Does Bush still get escorted by police with siren ?

[looker001]

(moderators if this should be in off-topic section please move it)

As title say, now that Bush is a former president, does he still get escorted by police? I know as former president he gets to keep secret service protection for 10 years, but does that mean red and blue light will also be provided to him for those 10 year?

 

[GoPackGo]

I think it depends on the situation.

Most likely only Secret Service.

 

[Ozoned]

Originally posted by: looker001
(moderators if this should be in off-topic section please move it)

As title say, now that Bush is a former president, does he still get escorted by police? I know as former president he gets to keep secret service protection for 10 years, but does that mean red and blue light will also be provided to him for those 10 year?

GW 1st president to have secret service for only 10 years. All previous have protection for life.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Siren? What siren, that was George in the back seat going,"WHEEEEEEEEEE, WHEEEEEEEEEE, WHEEEEEEEEEEE, WHEEEEEEEEEE!", drove the Secret Service nuts.

 

[looker001]

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
I think it depends on the situation.

Most likely only Secret Service.

Well secret service have siren but from posts i am getting impression he will be driven like an average joe with "private security"

 

[nageov3t]

I don't think he'll have to wait in bumper to bumper traffic at any point soon.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Only on his way to jail.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

 

[StageLeft]

wtf

Only 10 years, that sounds retarded. I presume he'll have private security after that if Satan hasn't already called him back to HQ, but still.

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
wtf

Only 10 years, that sounds retarded. I presume he'll have private security after that if Satan hasn't already called him back to HQ, but still.

Blame it on Clinton and who ever was running Congress in the late 1990's!

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
wtf

Only 10 years, that sounds retarded. I presume he'll have private security after that if Satan hasn't already called him back to HQ, but still.

I'm thinking he'll still have his presidential pension and budget allotment for travel/postage/staffing, so I can't imagine hiring private security will be that expensive... I wonder how much $ it was costing to provide SS for all the exes that they felt the need to put a time limit on it.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Skoorb
wtf

Only 10 years, that sounds retarded. I presume he'll have private security after that if Satan hasn't already called him back to HQ, but still.

I'm thinking he'll still have his presidential pension and budget allotment for travel/postage/staffing, so I can't imagine hiring private security will be that expensive...

If someone wanted to kill me, I'd much rather have the secret service protecting me than private security.

I wonder how much $ it was costing to provide SS for all the exes that they felt the need to put a time limit on it.

All of the living ex-presidents combined are probably a drop in the bucket compared to the sitting president's protection.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

I agree, but remember, this is the Administration of Hope!


Running the country's economy into the ground with an illegal war? $25 Trillion
Sticking it up the ass of the American people by permitting the oil companies to gouge us all? $75 Trillion
Being brought up on charges of treason and a variety of war crimes...priceless!


Only in my wildest opium-filled nightmares will it ever happen however.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

I agree, but remember, this is the Administration of Hope!


Running the country's economy into the ground with an illegal war? $25 Trillion
Sticking it up the ass of the American people by permitting the oil companies to gouge us all? $75 Trillion
Being brought up on charges of treason and a variety of war crimes...priceless!


Only in my wildest opium-filled nightmares will it ever happen however.

Well your side has complete control of government. Enough talk.. FIX IT. And don't give me the it will take longer than 4 or 8 years argument. You can pass anything you want, FIX IT.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
wtf

Only 10 years, that sounds retarded. I presume he'll have private security after that if Satan hasn't already called him back to HQ, but still.

Almost makes sense though. Does Carter really need to be protected by elite government agents?

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

I agree, but remember, this is the Administration of Hope!


Running the country's economy into the ground with an illegal war? $25 Trillion
Sticking it up the ass of the American people by permitting the oil companies to gouge us all? $75 Trillion
Being brought up on charges of treason and a variety of war crimes...priceless!


Only in my wildest opium-filled nightmares will it ever happen however.

Well your side has complete control of government. Enough talk.. FIX IT. And don't give me the it will take longer than 4 or 8 years argument. You can pass anything you want, FIX IT.

Really? Control? Where's the super-majority needed to force legislation past the Repubs?
If you folks on the right think Obama will be able to undo Bush's fuck-ups in a hurry...you're overdosing on the Limbaugh kool-aid again.

 

[theeedude]

The only police with siren behind Bush will be the one pulling him over for DUI.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

I agree, but remember, this is the Administration of Hope!


Running the country's economy into the ground with an illegal war? $25 Trillion

No matter how dumb the war was, repeating that it was "illegal" over and over only makes you look ignorant to the whole situation.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

I agree, but remember, this is the Administration of Hope!


Running the country's economy into the ground with an illegal war? $25 Trillion
Sticking it up the ass of the American people by permitting the oil companies to gouge us all? $75 Trillion
Being brought up on charges of treason and a variety of war crimes...priceless!


Only in my wildest opium-filled nightmares will it ever happen however.

Well your side has complete control of government. Enough talk.. FIX IT. And don't give me the it will take longer than 4 or 8 years argument. You can pass anything you want, FIX IT.

"Your side?" Since when are we not all Americans?

Bailing out the financial mess, Iraq, etc may easily take more than four years of government.

 

[Vette73]

President Bush loses his Secret Service protection in ten years... just lettin' ya know.
Don't throw away last year's Uggs, save them for 2019. President Bush will lose his Secret Service detail in ten years. Thanks to a law passed in the 90s, any president elected after 1997 (Bush counts!) is protected at taxpayer expense for only ten years after their last term ends. It's a coincidence that the first president affected by this law is also the president with the lowest approval ratings since the United States started having presidents. How can Citizen Bush protect himself after the guys in wraparound glasses leave? We have five ideas for you, Mr. President!

Hide behind the mainstream media. If they can protect you from impeachment, they can protect you from assassination.


Travel with Dick Cheney, 24 hours a day. No one will shoot you if Cheney's in the line of fire. And just before Dick's about to die, lean over, smother him, then scream, "I'm finally free!" Appear on The View and tell the ladies about your eight years in captivity. Seriously, that's the only thing that would explain this presidency.


Pretend you are the star "W." If someone asks, "Are you President Bush," laugh and say, "I get that all the time." Then write, "Best, Josh Brolin," on their napkin.

Pretend you are your Dad. And move to (George H. W.) Bush Street, Kuwait City, Kuwait. They like you guys there!

If you are under attack, just stand there and hope their aim is bad. Technically, that's all the Secret Service does anyway.


From link above. :laugh:

 

[BarneyFife]

Originally posted by: PELarson

Originally posted by: Skoorb
wtf

Only 10 years, that sounds retarded. I presume he'll have private security after that if Satan hasn't already called him back to HQ, but still.

Blame it on Clinton and who ever was running Congress in the late 1990's!

You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
President Bush loses his Secret Service protection in ten years... just lettin' ya know.
Don't throw away last year's Uggs, save them for 2019. President Bush will lose his Secret Service detail in ten years. Thanks to a law passed in the 90s, any president elected after 1997 (Bush counts!) is protected at taxpayer expense for only ten years after their last term ends. It's a coincidence that the first president affected by this law is also the president with the lowest approval ratings since the United States started having presidents. How can Citizen Bush protect himself after the guys in wraparound glasses leave? We have five ideas for you, Mr. President!

Hide behind the mainstream media. If they can protect you from impeachment, they can protect you from assassination.


Travel with Dick Cheney, 24 hours a day. No one will shoot you if Cheney's in the line of fire. And just before Dick's about to die, lean over, smother him, then scream, "I'm finally free!" Appear on The View and tell the ladies about your eight years in captivity. Seriously, that's the only thing that would explain this presidency.


Pretend you are the star "W." If someone asks, "Are you President Bush," laugh and say, "I get that all the time." Then write, "Best, Josh Brolin," on their napkin.

Pretend you are your Dad. And move to (George H. W.) Bush Street, Kuwait City, Kuwait. They like you guys there!

If you are under attack, just stand there and hope their aim is bad. Technically, that's all the Secret Service does anyway.

I would check out the ongoing thread in PFI...im not sure that this post is appropriate.

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
President Bush loses his Secret Service protection in ten years... just lettin' ya know.
Don't throw away last year's Uggs, save them for 2019. President Bush will lose his Secret Service detail in ten years. Thanks to a law passed in the 90s, any president elected after 1997 (Bush counts!) is protected at taxpayer expense for only ten years after their last term ends. It's a coincidence that the first president affected by this law is also the president with the lowest approval ratings since the United States started having presidents. How can Citizen Bush protect himself after the guys in wraparound glasses leave? We have five ideas for you, Mr. President!

Hide behind the mainstream media. If they can protect you from impeachment, they can protect you from assassination.


Travel with Dick Cheney, 24 hours a day. No one will shoot you if Cheney's in the line of fire. And just before Dick's about to die, lean over, smother him, then scream, "I'm finally free!" Appear on The View and tell the ladies about your eight years in captivity. Seriously, that's the only thing that would explain this presidency.


Pretend you are the star "W." If someone asks, "Are you President Bush," laugh and say, "I get that all the time." Then write, "Best, Josh Brolin," on their napkin.

Pretend you are your Dad. And move to (George H. W.) Bush Street, Kuwait City, Kuwait. They like you guys there!

If you are under attack, just stand there and hope their aim is bad. Technically, that's all the Secret Service does anyway.

I would check out the ongoing thread in PFI...im not sure that this post is appropriate.

It's ok because its about Bush. You should know better.

 

[Jaskalas]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Only on his way to jail.

I don`t like Bush at all!! But it`s damn ignorant to believe he will ever go to jail!!

More like wishful thinking on their part.

 

[jagec]

Y'know, for all that I didn't like the guy as a president, he certainly transitioned OUT of power with more class than Clinton.

Clinton's staff trashed the place, Bush left a good-luck note. Unless that's the conservative media bias at work.

It bodes well for the future. Let's hope that the legislative transitions also happen as cleanly.