L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement

[Kadie]

L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writer
47 minutes ago



LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent."

"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president — but somebody."

Bush has referred to the 2002 plot before but he publicly filled in the details Thursday.

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[rpgamerd00d]

1. BUSH = O\/\/N3D !!!!

[crispini]

2. What. The. Fuck.

Oh, I give up. Honestly. Can't these people do anything right?

[underpants]

6. Was this the story about a shoe bomber using a plane on a building?

I read that earlier and thought "Why would they blow up a plane if they wanted to fly it into a building? Maybe they would use the bomb to commandeer the plane.....": well you get the idea.

There is a thread in GD (such as it is) that says that a reporter put 2 and 2 together and asked McLellan about it and Scottie himself had no answer. Started laughing actually.

[mattclearing]

21. Yeah...they basically FUBAR'ed this all over the place.

Morans.

[mmonk]

3. Pffft!!

:spray:

[smoogatz]

4. Fascinating, ain't it?

I was just going to post this story. Kinda makes you wonder if W and the boys aren't making this whole "plot" up out of whole cloth, doesn't it? Or else they're so completely incompetent that they didn't think to give a heads-up to the guy who'd be responsible for getting first-responders in place in case of an attack...

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Just to show you even more

that it was fake if the own mayor didn't know about it.

[Beaverhausen]

7. Antonio will be president one day

[DBoon]

10. I sure hope so

nt

[DBoon]

8. a Democratic mayor isn't worth talking to

plus, being blindsided is an admission of powerlessness, something the administration wants to pin on their oponents to discredit them.

[malaise]

9. He's coming up on Wolfie

:popcorn: :popcorn: :rofl:

[Kadie]

15. I just turned on the tv.

Thanks. This should be interesting...

:popcorn:

[Beaverhausen]

22. Is he on?

details please!

[Kadie]

23. haven't seen it yet..

I hope I didn't miss it when I went to put clothes in the dryer....

[Kadie]

24. I think they are going to talk about it now..

[Beaverhausen]

26. I'm not watching so any details would be appreciated

I'm stuck here at work. :hi:

[Kadie]

27. They are talking about NSA and wiretaps

not talking about what the LA Mayor said...

Terry Jeffrey going on about Clinton blah blah blah

[Kadie]

29. They didn't speak with the mayor

hopefully we will here more from here later...

Sorry I couldn't give more details... I can't listen and type at the same time. LOL

[papau]

11. purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper is a spin

of real world fact?

Perhaps someone took a picture of a downtown LA building?

To prevent something there must be something in play beyond getting photos.

Does anyone in main stream media think there was a real plot - say with with people arrested - or how about people stopped from getting on a plane?

or is this spin on Richard Reed and his attempt in January 2002, foiled by the female flight attendant, who because of her and some athlete who plays a sport in Europe, the plane did not crash, the explosives in shoes gambit was blown, forcing us to go through security in our stocking feet forever after.

Perhaps Ried was planning to fly to LA after killing himself over the Atlantic?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark on bush's bottom

He even goes on to say how LA needs more Homeland Security money and that it could be redirected from bush's war in Iraq.

Good one Mayor Villaraigosa! :thumbsup:

[chemenger]

13. It doesn't take Einstein to figger this one out, Mayor ...

There never was a 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown LA skyscraper. This is just more *shit designed to (mis)lead the ignorant masses into thinking that the * (mis)Administration are ever vigilant and quick to respond when defending us po, defenseless Murikans against those terrible, scary Islamofascist terrists.

[Beetwasher]

14. Oh Brother

Yeesh. This guy needs to get w/ the program! You're not supposed to call the Feuhrer out on his lies.

[Just Me]

16. DAYUM!!! *LOL* Bush being called out!!!

:rofl:

[Skidmore]

18. Chianti and fava beans on the menu.

[pinto]

17. Scotty made some lame comment, when asked today, that someone

- he didn't mention an actual name, of course - was notified in CA about the plan to announce the info. Oh, and he hadn't seen the Mayor's comment....everything's political for these guys. Everything.

And Scotty's little dance around the mechanics of using a shoe bomb in the scenario would have been funnier if he wasn't speaking as a representative of the President. Agggh.

[benburch]

19. Bush MADE SHIT UP.

Fucking worthless liar.

He invented this whole thing, just like he invented 9/11 by allowing it to happen and then pretending surprise.

[Just Me]

20. The BushCO/neoconster mob makes shit up ALL THE TIME.

They're just not usually called on their bs! :rofl:

Oh OH OH if ONLY they were called on every single freakin' misrepresentation, every manipulation of fact (which happens everytime they open their mouths), every intentional deception,...the American public would "get it" by pure osmosis!!!

[RagingInMiami]

25. He didn't get the memo

[dubyaD40web]

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