# Bomb hostages? Hillary HQ in NH? What IS this sh!t? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342 "2007-11-30T19:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/21 "2007-11-30T21:08:25Z")
And I’d bet that if she hadn’t cancelled her appearances, wanting to give the impression of a strong unafraid leader, at least one person would complain that she “didn’t even care about her subordinates, being more focussed on her political goals”. (Note that this is not accusing anyone in particular especially on this MB.) ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/22 "2007-11-30T21:10:10Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] It’s now being reported that the man has been recognized (by someone?) as a local known to be mentally disturbed. [/QUOTE] whenever I see comments like this (not from you, **jayjay** , but from whoever was reporting it) I think of Condi Rice saying “no one could have predicted…” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/23 "2007-11-30T21:16:57Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] And I’d bet that if she hadn’t cancelled her appearances, wanting to give the impression of a strong unafraid leader, at least one person would complain that she “didn’t even care about her subordinates, being more focussed on her political goals”. (Note that this is not accusing anyone in particular especially on this MB.) [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t vote for her if she were covered in chocolate, but I think canceling her appearances until this is resolved is a smart idea. Under the circumstance, I can’t see any candidate continuing to campaign while their volunteers are in danger. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/24 "2007-11-30T21:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I wouldn’t vote for her if she were covered in chocolate, but I think canceling her appearances until this is resolved is a smart idea. Under the circumstance, I can’t see any candidate continuing to campaign while their volunteers are in danger. [/QUOTE] Why do I find the idea of HC covered in chocolate peculiarly stimulating? I loathe her and generally don’t eat much chocolate… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/25 "2007-11-30T21:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I wouldn’t vote for her if she were covered in chocolate, but I think canceling her appearances until this is resolved is a smart idea. Under the circumstance, I can’t see any candidate continuing to campaign while their volunteers are in danger. [/QUOTE] See, though, you’re both sane and fundamentally decent, which can’t really be said (either/or/both) for the people who are currently wallowing over at Free Republic and RedState in the buttery goodness of the virtual popcorn they’ve been e-chugging since this began this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/26 "2007-11-30T21:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Anyway, if a right-winger did this, he’s an idiot. If a left-winger did it, he’s a lunatic. [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that regardless of his political affiliation, he’s a lunatic. I would bet that the bomb is a fake, and that ultimately no one will get hurt. Can a bomb be made out of flares? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/27 "2007-11-30T21:45:10Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > See, though, you’re both sane and fundamentally decent, which can’t really be said (either/or/both) for the people who are currently wallowing over at Free Republic and RedState in the buttery goodness of the virtual popcorn they’ve been e-chugging since this began this afternoon. Waiddaminnit! You mean there’s a _right_-leaning message board that can be just as biased and vicious as this one? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/28 "2007-11-30T21:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Can a bomb be made out of flares? [/QUOTE] To elaborate on this, it was reported (on Fox, so take your grain of salt before believing) that this man had bought highway flares this morning. Flares do look like dynamite if you’re not particularly familiar with actual dynamite. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/29 "2007-11-30T21:47:54Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Waiddaminnit! You mean there’s a _right_-leaning message board that can be just as biased and vicious as this one? :eek: [/QUOTE] We’re Mother Teresa’s Public Face compared to places like Free Republic, RedState and Little Green Footballs. Of course this board is left-leaning, but it’s not a political specialty board. Hell, even Daily Kos isn’t as vicious as those places. I can’t really say the same for Democratic Underground or Think Progress, necessarily. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/30 "2007-11-30T21:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I wouldn’t vote for her if she were covered in chocolate. [/QUOTE] After Barbara Streisand endorsed her, that was the final nail in the coffin for me. Then Oprah endorsed Obama, and suddenly Hillary started to look a little better. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/31 "2007-11-30T22:02:55Z")
So, after Hillary got the news, for how many minutes did she keep reading a picture book to schoolchildren? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/32 "2007-11-30T22:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] See, though, you’re both sane and fundamentally decent, which can’t really be said (either/or/both) for the people who are currently wallowing over at Free Republic and RedState in the buttery goodness of the virtual popcorn they’ve been e-chugging since this began this afternoon. [/QUOTE] Oh, are they like the DemocraticUnderground folks who bemoaned the fact that Pres Bush didn’t die from choking on a pretzel, and how sad it was the bomber missed killing Cheney? Eye-rolling loons on both sides, my friend. I checked out the Free Republic site several years ago…I find \*\*elucidator \*\*more intelligent, witty, and stimulating, even though he and I are polar opposites. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/33 "2007-11-30T22:23:21Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Oh, are they like the DemocraticUnderground folks who bemoaned the fact that Pres Bush didn’t die from choking on a pretzel, and how sad it was the bomber missed killing Cheney? Eye-rolling loons on both sides, my friend. I checked out the Free Republic site several years ago…I find \*\*elucidator \*\*more intelligent, witty, and stimulating, even though he and I are polar opposites. [/QUOTE] I never said they weren’t. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/34 "2007-11-30T22:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] After Barbara Streisand endorsed her, that was the final nail in the coffin for me. Then Oprah endorsed Obama, and suddenly Hillary started to look a little better. [/QUOTE] I have a suggestion: make your decisions about political candidates based on their policies, not based on which celebrities happen to endorse them. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/35 "2007-11-30T22:26:32Z")
Sorry, I guess I’m a bit sensitive, being in the political minority on this board. We agree there are embarrassments on both sides of the spectrum. 🙂 Drudge is reporting the man’s wife is saying he’s a paranoid schizophrenic who is off his meds. I foresee a Law & Order episode… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/36 "2007-11-30T22:35:36Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] I have a suggestion: make your decisions about political candidates based on their policies, not based on which celebrities happen to endorse them. [/QUOTE] That was going to be my question/comment; if someone is a viable candidate, they’re a viable candidate no matter who endorses them. Unless **Duke of Rat** is saying these celebrity endorsers cause him to question the intelligence and rationality of his choices. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/37 "2007-11-30T22:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] I have a suggestion: make your decisions about political candidates based on their policies, not based on which celebrities happen to endorse them. [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: Yeah, I was being totally serious. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/38 "2007-11-30T22:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] That was going to be my question/comment; if someone is a viable candidate, they’re a viable candidate no matter who endorses them. [/QUOTE] Damn, a double whoosh! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/39 "2007-11-30T22:45:30Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Sorry, I guess I’m a bit sensitive, being in the political minority on this board. We agree there are embarrassments on both sides of the spectrum. 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s okay. I was just slightly miffed that you overlooked the fact that I was complimenting you, personally, and only took the comments about FR and RedState to heart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342/40 "2007-11-30T22:50:40Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] That’s okay. I was just slightly miffed that you overlooked the fact that I was complimenting you, personally, and only took the comments about FR and RedState to heart. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Oh, I saw that part. Thanks for not lumping me in with the Freepers! Also, thank you for the visual image of e-chugging virtual popcorn…that was very nice. Oh, sorry this is the Pit. Um, fuck people with mental illness who don’t take their meds? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-hostages-hillary-hq-in-nh-what-is-this-sh-t/428342.md?page=3)