Comments on: After Mitt Romney's loss, another blow: Secret Service detail says buh-bye

By: Aeron Michaelangelo

Aeron Michaelangelo — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:53:00 +0000

A single car does not a motercade make. :P

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:51:00 +0000

I wonder if Trig can do math. Probably, but is it short for Trigger? Triglycerides? Could be Trignometry I guess.

Just naming your kid “Triangle” seems… cruel somehow, though I can’t think of any particularly kid-like taunts for it.

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:18:00 +0000

I know a couple of Secret Service guys. Losing the detail is probably a huge relief. The people being guarded do a lot of weird things, either to pretend they have privacy or to make the people guarding them feel awkward about being in their personal space. Because the agency is so hard on their people, the Secret Service are rigid about following rules and scared to screw up in any way; when they are on the job, they are not the people you’d want in your “entourage,” your “homies,” they can’t relax and hang out with you and bag your groceries.

By: Legotech

Legotech — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:23:00 +0000

http://www.whatsmyincome.com/2010/03/money-secret-service-agents/

43K-73K early on, scaling up depending on skills and time. The guys that guard the President are on the higher end, wonder if the candidates get regular Presidential Detail guys or they get second string.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:33:00 +0000

I was just cruising to the end of the thread to say the same. WHAT is up with this Mitt, Tagg, Trig, etc, etc. If you want regular people to like and/or vote for you, have regular names already. Sheesh! Sincerely, Steve.

By: TacoChuck

TacoChuck — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:03:00 +0000

I find it much more likely that a right winger would pretend to be a liberal and do something horrible to a republican candidate than an actual liberal doing anything like that.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:20:00 +0000

Don’t worry Mitt. Karl Rove has got your back. Oh, wait. No he doesn’t.

By: morcheeba

morcheeba — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:24:00 +0000

Boss, Jess, or Lynn also work.

By: Aaron Gilliland

Aaron Gilliland — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:06:00 +0000

Gets to live the rest of his life like a schnook.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:58:00 +0000

You’d be surprised what you can rent former SEALS for.

By: Incipient Madness

Incipient Madness — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:29:00 +0000

Michael Moore likes to hire ex-SEALS

By: chgoliz

chgoliz — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:45:00 +0000

Pics or it didn’t happen.

By: chgoliz

chgoliz — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:43:00 +0000

That happens to be particularly funny in our family. My kids have “good Christian names”. And no, we ain’t Christians. But at least no one makes fun of their names, or can’t figure out how to spell them. Mission accomplished.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:10:00 +0000

Gotta carry his own groceries like a schmoe.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:09:00 +0000

I imagine the gig pays scale.

By: Snig

Snig — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:42:00 +0000

I think that’s what they do with the Monarchy in Britain.

By: Jeremy Sweeney

Jeremy Sweeney — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:22:00 +0000

Tagg, you’re it.

By: Snig

Snig — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:21:00 +0000

Surprised this wasn’t here earlier:

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:09:00 +0000

I sense a Kurt Vonnegut story here, in which we elect people and then pay them not to do their elected jobs because we’ve realized that they mostly just help their friends to rob the store.

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:07:00 +0000

$400,000 was probably a good investment in keeping Perry otherwise occupied.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:58:00 +0000

Those are just nicknames. Their legal names are Gorbag and Shagrat.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:57:00 +0000

The Daily Mail addresses his overconfidence. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229631/Mac–Romneys-defeat.html

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:52:00 +0000

When Rick Perry was running for the nomination, he did the right thing and paid his $400,000 per month security bill out of his own pocket. With money from Texas taxpayers. But they didn’t mind, because he was their Governor. Who wasn’t actually doing his job while he was campaigning.

By: bobcorrigan

bobcorrigan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:50:00 +0000

More puzzling are the grandchildrens’ names: Zapp, Krumm, Hoover, Zeppo, Wolfgang, Armin, Hammer, Zagnut, Crow, The Grim, Officer Wang, Dancer, Charmander, Ingrid, Aleut, Fandango, O-O (pronounced “Ohdashoh”), Glock and let’s not forget Fabb, the youngest and coolest. All the others are named Bruce to keep things clear.

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:46:00 +0000

When Mitt got home, he kicked Tagg out and sat there alone, riding the car elevator and down all night.

By: CastanhasDoPara

CastanhasDoPara — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:41:00 +0000

Yeah, but on the other hand it’s sort of worth it just so some nut-job doesn’t go off and create a martyr for the cause. That shit could really set off a civil war. (Though to be perfectly honest I would expect that sort of behaviour from the t-baggers more so than the lefties but there is always that chance, so…)

By: Lemoutan

Lemoutan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:36:00 +0000

Well, the notion wasn’t actually tested. The bodyguarded must constantly wonder when their protection may be considering quitting.

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:33:00 +0000

You don’t get it by spending it.

By: doniphon

doniphon — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:30:00 +0000

If this deflates Mitt a bit, it makes my life brighter. Now I know that every time I go to the store, I’m driving in my own “single-car motorcade.”

By: Aaron Gilliland

Aaron Gilliland — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Probably didn’t even pack an emergency pair of magic underwear…