That takes nerve

[Hannah]

If your'e following this story, you know that she wasn't invited to the white house that night. There is of course no way those three could have known that, but still, how embarrassing for them.

And no, that's not camera flash, Marines' eyes naturally glow.

I have to give her kudos for taste in clothes, it must be hard to conceal such huge freaking balls.

[Janet_Girl]

I heard about them.  That takes some guts.  What happened to the secret service?

Giggles
Janet

[Hannah]

Those guys aren't there for security per se, if they had been in charge things would prolly have been different 

I'm sure the secret service was around. I meant how embarassing to be used as props in a hoax.

[V M]

For some odd reason, the secret service doesn't think to protect three Marines from a sexy girl.

It was obviously a photo op.

[Hannah]

Oh god Virginia, I can't stop laffing at that! Slacker secret service agents lol

[aubrey]

Whut? I don't get it what's the story?  I had a nice time

[Hannah]

From the Huffington Post:

The White House released a picture today of Michaele Salahi shaking hands with the president despite earlier reports that the couple who allegedly crashed the state dinner never came in contact with Obama.

This revelation comes just hours after the Secret Service took responsibility for the breech. Director Mark Sullivan told the AP that his agency failed to verify whether the couple was invited to the party and expressed his deep concern and embarrassment. He went on to say that measures have been taken to ensure this will not happen again.

Despite that, the Secret Service has not ruled out bringing charges against Tareq and Michaele Salahi.

God I love that dress, the shoulders are just beautiful.

[Abby]

She's lucky Maureen didn't snap her little neck, doing b&e, et al.  I guess she wasn't vicious.  Although she was touching the President of the USofA.
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like it wasn't "no" thing

[tekla]

Despite that, the Secret Service has not ruled out bringing charges against Tareq and Michaele Salahi

Exactly what charges are there?  Were they a threat?  Are they citizens?  Is it not their house too?  Did they eat with the wrong fork at dinner or what.

Do you realize that up until the 1930s (even during the Civil War, when the front lines were not all that far away), the White House was open to the pubic every Sunday for tea?  And the President and his wife stood there and greeted visitors, answered questions and took partitions?  Odd, it was felt that the leader of a democracy ought to be available to the public once in a while.  What the heck we're they thinking?  It was because of the polio deal that FDR ended the practice.

[Arch]

Despite that, the Secret Service has not ruled out bringing charges against Tareq and Michaele Salahi

Exactly what charges are there?  Were they a threat?  Are they citizens?  Is it not their house too?  Did they eat with the wrong fork at dinner or what.

If it's an official function, by invitation only, then, yes, they must be treated as a potential threat. This was not an "open house" event.

[tekla]

Well their 'window' for being a 'potential threat' (and exactly what is not?  The last guy we had was attacked by a pretzel) has come and gone.  And, in retrospect, they were not a threat (most things, but not pretzels, are not a threat).  Now, I can see some major league ass chewing going on over at SS and I would not find it a stretch at all to think that a couple of people are going to see their careers end because of it.  Given the level of terrorists threats to the life of the President - yeah sure, Al-Qaeda, but I'm thinking more of the teabaggers and FreeRepublic types - it is nothing less than outrageous to think that they could get in.  But going after them is just stupid.  All they were doing was engaging in some good old fashioned American self-promotion, grandstanding, and attention whoring in an attempt to get on TV.  We usually give the Medal of Freedom to people like that.

[Arch]

All they were doing was engaging in some good old fashioned American self-promotion, grandstanding, and attention whoring in an attempt to get on TV.  We usually give the Medal of Freedom to people like that.

LOL. But you KNOW the guardians can't just let it go. Pretzel or no pretzel.

P.S. I've heard that you can do major damage even with a soft pretzel, especially if it's dripping with mustard.

[V M]

Don't move.....I've got a pretzel, a bottle of mustard and a dangerous look in my eye 

Just ask the Marines and pres. that look so afraid and threatened 

[Cindy]

Listen Lady,
You lock that mustard or I'LL go for the ketchup.


What's the big deal. Money people walk in and out every day without invitations. "Listen Pres if don't invade (fill in country) we'll have no (fill in commodity) by the end of the (fill in timespan). Besides it's good for the economy.

Cynical I know

Cindy (Hugs Virginia)