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alex
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30 Nov 2007, 4:25 pm

Huffington Post wrote:
ROCHESTER, N.H. — A man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and initially took at least four hostages, police and witnesses said. Three were released.

Clinton was not in the state at the time.

The man entered the office around 1 p.m., ordered people onto the floor and then let a mother and her baby leave, said State Police Maj. Michael Hambrook. The two hostages he kept were volunteers, said Bill Shaheen, a top state campaign official.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wire ... -hostages/


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30 Nov 2007, 4:41 pm

Damn. I was wondering when something like this would happen. I'm not a Clinton supporter, but I loath how the reactionary fringe on the right have been talking about her and portraying her. It made me think it was only a matter of time someone took that insane talk to heart.



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30 Nov 2007, 9:17 pm

Hillary Clinton Thanks Volunteers and Police After Hostage Taker's Arrest

I'm guessing the bomb was a fake... The guy seems to have succeeded in doing what he set out to do... I'm sure a lot of people are going to be asking questions about his mental health care...



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01 Dec 2007, 1:52 am

Yep; obviously part o' the "vast right wing conspiracy". :lol: