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Obama’s 757 is Back in Service (Repainted with American flag removed)
foxnews.com ^
| July 20, 2008
| Bonney Kapp
Posted on 07/21/2008 5:15:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Sally, a nickname bestowed upon Barack Obamas 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 Obamas 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 candidates 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 candidates 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.
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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; electionpresident; logo; obama; obamavisit; oldglory; purge
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I especially like the "...Take a Really Big CHANCE on this neophyte."
Cheers!
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:18:00 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I’m surprised his ego can fit in a 757.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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.
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:26:11 PM PDT
by
kc8ukw
To: devolve
Of interest ping. His ego knows no bounds.
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:29:08 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
To: potlatch
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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
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:34:40 PM PDT
by
devolve
( "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." - Elect a cokehead *08 !)
To: holdonnow
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:35:28 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
("Not Evil, Just Wrong - The True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria" http://noteviljustwrong.com/)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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:
To: devolve
Lol, wish that ‘wing flapping’ gif I have was going sideways!
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:37:27 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
To: potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; Jeff Head; Travis McGee; Grampa Dave; ...
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:42:09 PM PDT
by
devolve
( "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." - Elect a cokehead *08 !)
To: potlatch
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Yup - Flapping wings
That was a good one
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:44:32 PM PDT
by
devolve
( "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." - Elect a cokehead *08 !)
To: devolve
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:45:19 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:45:46 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: devolve
757? Why the president gets a 747! St Barack should be demanding an A380 to carry him and his huge entourage.
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:47:58 PM PDT
by
TNCMAXQ
To: Free ThinkerNY
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.
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:48:09 PM PDT
by
RoadKingSE
(How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
To: potlatch
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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
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:49:54 PM PDT
by
devolve
( "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." - Elect a cokehead *08 !)
To: DeOppressoLiber1776
That’s the perfect symbol for Obama’s plane. He also should have had the whole thing painted red.
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:51:42 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
To: Free ThinkerNY
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
To: devolve
Have not read through but wonder just what ‘new seats AND POWER’ for each passenger means. I DO know what seats are...
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posted on
07/21/2008 5:52:52 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
To: redcountyrepublican
It appears that the Obama scampaign has been rifling through all sorts of old image books for design ideas...
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posted on
07/21/2008 6:06:38 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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