A truck loaded with President Obama’s “props” was parked outside a hotel in Virginia, awaiting his “non-political” campaign tour through swing states. It wasn’t there for long, thieves made off with it, including the Teleprompters it contained.
NBC12 has the story:
We confirmed an investigation with the U.S. Defense Department. There are still a lot of questions. The biggest one being did the thieves intentionally target the President’s truck or did they take advantage of a crime of opportunity and give a big “uh-oh” when they saw what was inside.
When you see President Obama speak, there is a pretty typical setup including the presidential seal on a podium, the see-thru Teleprompter and a portable sound system.
Thieves saw the truck carrying that equipment and couldn’t resist the target.
We’re told the truck was parked at the Virginia Center Commons Courtyard Marriott in advance on Wednesday’s presidential visit to Chesterfield.
Sources said inside that vehicle was about $200,000 worth of sound equipment, several podiums and presidential seals, behind which only the President himself can stand.
They told NBC12 around 12:30 Monday afternoon that truck was recovered in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express near the airport and hotel staff confirm police activity. One guest we spoke with said he saw various law enforcement agencies examining a white box truck parked there. (Read More)
No word on whether the Teleprompters were recovered. Let’s hope not.
Update: We’ve heard from TOTUS:
These guys talk a good game. Just last night, after Big Guy announced that he was re-submitting his rejected jobs bill, piece by piece, so that Republicans could understand it, one of my captors said, “Maybe we should send Him back his teleprompter piece by piece.”
Frankly, given the lack of any good rhetoric lately from Big Guy, I’m not sure I want to go back. Republicans want to make America “dirtier”? Really? That’s the best the speechwriters can come up with? Has Big Guy caught a whiff of what’s down at Freedom Plaza near the White House or up on Wall Street? Now, that’s dirty. (Read More)
Update: Scared Monkeys linked – thanks!
Unfortunately, I read somewhere that TOTUS has been recovered. Ugh.
Those people over at the Defense Department should know to check EBay. Half of their crap ends up there as usual.
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I wonder if that gave the prez, ahh, pause, ahh, for, ahh, thought? Hmmm?
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“No, I am not the President, but I did stay at………” Truth is stranger than fiction!
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UPDATE: TOTUS HAS BEEN RECOVERED UNHARMED.
Authorities tracked TOTUS to a farm just north of Charlottesville, Virginia, where a man had it hooked to his tractor and was using it to spread manure.
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Whew! Good thing nothing of value was taken!
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Totus taken; Obie Won speachless.
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