Sir Stewart Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_...ge_situati.html A man walked into Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H., this afternoon with what looked like a bomb strapped to his body and is holding two volunteer hostage, according to police and a campaign official. The man walked into the office on North Main Street at about 12:55 p.m., said Captain Anthony Colarusso of the Dover Police Department, which is part of a regional tactical response team. Police have been in contact with the man inside the office, Colarusso said. Bill Shaheen, a top state campaign official, said that the man was holding two volunteers hostage, according to the Associated Press. Rochester police Captain Paul Callahan said in a live interview on New England Cable News that police received a call just after 1 p.m. "Right now we are handling this as a hostage situation," Callahan said. Callahan would not say whether the person was a man or a woman, had a weapon, or how many people were being held hostage. Clinton is not in New Hampshire today. She is scheduled to speak at the Democratic Party's annual fall meeting in Vienna, Va. Rochester is about 20 miles north of Portsmouth near the Maine border. According to television reports, police are lining both sides of North Main Street. Several officers are crouched behind police cruisers with guns drawn. Nearby businesses have been evacuated. Workers for Senator Barack Obama's campaign office in Rochester also were evacuated, a campaign spokesman said. The office is four doors away from Clinton's. John Edwards' staffers also were evacuated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShuckOwens Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Rest assured, right-wing "hate radio" and the accompanying vast conpiracy will to be to blame... in classic Clinton fashion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boots Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I'm guessing that Mike Gravel must be really pissed about not being in the debates anymore... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Rest assured, right-wing "hate radio" and the accompanying vast conpiracy will to be to blame... in classic Clinton fashion. so you're making fun of the Clinton campaign while some supporters are in danger? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 she has canceled her speech at the DNC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Rest assured, right-wing "hate radio" and the accompanying vast conpiracy will to be to blame... in classic Clinton fashion. Not vast, just one nut-job. Do you really think said person taking the hostages is liberal or 'declined to state'? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Rest assured, right-wing "hate radio" and the accompanying vast conpiracy will to be to blame... in classic Clinton fashion. oh gag. -- prayers for all involved......this is crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Rest assured, right-wing "hate radio" and the accompanying vast conpiracy will to be to blame... in classic Clinton fashion.Why do you hate America? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Rest assured, right-wing "hate radio" and the accompanying vast conpiracy will to be to blame... in classic Clinton fashion. Wow it only took one post...now I'm waiting anxiously for the "It's Clintons fault..." stuff to start arriving. Sounds like the hostages are now free and the guy who is the perp is a local nut, but those are preliminary reports, who knows what the real truth will be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 In the end people matter, not politics. Hope everyone is okay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShuckOwens Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 so you're making fun of the Clinton campaign while some supporters are in danger?I guess I'm the only Wilco fan old enough to remember what transpired after the OK city bombing... while people were still fighting for their lives in the hospital... bodies being pulled from the rubble. Class. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 I guess I'm the only Wilco fan old enough to remember what transpired after the OK city bombing... while people were still fighting for their lives in the hospital... bodies being pulled from the rubble. Class. What happened? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 My bad, apparently there is still one person being held hostage. I had read earlier that they had all been freed. I honestly don't get the OK City reference. I'm anxioulsy awaiting what willl be said next. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Yeah, I remember OKC. If I recall correctly everyone assumed immediately that it must have been middle eastern terrorists. In actuallity it was McVeigh and Nichols, part of a radical right-wing militia group that aimed to overthrow the government. So, yeah... vast right-wing conspiracy sounds about right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 I think I need further clarification by Shuck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Slight correction to my previous statement: the OKC bombers were avenging the Waco/Ruby Ridge (vast left-wing conspiracy) incidents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I guess I'm the only Wilco fan old enough to remember what transpired after the OK city bombing... while people were still fighting for their lives in the hospital... bodies being pulled from the rubble. Class. Don't be so presumptuous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 In the end people matter, not politics. Hope everyone is okay.This is why I like you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I guess I'm the only Wilco fan old enough to remember what transpired after the OK city bombing... if you truly mean this, you're a twit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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