Police on bridges

[Cy94]

The president is virtually a prisoner. You couldn't even make run to Jimmy Johns without a throng of security and press.

 

[bringmagicback]

Again I ask you did you see it.

Yes I did. Again I ask you Are you being serious ******** about protecting the president? You should write them a letter and ask for a refund.

 

[Jack & Hilton]

Racks on racks

 

[CyDude16]

My president is back, and my lambo is blue!

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Glad this is a front page thread. SMH.

 

[isulive2train]

Will he pay for the motorcade speeding ticket from the cameras?

 

[Havs]

Tell racists in the south to quit threatening his and his family's lives.... It's not his fault.

 

[nfrine]

Nice bus

I can't imagine the total cost. Air Force 1 to Omaha. Custom buses (made in Canada) with close to 100 support vehicles riding along. Security on every bridge. Air Force 1 flies from Omaha to the Quad Cities for a ride out on Wednesday.

Since he did talk about farm policy and wind energy, this was not considered to be a total campaign visit. All that means is we all helped pay. Enjoy the visit...they all to it and wonder why we get frustrated.

 

[JP4CY]

Are a lot of the complaints here about him or about the president. I think a lot of people complain about him, when secret security dictates what precautions are needed, not him.
Any president would need this type of security, and also tie in visits to state fair, etc.

 

[CycloneYoda]

When I was little, my parents took us kids to Des Moines to see Reagan speak, and the ONLY thing I remember is the amount of cops I saw along the way.

 

[Cycl1]

Glad this is a front page thread. SMH.

In before the Cave?

 

[VeloClone]

Are a lot of the complaints here about him or about the president. I think a lot of people complain about him, when secret security dictates what precautions are needed, not him.
Any president would need this type of security, and also tie in visits to state fair, etc.

I think the overwhelming majority have made it clear they are talking about the position, not the man.

I think it is money well spent. As others have mentioned a successful attempt would give the US a huge black eye and great recruiting cache to whatever organization were responsible. Remember the most well known organization of this type was really still relatively small potatoes until Bill Clinton named their leader in a speech as one of the most wanted. They became more prominent and were able to recruit much more widely after that. That was just because of a speech; imagine what a successful operation against the preeminent world leader would do.

 

[JP4CY]

I think the overwhelming majority have made it clear they are talking about the position, not the man.

I think it is money well spent. As others have mentioned a successful attempt would give the US a huge black eye and great recruiting cache to whatever organization were responsible. Remember the most well known organization of this type was really still relatively small potatoes until Bill Clinton named their leader in a speech as one of the most wanted. They became more prominent and were able to recruit much more widely after that. That was just because of a speech; imagine what a successful operation against the preeminent world leader would do.

That's good. Sometimes security and traffic issues like this will really flare up the current president haters. It's a necessity no matter who is in office.

 

[bellzisu]

He didn't take Mega Bus or Greyhound?? What an outrage...

I saw the security and its warranted. I've heard way too many people wishing harm upon the president. All of then joking, . I would hope, but there are a lot if whack jobs out there.

 

[RayShimley]

The comments in this thread are just further proof that some people on here will make any excuse to ***** about Obama. He's still the President of the United States of America, ********. Give me a ******* break.