps wants to be our next president. That "liberal" media rooting for the Republican (again).

It is nothing but incompetence that McCain''s staff hasn''t requested protection and is a good indication of the incompetence McCain himself will bring to the office. We don''t need 4 more years of a doofus presidency.

It''s not the presses job to whisper campaign tips to McCain BTW, but I''m sure they did and his staff ignored it and that explains this article.

[gwagener]

That is because the DOD is protecting him. The Military are providing his security.
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Posted by watcher269 at 11:15 AM : Apr 04, 2008

It is flatly illegal for the militay to provide security in US territory, except on US militay bases, so it is not true. He does get protection frrom the military while in Iraq, but that is true of any high Government official.
He has to pay for security thru donations or his wife can pay for it.

[missingamerica]

Rewrite, ''cuz I left out a factor:

lolll...maybe McCain feels that the people with both the big money - the ones who could afford to finance an effective assassination attempt - and the morality to go forward with such an attempt are in his corner, and so there is no need.

[missingamerica]

lolll...maybe McCain feels that the people with the big money - the ones who could afford to finance an effective assassination attempt - are in his corner, and so there is no need.

[mudrose-2009]

What compelling right of the public to know compels sharing this information with every crackpot?

I was more comfortable assuming that he had S.S. protection. The one thing the country doesn''''t need now is another crackpot trying to make a political statement and/or attempt for attention with a gun and the media shouldn''''t be planting the seeds of dementia in their heads!
Posted by realpatriot1

Never knew a lefty that could keep a secret. Ask Leaky Leahy.

[watcher269-2009]

That''s because the DOD is protecting him. The Military are providing his security.

[notblue]

What possible reason would CBS tell the world McCain has no protection???? Why didn''t we here the status of protection for the other candidates? And why say anything about the level of their security?? I just don''t understand CBS and their motives.

[cfin5]

When I read the headline I instantly had a lot to say about this,....till I read the small print. This is not a smart thing to do these days Senator. At least the media shouldn''t divulge this fact. Too late now though. Because if some idiot does something evil, our rights as law abiding citizens are always to be blamed/confiscated for a solution to the problem.......NOT COOL!

[blackwater66-2009]

We''ll protect big John !!

Stay the course as GW would have !!

[blahblahpfft]

This is an ex-POW we''re talking about...

He doesn''t need the Secret Service to protect him. :cP

[stn_sage]

Of all the candidates, he''s the safest.

Nobody from the left or center---politically---will attack him because they don''t expect him to win!
If he is attacked, it''ll be from the far-right because he doesn''t "truly" believe in their agenda!

Ironically, if it happens, it''ll come from ''his own people''!

[mudrose-2009]

So? The man''s a jihadis nightmare. He ain''t afraid to die either.

Besides, he doesn''t need FBI protection. I''m sure he has his own.