Obama’s 757 is Back in Service (Repainted with American flag removed)

foxnews.com ^ | July 20, 2008 | Bonney Kapp

[Free ThinkerNY]

Sally, a nickname bestowed upon Barack Obama’s chartered 757 by some in the traveling press, has returned to service after undergoing a month-long makeover for the general election. Her inaugural flight - sans candidate - will be to Amman, Jordan, with a refuel stop in Ireland. There are 69 passengers on board, including 38 members of the press, Secret Service agents, and Obama staffers, including several of Obama’s top foreign policy advisors.

The North American jet that flew Obama and his traveling crew around for much of the primary season was refurbished with new seats and power for each passenger a must on the campaign trail. And the plane that once had an American flag on its tail now sports the Obama “O.” “Change We Can Believe In” and the candidate’s website are splayed across both sides of the fuselage, making this 757 anything but inconspicuous.

Also new to the plane: mesh curtains that divide the press and Secret Service from the staff and candidate’s parts of the plane. While Obama and his staff get first class seating, press and agents are relegated to standard 3 seats-per-row seating. But, staffers advise us that some rows were taken out of the plane to give us more leg room.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[grey_whiskers]

I especially like the "...Take a Really Big CHANCE on this neophyte."

Cheers!

[TheWasteLand]

I’m surprised his ego can fit in a 757.

[kc8ukw]

That campaign logo sure is everywhere. Obama is certainly a marketing genius. If he keeps using it after he is elected, I will be officially highly disturbed.

[potlatch]

Of interest ping. His ego knows no bounds.

[devolve]

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His ego is wearing thin - even on democrats

The word is he gets old fast even back in Chicago

We should be able to create some funny stuff with his O-757

[CedarDave]

PING!

[DeOppressoLiber1776]

THIS JUST IN FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Obama again repainted his plane on the basis that he felt he needed to be "honest" with the American people about his true agenda:

[potlatch]

Lol, wish that ‘wing flapping’ gif I have was going sideways!

[devolve]

[devolve]

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Yup - Flapping wings

That was a good one

[potlatch]

Good post devolve.

[SERKIT]

The Flyin’ O’Possumus.

[TNCMAXQ]

757? Why the president gets a 747! St Barack should be demanding an A380 to carry him and his huge entourage.

[RoadKingSE]

The North American jet that flew Obama and his traveling crew around for much of the primary season was refurbished with new seats and power for each passenger a must on the campaign trail.

Plus they widened the doors so Brocco could get his giant swollen freakin' head in the plane.

[devolve]

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Thanks potlatch

Removing the American flag from Obama’s 757 was a bright move

But now he wears an American flag lapel pin

Until November 4th

[Free ThinkerNY]

That’s the perfect symbol for Obama’s plane. He also should have had the whole thing painted red.

[redcountyrepublican]

I thought for some time that Obama's logo looked familiar, is very similar to one of the Burch Mfg. Co., in Evansville, IN.

The company is still in business and at one time was owned by the Republican State Chairman of Indiana, Alvin Burch, and is still owned by members of his family.

They changed to that logo sometime in the late 70's.

Their site is located at http://www.burchmfg.net/index.html

[potlatch]

Have not read through but wonder just what ‘new seats AND POWER’ for each passenger means. I DO know what seats are...

[weegee]

It appears that the Obama scampaign has been rifling through all sorts of old image books for design ideas...