Bush comes to aid of Secret Service agent

AP ^ | 11/20/2004 | AP staff

[wjersey]

President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.

Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush.

[peyton randolph]

Beats Kerry blaming the Secret Service for everything and Clinton using them to conceal the affairs of the day.

[sc2_ct]

Damn, I really like this guy!

[JanetteS]

My heroes have always been cowboys!

Contrast this with the Kerry ski slope incident.

[AirForceMom]

Man, makes you proud, doesn't it??

[Cloverfarm]

For some reason this makes me smile ... I guess the idea of the Prez bailing out a Secret Service agent is just comical.

Ann

[Bahbah]

If I was guarding the President, I would not let anyone keep me out. Kudos to the agent, and to that great cowboy, George W. Bush.

[Jeff Head]

Here's the part not included in the [post...says a ;lot for the President.

"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Secret Service from accompanying him," said White House deputy press secretary Claire Buchan. "He told them they were with him and the issue was resolved."

"They are with me...if they don't come in, I don't come in". Issues settled.

[MontanaBeth]

Wow, rescued by the President, that is something to tell your grandkids.

[KJC1]

I just saw a clip of this on Fox News. It was awesome.

[RichInOC]

Who says Dubya doesn't do diplomacy?

[Wneighbor]

Gees I love this guy! :-)

I'm so proud of him.

[Wneighbor]

Who says Dubya doesn't do diplomacy?

You are so right! And what's so endearing is that it's such a "normal guy" diplomacy. :-)

[LoudRepublicangirl]

W's got our backs!

[PilloryHillary]

Anyone got pics yet??? What a guy our President Bush is.

[Pharmboy]

Mebbe I'm over-reacting, but can we get the coordinates of the Chilean secret service's HQ?

[processing please hold]

Whata man!!!

Whata Texan!!!

Does my hubby proud.

[Dashing Dasher]

The last paragraph was the best...

"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Secret Service from accompanying him," said White House deputy press secretary Claire Buchan. "He told them they were with him and the issue was resolved."

He spoke, and things were resolved. My heroes have always been cowboys.

;-)

[ClearBlueSky]

To paraphrase a great line from ' The Right Stuff'-- " Is that a man we got in there?" " You're damned right it is!"

[Chieftain]

W is the man!

[marmar]

I'm with you about the Cowboy.......I love W.....

[Galena Nevada]

Why would the Chilean security guards not offer the normal deference to the security detail of a visiting dignitary? Was this an offhanded international slap at President Bush; something to embarrass the US? President Bush stepped up and took care of the incident personally, instead of instructing someone else to do it. I love the man! I still suspect Chile wanted to embarrass the US and the President.

[processing please hold]

ROFFLMAO

[Countyline]

"Abandoning the other three, Bush walked over to the agents, reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum."

Show 'em how to do it ...

[LibSnubber]

"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Secret Service from accompanying him," said White House deputy press secretary Claire Buchan. "He told them they were with him and the issue was resolved."

Looks like Pres. Bush won - again!

[Flavius]

[petitfour]

Thanks for telling "the rest of the story." I was getting sort of concerned for the President because I thought that maybe he was going to go without his guys.

[Flavius]

[Ladysmith]

Wow! Just busting with pride over our president!!

No Nuancing happening there!

[NewLand]

It takes a real man to do a man's business

[processing please hold]

Well W. flipped the tables on them if that was their plan.

Whata man.

[bahblahbah]

If anyone caps that I'd like to see it.

[SE Mom]

Damn.

Why GWB doesn't have to talk the talk:

He walks the walk...

I LOVE this president:)

[Ladysmith]

Someone has GOT to get this online!!

[AirForceMom]

Nice photo of W!!

[Dr Snide]

Abandoning the other three, Bush walked over to the agents, reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum."

This is my favorite part. He left the President of Chile to go help his Secret Service agent. Now that just says it all.

[OregonRancher]

It's the macho....it's their country and we are implying that they can't do the job...very understandable seen from the male spanish side........

[matchwood]

What a guy; that certainly shows his human side just as his private meetings with families who lost their loved ones in Iraq - no cameras, no reporters.

[Jean S]

Wow! Very neat.

[Squantos]

I was watching him arrive this afternoon and was wondering how the USSS and the chest thumpers in Chile were getting along....always a problem with those peckerwoods.

[Mo1]

Abandoning the other three, Bush walked over to the agents, reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum.

No game playing for him .. He takes care of thing head on

[tubebender]

And what's so endearing is that it's such a "normal guy" diplomacy. :-)

Diplomacy...the art of telling someone to got to Hell and making them look forward to the trip.

[bd476]

Secret Service agents are supposed to protect the President and protect in a manner which will not bring embarrassment to the President. That President Bush had to intervene on behalf of the Secret Service agent might say to someone higher up within the ranks of the Secret Service that the agent gave the appearance of not doing his job.

Now I'm wondering if the agent will be reprimanded or blamed in any way by his Secret Service supervisors for any part in the disagreement with the Chilean security. It is my hope that he isn't, but those guys in the Secret Service have very rigid rules and regs to follow.

I am very proud that we reelected an honorable and real man to lead our country. God Bless President Bush.

[JanetteS]

"I love W..."

Me too. We're so lucky.

I feel almost as smug now as I did after election night!

I'm even changing my tag line to commemorate the occasion.

[Samwise]

My kind of President!

[baseballmom]

Do NOT Mess with Texas.

I love my President. Go GW !!

[Paperdoll]

Now there's a Real Man for you! Lucky Laura, lucky us!
GO DUBYA!