[devane617]

Unbelievable....See link for pictures...

[Cagey]

"They were packing heat, just in case the grandmothers started throwing bingo chips at the building." ....................That was one of the funniest photo captions I've ever read!

[999replies]

Those are Secret Service guys. In the future, they might just be called, The SS.

[vicar7]

Actually being fair to Obama rooftop security goes whereever the President goes. I saw them in Saint Paul for the Repub convention they are the standard as far as the Secret Service detail.

[drbuzzard]

There are always Secret Service sniper teams when the President is out and about. Unless they started actually shooting at protesters, this is a tempest in a teapot.

[broken_arrow1]

TEAM OBAMA CALLS IN SWAT TEAM (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOsKN71AKUE&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Pk0Jygu4I&feature=player_embedded

[smokingfrog]

Sniper team?

I don’t know about that...

[2ndDivisionVet]

What Good Can A Handgun Do Against an Army...?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242

[Constitutions Grandchild]

No big deal here folks, move along. Ever since that 80 year old guy shot up the Holocaust Museum in DC, I don't think they can take any chances. I would, however, add a cautionary note to the two elderly rabble rousers — you may be the first to have your Medicare benefits cut. Chicago plays tough, Granny. They'll kick your walker right out from under you without a second thought. ;-)

[Riodacat]

This is a stupid irresponsible post. You have a lot of impressionable (not to mention gullible) people here on FR, and this kind of post can make some of the more emothionally and mentally challenged believe that the other side is prepared to take violent action against them - which in turn may cause them to do something really stupid.
STOP IT!!!

[taxtruth]

Obama is such a crybaby loser!No one likes this guy at all.

[Bahbah]

Actually, I think they always have snipers on the roofs when the president visits a venue like that.

Now the SWAT teams called in to control citizens singing God Bless America is another thing altogether.

[fso301]

I'm inclined to view this as prudent by the authorities.

If violent leftists and jihadists showed up but the SWAT teams were not present, what would the reaction here be?

[Touch Not the Cat]

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Insanity.

[jonrick46]

The Tea Partiers were told to stay on the sidewalks while the riot squad marched in formation down the street and took their positions, in the street. Their tactic is to make a rigid demand of the protesters and, when one of them, does not comply with the demand, that becomes the pretext to move the entire group out. I can see a strategy here. If there were plants in the group, it would be easy for a few to them to step out into the street; causing a crackdown on the whole group.

[Chode]

it's coming...

[Lion Den Dan]

Talk about jack booted thugs. The SOBs are trying to start the fight.

[RnMomof7]

LOL .

This is a plot to make the Tea party LOOK violent ... and it is sure working, those grandmas are fierce

[mulligan]

America is being ruled by a dictator. God help us!

[cornelis]

I use these wherever I go --a cohort at least.