"What do you think of this spiffy ride here?"
Posted on 02/06/2009 4:17:47 AM PST by Zakeet
“Can we get some chrome 22s with spinners on the langing gear?”
wth is a janky hooptie ??
Hate to tell you Barry, but those are not YOUR aircraft...
they belong to the PEOPLE of this country.
Please do not f**k them up, and that doesn't only mean do not crash or trash them.
It also means, don't "pimp" OUR rides.
This is from the Reagan Site...in Reagan’s own words:
PRESIDENTIAL TRADITION
I never ceased to enjoy reviewing our men and women in uniform and hope I started a new tradition for presidents.
As commander in chief, I discovered it was customary for our uniformed men and women to salute whenever they saw me. When I’d walk down the steps of a helicopter, for example, there was always a marine waiting there to salute me. I was told presidents weren’t supposed to return salutes, so I didn’t, but this made me feel a little uncomfortable. Normally, a person offering a salute waits until it is returned, then brings down his hand. Sometimes, I realized, the soldier, sailor, marine, or airman giving me a salute wasn’t sure when he was supposed to lower his hand.
Initially, I nodded and smiled and said hello and thought maybe that would bring down the hand, but usually it didn’t.
Finally, one night when Nancy and I were attending a concert at the Marine Corps headquarters, I told the commandant of marines, “I know it’s customary for the president to receive these salutes, but I was once an officer and realize that you’re not supposed to salute when you’re in civilian clothes. I think there ought to be a regulation that the president could return a salute inasmuch as he is commander in chief and civilian clothes are his uniform.”
“Well, if you did return a salute,” the general said, “I don’t think anyone would say anything to you about it.”
The next time I got a salute, I saluted back. A big grin came over the marine’s face and down came his hand. From then on, I always returned salutes. When George Bush followed me into the White House, I encouraged him to keep up the tradition.
http://www.ronaldreagan.com/tradition.html
Ah, so now
AIR FORCE ONE
is Obama’s new “ride”.
How becoming of the leader of the free world.
Must be the
“new era of responsibility”
The backup,
the escort,
and the clearing of all other air traffic.
And he talked about “restoring America's image?”
Someone needs to tell him that Barnum & Bailey were not Founding Fathers.
soetero, obama, or WHATEVER the hell his name REALLY is.
What a STRIKINGLY STARK CONTRAST.
He’ll never be impeached,
but...
he’ll sure be held up as an example of what happens when you elect “the cool [black] guy”.
Heck, that’s a 2 hour trip by 0bamobile.
He was caught asking where he could get those spinning rims, white walls and curb feelers for his caddy because that’s how he rolls.
“Considering that the back up to AF One had to fly there also.”
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Generally, the backup doesn’t fly to the same location as the primary during stateside visits, only on overseas trips.
Given the state of the economy, all of the defecets, etc., and all the grief given to the guys who really know how to run a business, like Wagner from GM, maybe Barry should have taken the Greyhound bus versus running Air Force One to Williamsburg.
Let's see if Bwarny Fwrank or Queen Nancy, has anything to say.
Then along came Bubba, who wouldn’t even keep his pants on in the oval office,
then Barry, who cranks the heat up, takes off his jacket, and rolls up his sleeves to give the appearance of working hard. Of course, it’s better the look good than to be good.
Now, what did the presidents who respected the office have in common with each other and not in common with those that didn’t... hmmm... could it be... they were adults?
Thanks. I did not know that.
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