Suicide Bomb attack at US Base during Cheney

ABC News

[varina davis]

Now they've done it -- we all know what happened after Iraq lobbed a few shots at Bush the Elder in Kuwait in the early 90s.

Thank God Cheney is safe.

[RetiredArmy]

So, the Religion of Peace attempts to MURDER the Vice President of the USA and you hear ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE FORM OF OUTRAGE FROM THE MARXISTS IN SODOM ON THE POLTOMIC!!! If it had been Hillary they tried to kill, that is all you would be hearing. Instead, secretly, the Marxists, are saying, "damned, nearly had him."

[ErieGeno]

Reuters is calling this an assassination attempt????

[Wolfstar]

I hope there has not been a lose of life because of speculation that the VP would be in Afghanistan today.

I awoke to the news of the Vice President's close brush with Islamic madmen, and got on my computer before going to work to post to you. I quickly scanned the thread. Thanks goodness he's OK.

I agree with you about the speculation, which got started with the false story over the weekend that his plane had experienced mechanical problems and was headed to Singapore. That seems to have happened when someone in the media got wind of the plane's westbound route and asked PM Howard about it during a news conference. Remember his vague answer about landing in Singapore due to unspecified mechanical problems? I think he tried to provide the VP with an off-the-cuff cover story.

Anyway, once it got out he was heading in that direction, anyone with an IQ above room temperature could take a pretty good guess as to where he might be headed. So the Islamic killers were able to put a hasty plot together.

You'll note on weekends that information about the presidential schedule is more sketchy than it used to be. I have to hunt around for information in public sources because it's no longer handily found on the WH website. I'm convinced this is due to security reasons, as both GWB and RBC are getting much more than the typical amount of threats leaders get on their lives. Often what I find about their appearances in the media is not announced directly by the WH, but by officials from the location where the presidential and vice presidential advance teams have arrived.

[Cheburashka]

How can one go through life that paranoid?
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Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

Some prescribed. Some self-prescribed.

[voltaires_zit]

Being spun this morning as the resurgence of the Taliban.

[Cheburashka]

Anyone know what the suicide bomber's DU screen name was?
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We'll just have to pay attention to which one is not posting any more.

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "tombstoned".

[JerseyDvl]

I'm sure the DUmmies are very upset their member (with 1,000 + Posts!!) was not successful.

[Just A Nobody]

Do they see how their Rhetorica against the President and our troops is emboldening our enemies?

Not only do they see it, but are celebrating the total victory of their heinous plot.

Do most on this board care? No! They revel in the fact that it is serving to split the demonRATS and urge them to keep talking. To hell with the safety of our leaders and the deaths of our troops.

[Just A Nobody]

Prayers for VP Cheney's safe return, and prayers that this evil be banished from the world. Dear Lord, protect our leaders, our troops and us.

Amen!

Thanks for the ping, STAR.

[Candor7]

I bet some of those cocky,pampered reporters traveling with the VP are changing their underwear about now>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

LOL! And that in itself might be enough to convert them to the Republican cause.

[popdonnelly]

"Being spun this morning as the resurgence of the Taliban."

Nonsense. One truck bomb is a resurgence? Members of the Taliban are getting whacked every day.

[Herakles]

Quick, do a head count! Are we missing a Democrat?

[Shelayne]

I can only imagine what has gone through your minds!

jackv, prayers for your son. I am sure you will hear from him when he is given the OK.

arbee4bush, prayers for your daughter. If she was close to VP Cheney, she was in good company!

A big "THANK YOU!" to both of your families for your service to our country. May God give you comfort and strength.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Odd - ABCnews.com describes it as a Suicide Bomber yet suicide was a secondary consideration of the jihadist.

Murder/ Suicide Bomber is far more descriptive considering the murder/ suicide ratio.

[popdonnelly]

The really disturbing fact is that the Democratic Presidential candidates are competing for the attention of these whackos.

Come to think of it, a few Republicans are, too.

[popdonnelly]

"Quick, do a head count! Are we missing a Democrat?"

Kerry's in Cambodia - or so he says.
Al Gore's in Hollywood.
Hillary's in the war room, urging her flying monkeys to bring her back the nomination.
Bill Clinton - we won't go there.

[Abathar]

I went slumming over at the Dump to see how many were sorry that the bomber missed.

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I wasn't disappointed.

[toddly]

I noticed The New York Times has a banner ad at that DU link. How appropriate.

[popdonnelly]

A conservative poster at the Huffington Post had a great idea. He jokingly stated that what was needed was a campaign against BDS, complete with races for the cure and armbands. Maybe someone can start something like this. I'd be willing to wear, say, a red armband for the cause.