Reporter’s press pass ’snatched’ by Bush aide.
By on Jun 28th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Reporter’s press pass ’snatched’ by Bush aide.
The Rhode Island Providence Journal reports:
Reporter Jarrod Holbrook had his White House press pass snatched today after he shouted “Mr. President” twice as President Bush greeted Air and Army National Guardsmen gathered on the tarmac at Quonset airport in North Kingstown.
A member of the president’s entourage pointed at Holbrook after he first tried to get Bush’s attention. The man then ripped the pass from Holbrook’s belt after he shouted to the president, who was less then 10 feet away, again.
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Freedom of Speech reigns in Amerika!
Welcome to Fascistland. When can I get off this ride? I’m getting sicker by the minute.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:04 pmNobody asks King George questions unless they’re submitted and approved by the White House first.
Silly peasant.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:04 pmOh, this is hilarious!
June 28th, 2007 at 6:05 pmHolbrook said afterward that he just wanted to ask Bush how he enjoyed his visit to Rhode Island. Members of the media were not told they could not ask the president questions.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:05 pmA question???
There ya go. The new world order.
Unless he’s rehearsed the answers, he doesn’t allow the questions!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 6:05 pmLibtards
June 28th, 2007 at 6:06 pmOh, this is hilarious!
Comment by Think Prostate
What’s so funny?
June 28th, 2007 at 6:06 pmYou are all idiots. Easily led sheep of the left wing. Mindless drones that rely on facts. Who ever thought of such a thing.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:06 pmMr. Holbrook was within his rights to defend himself, and cold-cock the snatcher.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:06 pmAnd of course TP had to use the word “snatch” in conjunction with Bush to demean him.
Pathetic.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:08 pmWow. They pulled this in public? Hmmm…
June 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pmIt’s funny because it’s true. Don’t shout at the president or we’ll yank your pass.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pmAnd of course TP had to use the word “snatch†in conjunction with Bush to demean him.
Pathetic.
Comment by Valiant Venus
The word “snatch” is from the linked article, Hag. You’d know that if you read it.
Pathetic.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:10 pmFreedom of Speech reigns in Amerika!
Welcome to Fascistland. When can I get off this ride? I’m getting sicker by the minute.
Comment by MsJoanne
June 28th, 2007 at 6:11 pmDramamine. Dramamine. Maybe the Minute Men should move to the front of the White House. I don’t know. Seems everyday there is some idiotic move by this WH.
Last time I looked they worked for us. But it seems arrogance is the rule of the times. Just watch those press briefings. The WH could care less about the populous (we are to be led). They all know best. We can’t be trusted to the affairs of the “world”. Blasted. This is facism. No other word for it.
Reports have an Islamo-stalinist agenda. They should should have their cameras confiscated and sold by the WH.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:14 pmI’m way past dramamine and well into arsenic territory.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:14 pmAfter having to answer the high-schoolers’ questions earlier this week, he’s had enough of that crap.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:14 pmThe only reason to have the press there was to make this charade of a presidency seem legitimate.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:15 pmTP NEWSFLASH AND CALL TO ACTON:
George Bush and hs admnstration are mean. The progressves at TP request that you mmedately have your mother call Mr. Bush and tell him to be less mean. Immedately.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:17 pmI’m way past dramamine and well into arsenic territory.
Comment by MsJoanne
June 28th, 2007 at 6:19 pmJoanne,
Do not despair. This is only history repeating itself. But, this time the press is not alone. We have the internet.
Sounds like assault.
Book ‘em, Dano.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:19 pmIt is pathetic that Bush is a big ol’ pu$$y. I would have just yelled “Hey you cu#t.”
June 28th, 2007 at 6:20 pmDid they swipe his pencil and put him in a ‘time out’? Pulling a press pass does NOT not make him a journalists.
How painful is your dying idealogy and party Rape-Public-Cans? Truth be told it is excruciating to us.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:21 pmI once walked in the path of others until I saw that they led to a rock that stopped my way.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:21 pmI simply lifted one foot over another to scale the rock.
At the top I saw the rest of the path.
I repeat my calls for a cease-fire. I’ve got such a net-crush on her that I call upon you to stop trolling – at least for a while – to let her enjoy this site better.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:21 pmOVER HERE! HEY DRY DRUNK AWOL MALE CHEERLEADER!!!! OVER HERE!!
Is that better? Certainly better representation.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:23 pmBut, this time the press is not alone. We have the internet.
For now. There’s some super internet that they’ve been discussing for some time which will, in essence, restrict the internet (under the guise, of course, of “improving” it). If that ever happens, our only source of real news will be gone.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:23 pm#10 VV
Bush doesn’t need and help in demeaning. He does quite well by himself.
And, speaking of snatch, since you are demeaning TP by insinuation, have a good day.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:23 pmThey’re nazi pigs.
Nothing more.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:27 pm#10: And why would you have a problem with a “snatch”?
June 28th, 2007 at 6:27 pmMembers of the media were not told they could not ask the president questions. A question??? There ya go. The new world order.
Comment by leftcoast
So our employee doesn’t like – or allow – questions. Hmmm. Lets repeat that: Our employee doesn’t like – or allow – questions…People, when are we going to put this administration on notice that they all work for the citizens of the USA? Kings don’t answer questions. Dictators grab legitimate press passes off the clothing of reporters. Monarchy’s allow their King to get away with that. I guess Amerikkka does also.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:28 pmIf that ever happens, our only source of real news will be gone.
Comment by MsJoanne
June 28th, 2007 at 6:28 pmJoanne,
The internet is impossibly too strong for that to happen. If it does happen (that our internet is restricted), well letters by horseback may be our next step. As was the “Postman”.
Monarchy’s allow their King to get away with that. I guess Amerikkka does also.
Comment by Tom
June 28th, 2007 at 6:30 pmMy sentiments exactly.
You must not speak to the King unless first being addressed by him.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:31 pm“And of course TP had to use the word “snatch†in conjunction with Bush to demean him.”
You know I hadn’t thought of that double entendre until you brought it up! Way to pull all of our minds into the gutter with you mighty hag!
June 28th, 2007 at 6:32 pmAnd why would you have a problem with a “snatch�
Comment by StinkyBritches — June 28, 2007 @ 6:27 pm
Because his plastic surgeon did such a bad job creating his that rather than a her, he is now an “it”.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:33 pmYou know I hadn’t thought of that double entendre until you brought it up! Way to pull all of our minds into the gutter with you mighty hag!
Comment by margaret
vv is just an Ann Coulter wannabe. I bet she walks around in a stained black cocktail dress all day.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:34 pm#31,
Careful about calling Americans apathetic. My experience is you will get angry feedback pointing out that they really don’t think you are that important anyway and don’t care what you think.
Never seeing the irony of course.
Progressive indeed.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:35 pmWe need to remind these clowns that WE pay their salary, therefore they are OUR employees…
“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”
—Thomas Jefferson
June 28th, 2007 at 6:36 pmshane: Stained? With what? Oh, wait a minute. I don’t want to know.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:38 pmFed the Fcuk Up!
“They did a survey and found most Americans are apathetic, but who cares?”
June 28th, 2007 at 6:39 pmWhat president Bush seems most ardent about is removing the “public” from the phrases public servant and public employee. CEO’s of private companies don’t need no stinkin’ questions; Mr. Bush apparently doesn’t think he does either.
The idea that a reporter who raises his or her voice to ask a question of a president quickly moving past is tantamount to saying that asking a question is a threat to the president – or at least, to his fraudulent peace of mind.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:40 pmvv is just an Ann Coulter wannabe. I bet she walks around in a stained black cocktail dress all day.
Comment by shane
Blech…
June 28th, 2007 at 6:43 pm#32.
Apparently, they are already starting to privatize the post office. I read some things about it but one of the posters yesterday said they already started in his area.
Opening or not delivering mail soon?
Lovely trends we see here these days.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:46 pmStinky: I’m sure she’d love Fred Thompson stains.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:46 pm#41,
Thank you for the initial laugh.
But then I remembered that the only reason such is a funny joke is the ring of truth it has. And then I realized how far the integrity of ALL AMERICANS has fallen and how it is now the legitimate butt of jokes.
And then I think about what Americans are apathetic to: murder, torture, oppression, racism, the abandonment of its own constitution and bill of rights.
And then I became deeply saddened.
But, as you pointed out, no one will care anyway.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:46 pmI think the “snatch” was in reference to Bush’s ability to snatch things out of rightful owners’ hands like “elections.”
June 28th, 2007 at 6:53 pm#44
June 28th, 2007 at 6:54 pmI was just thinking about the movie the Postman. I’m sure you’ve seen it. It may be the last way we get a bit of real news someday.
While it wasn’t really meant to be a funny joke, it could be seen as such, if, as you pointed out, it didn’t have the ring of truth to it. We are 100% in agreement on this one. The American public is out to lunch on just about every real subject there is.
The deepest discussion that usually pops up in crowds is Lost or Dancing with the Stars.
Or Constitution is being eroded away and I will bet most Americans can’t spell Constitution.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:55 pmWhere is that poor guy now – in one of the many Halliburtion camps?
June 28th, 2007 at 6:56 pmSaw someone mentioned “time-out”, and it made me smile about a sign that I made last year, when trying to catch all sorts of drivers’ eyes with protest signs that would resonate…
BUSH NEEDS A TIME-OUT,
June 28th, 2007 at 7:00 pm30 YEARS TO LIFE!!
The word “snatch†is from the linked article, Hag. You’d know that if you read it.
Pathetic.
Comment by Zooey
The Hag always has onion rings on the brain.
June 28th, 2007 at 7:03 pmThe Hag always has onion rings on the brain.
Comment by gummitch
You just had to do it, didn’t you? :D
June 28th, 2007 at 7:06 pmThis story didn’t even raise a blip on the MSM radar. Unbelievable. Chalk another achievement for the Liberal Media. Lets hear it for the free press and freedom of speech.
June 28th, 2007 at 7:23 pm“One day the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away,” Bush said in answer to a question after a speech at the Naval War College.
TRUE.
Also, it’s FUNNY how Bush and Cheney and Rummy and Gonzo and the REST of the WAR CRIMINALS don’t think it will happen to them.
IT WILL, and they will end up being with Castro and Saddam and Osama with their MASTER
June 28th, 2007 at 7:23 pmSatan…
Sieg Heil.
Wir kaempfen fuer das Vaterland.
Der Fuehrer, Bush, leitet uns zum Sieg.
Heil Bush.
Heil Cheney.
June 28th, 2007 at 7:34 pmSometimes snatch doesn’t have a bush.
June 28th, 2007 at 7:34 pmValiant Venus,
Could you please shower before our date tonight? Or thats the last time. Get it.
June 28th, 2007 at 7:36 pmThe White House is in Full Meltdown.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:48 pmLet’s see how juvenile you can get.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:02 pmSometimes snatch doesn’t have a bush.
Comment by ForTruth
And vice versa.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:21 pmBush wanted the Secret Service to kill the guy, but instead they just took his press pass. Dubya is mad, because his bogus immigration bill did not pass.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:20 pmThere was so much security at Quonset on Thursday, and the enlisted men didn’t even get to go out and meet the President, only high ranking officers. Also you see he needed a Whitehouse press pass to get in, they wouldn’t allow a blogger or freelancer anywhere near, I know because I tried to get in, and was told to go out somewhere far away.
July 1st, 2007 at 5:09 am